Global Culture » abu dhabi http://global-culture.org Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 liveability rankings 2009 http://global-culture.org/liveability-rankings-2009/ http://global-culture.org/liveability-rankings-2009/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:37:34 +0000 juan http://global-culture.org/blog/?p=627 Not much has changed since the last time I reported on the Liveability report from The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2007. Vancouver is still the best place to live overall according to the 2009 ranking:

Vancouver, Canada Vienna, Austria Melbourne, Australia Toronto, Canada Perth, Australia Calgary, Canada Helsinki, Finland Geneva, Switzerland Sydney, Australia Zurich, Switzerland

I’m finding the Mercer’s 2009 Quality of Living survey much more useful as it provides a special ranking for hubs with the best infrastructure. Note that Mercer’ survey is meant to be used as a comparison tool to determine compensation packages for companies with personnel abroad. Yet, as usual, it is fun to make a list of the cities where you would want to live next, right?

Here are the Top 5 cities in each region, according to the Mercer survey:

Americas Asia Pacific Europe Middle East & Africa Vancouver Auckland Vienna Dubai Toronto Sydney Zurich Port Louis Ottawa Wellington Geneva Abu Dhabi Montreal Melbourne Dusseldorf Cape Town Calgary Perth Munich Port Elizabeth ]]> Not much has changed since the last time I reported on the Liveability report from The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2007. Vancouver is still the best place to live overall according to the 2009 ranking:

  1. Vancouver, Canada
  2. Vienna, Austria
  3. Melbourne, Australia
  4. Toronto, Canada
  5. Perth, Australia
  6. Calgary, Canada
  7. Helsinki, Finland
  8. Geneva, Switzerland
  9. Sydney, Australia
  10. Zurich, Switzerland

I’m finding the Mercer’s 2009 Quality of Living survey much more useful as it provides a special ranking for hubs with the best infrastructure. Note that Mercer’ survey is meant to be used as a comparison tool to determine compensation packages for companies with personnel abroad. Yet, as usual, it is fun to make a list of the cities where you would want to live next, right?

Here are the Top 5 cities in each region, according to the Mercer survey:

Americas Asia Pacific Europe Middle East & Africa
Vancouver Auckland Vienna Dubai
Toronto Sydney Zurich Port Louis
Ottawa Wellington Geneva Abu Dhabi
Montreal Melbourne Dusseldorf Cape Town
Calgary Perth Munich Port Elizabeth
]]> http://global-culture.org/liveability-rankings-2009/feed/ 3 best cities in 2020 http://global-culture.org/best-cities-in-2020/ http://global-culture.org/best-cities-in-2020/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:58:20 +0000 juan http://global-culture.org/blog/?p=433 In their article “The 20 cities of 2020” Stefan Linssen and Christopher Sindik present a method for evaluating the cities taking sustainability to the next level and creating specific plans that will have them improve their overall status as a Global Sustainability Center by the year 2020.

While the article mentions the variety of factors that were considered, it is not clear what the evaluation methodology or how the scores were assigned, but there are plenty of notes about the various initiatives underway to make these cities worthy of their inclusion in this ranking.

Here is the list of the top 10 as ranked by their average score in 2020.

London – 9.3 New York – 9.28 Singapore – 8.85 Toronto – 8.75 Melbourne – 8.51 Curitiba – 8.3 Abu Dhabi – 7.96 Frankfurt – 7.9 Hyderabad – 7.63 Cape Town – 7.2

With such favorable prospects on any one of these cities, it may be worth investing a little time scouting them to become more intimate with their rhythm of life.

]]> In their article “The 20 cities of 2020” Stefan Linssen and Christopher Sindik present a method for evaluating the cities taking sustainability to the next level and creating specific plans that will have them improve their overall status as a Global Sustainability Center by the year 2020.

While the article mentions the variety of factors that were considered, it is not clear what the evaluation methodology or how the scores were assigned, but there are plenty of notes about the various initiatives underway to make these cities worthy of their inclusion in this ranking.

Here is the list of the top 10 as ranked by their average score in 2020.

  • London – 9.3
  • New York – 9.28
  • Singapore – 8.85
  • Toronto – 8.75
  • Melbourne – 8.51
  • Curitiba – 8.3
  • Abu Dhabi – 7.96
  • Frankfurt – 7.9
  • Hyderabad – 7.63
  • Cape Town – 7.2

With such favorable prospects on any one of these cities, it may be worth investing a little time scouting them to become more intimate with their rhythm of life.

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