World's most liveable cities revealed
Australia has three cities in the world’s top 10 most liveable cities, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s global index.
Melbourne is second again – behind Vienna – but the movers are Sydney and Adelaide.
Sydney has moved from fifth to third and Adelaide has jumped into the top 10.
Just 0.7 points separate Vienna (99.1) and Melbourne (98.4) and Sydney scored 98.1. Perth was 14th place and Brisbane 18th.
“Sydney has risen from fifth to third, thanks to an improvement in its culture and environment score, reflecting an increased focus on combating and mitigating the impacts of climate change, as outlined by the city’s Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategy,” the Economist said. “However, Sydney remains behind its great rival, Melbourne.
“With both cities already scoring very highly across all categories, there is only limited potential for Sydney to displace either Melbourne or Vienna at the top of the rankings.”
Dr Lucy Gunn, a research fellow in the Centre for Urban Research at Melbourne’s RMIT university, said it was important to remember that the index was a composite rating made up 30 indicators, with only four of them being quantitative.
“The rest of them are based on a rating from the [Economist Intelligence Unit] itself, so there’s almost no objectivity in the development of this index, and it’s really just a marketing tool to help executives understand, in a broad sense, a city’s living conditions.”
Paris dropped six places to 25 due to the anti-government ‘yellow vest’ protests and Hong Kong dropped three places to 38 after months of recent political unrest.
The world’s most liveable cities 2019
1. Vienna, Austria
2. Melbourne
3. Sydney
4. Osaka, Japan
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Vancouver, Canada
7. Toronto, Canada
8. Tokyo, Japan
9. Copenhagen, Denmark
10. Adelaide
The world’s least liveable cities 2019
1. Damascus, Syria
2. Lagos, Nigeria
3. Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Tripoli, Libya
5. Karachi, Pakistan
6. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
7. Harare, Zimbabwe
8. Douala, Cameroon
9. Algiers, Algeria
10. Caracas, Venezuela
That research is seriously skewed. Perth is by far the best city to live in jeepers, we've even got hoops coming out of the ground!
I don't know what criteria they use to make these choices,but I wouldn't class Sydney or Melbourne as "livable" cities. Personally there are nearly NO cities I would class as "livable" anywhere.