Global Liveability Index 2019 – Burning Isssues – Free PDF

GLOBAL LIVEABILITY RANKING

• The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) publishes an annual Global Liveability Ranking
• The survey ranks countries across indicators including stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture and environment. 140 cities in the survey

WHAT’S NEW IN 2019

• This year we also note the demonstrable impact of the effects of climate change on liveability.
• Several cities, such as New Delhi in India and Cairo in Egypt received substantial downgrades on their scores owing to problems linked to climate change, such as poor air quality, undesirable average temperatures and inadequate water provision

2019 RESULTS

 VIENNA

 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN VIENNA

• Vienna is the seat of a number of United Nations offices and various international institutions and companies, including the

1. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
2. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
3. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
4. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
5. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

LEAST LIVEABLE CITIES IN THE WORLD

 INDIA’S STAND

•  New Delhi dropped by six places to rank 118th on a list of the world’s most liveable cities due to increase in cases of petty crimes and poor air quality
• While the national capital registered the biggest decline in Asia, Mumbai also fell two places since last year to rank 119th

OTHER CITIES

• Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) was positioned at the 89th place, Moscow (Russia) at 68th, St Petersburg (Russia) 71st.
•  The Chinese cities in the list include Suzhou at 75th rank, Beijing 76th, Tianjin 79th, Shanghai 80th, Shenzhen 84th, Dalian 90th, Guangzhou 96th and Qingdao 97th.
• London and New York ranked 48th and 58th out of the 140 cities in the survey.

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