Quality of living index 2010

Marcus Stork · Post by **Marcus Stork** » Wed May 26, 2010 4:23 pm

Found it on another forum, always interesting..

Quality of living index 2010:

Rank 2010 City Country Qol index 2010
1 VIENNA AUSTRIA 108.6
2 ZURICH SWITZERLAND 108
3 GENEVA SWITZERLAND 107.9
4 VANCOUVER CANADA 107.4
4 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 107.4
6 DUSSELDORF GERMANY 107.2
7 FRANKFURT GERMANY 107
7 MUNICH GERMANY 107
9 BERN SWITZERLAND 106.5
10 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 106.3
11 COPENHAGEN DENMARK 106.2
12 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND 105.9
13 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS 105.7
14 OTTAWA CANADA 105.5
15 BRUSSELS BELGIUM 105.4
16 TORONTO CANADA 105.3
17 BERLIN GERMANY 105
18 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 104.8
19 LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG 104.6
20 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 104.5

Eco-City ranking:

Rank 2010 City Country Eco-city index* 2010
1 CALGARY CANADA 145.7
2 HONOLULU UNITED STATES 145.1
3 OTTAWA CANADA 139.9
3 HELSINKI FINLAND 139.9
5 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND 138.9
6 MINNEAPOLIS UNITED STATES 137.8
7 ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA 137.5
8 COPENHAGEN DENMARK 137.4
9 KOBE JAPAN 135.6
9 OSLO NORWAY 135.6
9 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 135.6
12 PERTH AUSTRALIA 135.3
13 MONTREAL CANADA 133.6
13 VANCOUVER CANADA 133.6
13 NURNBERG GERMANY 133.6
13 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 133.6
13 BERN SWITZERLAND 133.6
13 PITTSBURGH UNITED STATES 133.6
19 ZURICH SWITZERLAND 133.5
19 ABERDEEN UNITED KINGDOM 133.5

Europe:

Europe has 16 cities amongst the world’s top 25 cities for quality of living. Vienna retains the highest ranking both for the region and globally and is again followed by Zurich (2), Geneva (3) and Düsseldorf (6). The lowest-ranking Western European cities are Leipzig (64) and Athens (75). In the UK, London is the highest-ranking city at 39, followed by newcomer to the list Aberdeen (53), Birmingham (55), Glasgow (57) and Belfast (63).

Levels of quality of living continue to improve in Eastern Europe, with most index scores increasing slightly. Prague is the highest-ranking city at 70 and its index score increased from 93.9 to 94.8 in 2010. Budapest follows in position 73 and Ljubljana in 77.

In the eco-city index, Nordic cities fare particularly well with Helsinki (3) the highest-ranked in the region, followed by Copenhagen (8) and Oslo in joint ninth place with Stockholm. “Nordic cities do particularly well because the modern parts of most of them have been designed with potential environmental impacts in mind,” said Mr Parakatil. Aberdeen (19) is the highest-ranking UK eco-city, followed by Belfast (30), Glasgow (47), London (63) and Birmingham (64).

roland · Post by **roland** » Wed May 26, 2010 4:51 pm

yes, 1st

i wonder how they measure it tho..

New Guy · Post by **New Guy** » Wed May 26, 2010 5:03 pm

roland wrote:yes, 1st

i wonder how they measure it tho..

probably self report by the participants.

anyway, New Zealand is my dream country. Such cool place to live.

Del · Post by **Del** » Wed May 26, 2010 6:06 pm

18 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 104.8

I'm moving to Melbourne in a couple of months. Nice to be in the Top 20 Club

LouisVee · Post by **LouisVee** » Wed May 26, 2010 10:59 pm

hmmm....

Ottawa ranked 14 and Toronto ranked 16... WTF
Ottawa = good living quality if you are 65+
and Toronto... bah typical north american city imo.

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:25 am

roland wrote:yes, 1st

i wonder how they measure it tho..

it's probably stuff like crime rate, how many homeless people, unemployment, school grades and other stuff given a score then all added up.

Ingemar · Post by **Ingemar** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:43 am

well, these numbers can vary quite a lot depending on where you draw the city limit. You can get any number you want if you limit yourself to the right area

hernangrau · Post by **hernangrau** » Thu May 27, 2010 4:16 am

heyy!!!! something must be wrong, i dont see Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!

ohoh wait i saw it downstairs we're like 2045th

my gosh we're su fucked