Global Liveability Ranking 2019

 

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In India, New Delhi and Mumbai rank 118th and 119th out of 140 cities according to the Global Liveability Index 2019.

• It is an annual survey of the world’s most liveable cities which is conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
• The survey ranks countries across indicators including stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture and environment.

 

 

About Global Liveability Index

• The index assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions.
• Each factor in a city is rated as acceptable, tolerable, uncomfortable, undesirable or intolerable.

 

Key Findings

• Vienna in Austria, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia make the top three cities.
• Damascus in Syria, Lagos in Nigeria and Dhaka in Bangladesh rank in the bottom.
• Deterioration in culture and environment scores is of concern including the quality of air in cities like New Delhi.
• New Delhi has seen an increase in cases of petty crimes.
• New Delhi which suffers from appalling air quality, Cairo in Egypt (where air quality is also a major issue) and Dhaka in Bangladesh.
• Among the BRIC countries, 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.

 

Reason behind decline in News Delhi, Mumbai rankings

• Decline in Mumbai’s rank was mainly due to a downgrade in its culture score.
• New Delhi has fallen in the index because of downgrades to its culture and environment score as well as fall in the stability score owing to rising crime rates.

 

Basic of cities rankings

The EIU said its ranking of 140 cities is based on their scores in five broad categories:

1. Stability
2. Healthcare
3. Culture and environment
4. Education
5. Infrastructure

 

India at the bottom on Press Freedom Index

The EIU also flagged ‘an escalation in abuses against journalists in recent years’ in India, citing a decline in the country’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index where India now sits in the bottom quartile of countries.

 

Important Information

The 2018 update to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Ambient Air Quality Database shows that New Delhi currently boasts the sixth-highest annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter among cities around the world.

 

Source: Livemint

 

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