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02-21-2011, 08:55 PM
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A new list of the world's most liveable cities has named three Canadian locales among its Top 10, with Vancouver earning the top honour for the fifth straight year.
Toronto and Calgary came in at fourth and fifth in the annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which was released Monday.
The group ranks cities based on dozens of factors, including health care, infrastructure, culture, environment and education.
"Vancouver remains at the top of the ranking, a position that can only have been cemented by the successful hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which provided a boost to the infrastructure and culture and environment categories," the report summary said.
"Only petty crime presents any difficulties for Vancouver, although this would be a shortfall of any such location," it said.
The West Coast city received a score of 98 per cent based on the rankings.
The report's authors said that mid-sized cities in developed countries with low population densities scored well because they had cultural and infrastructure benefits but also had fewer issues with crime and congestion.
Such cities as Vienna, Austria, Helsinki, Finland, and Sydney, Australia, were also on the list.
Harare, Zimbabwe, is the worst place to live in, according to the report's findings. African and Asian nations made up the bottom of the survey's rankings.
"Conflict is responsible for many of the poorest performing scores," the report said, pointing to issues such as violence, crime, civil insurgency and war.
Read more:
http://www.canada.com/sports/Vancouver+Toronto+Calgary+named+among+world+most+l iveable+cities/4320531/story.html#ixzz1Ed3vdLWU
A new list of the world's most liveable cities has named three Canadian locales among its Top 10, with Vancouver earning the top honour for the fifth straight year.
Toronto and Calgary came in at fourth and fifth in the annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which was released Monday.
The group ranks cities based on dozens of factors, including health care, infrastructure, culture, environment and education.
"Vancouver remains at the top of the ranking, a position that can only have been cemented by the successful hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which provided a boost to the infrastructure and culture and environment categories," the report summary said.
"Only petty crime presents any difficulties for Vancouver, although this would be a shortfall of any such location," it said.
The West Coast city received a score of 98 per cent based on the rankings.
The report's authors said that mid-sized cities in developed countries with low population densities scored well because they had cultural and infrastructure benefits but also had fewer issues with crime and congestion.
Such cities as Vienna, Austria, Helsinki, Finland, and Sydney, Australia, were also on the list.
Harare, Zimbabwe, is the worst place to live in, according to the report's findings. African and Asian nations made up the bottom of the survey's rankings.
"Conflict is responsible for many of the poorest performing scores," the report said, pointing to issues such as violence, crime, civil insurgency and war.
Read more:
http://www.canada.com/sports/Vancouver+Toronto+Calgary+named+among+world+most+l iveable+cities/4320531/story.html#ixzz1Ed3vdLWU