According to the Economist Livibility Scale, Vancouver has dropped to second to Melbourne in the latest rankings of cities. Over the years, Adam and Danielle and I have talked about how Melbourne is more liveable than Vancouver and how the two cities have traded spots in this survey. While Adam this time Melbourne won, but I think your city won because of a misunderstanding about the transportation infrastructure here in Vancouver. The Malahat highway is seen as part of the transportation infrastructure in Vancouver although this highway is on Vancouver Island. So, methinks that the cites should remain tied.
From the story posted in the Toronto Star today:
[Melbourne] finished number one on the surveys ranking Liveability Ranking Report of 140 cities worldwide, ahead of Vancouver which had held the top spot for almost 10 years but now places third behind Vienna.
The July 2011 survey scored countries based on social and political stability, quality of heath care, crime rates, arts and cultural events, education, the environment, and infrastructure, including telecommunications and public transportation.
“Australia, with a low population density and relatively low crime rates, continues to supply some of the world's most livable cities,” survey editor Jon Copestake told the Associated Free Press Tuesday.
“Despite the rising cost of living, driven by the strong Australian dollar, these cities offer a range of factors to make them highly attractive.”
Australia’s largest city, Sydney, ranked sixth; Adelaide and Perth shared eighth, while nearby New Zealand’s Auckland ranked 10th, according to the bi-annual survey.
Vancouver dropped from its number top spot because “a small adjustment in Vancouver’s score for transport infrastructure, reflecting recent intermittent closures of the key Malahat highway, resulted in a 0.7 percentage point decline in the Canadian city’s overall livability rating,” the survey reported.
“The adjustment is minuscule and should not be considered significant in the context of the overall score, but it was sufficient to drop Vancouver to third position behind Melbourne and Vienna.” [emphasis mine]
Vancouver’s ranking could drop even further in future surveys due to the Stanley Cup riots in June, which were too late to count in this survey, researchers noted.
Other Canadian cities fared well on the list: Toronto came fourth while Calgary came sixth.
Toronto got an overall rating of 97.2 per cent, just 0.3 percentage points shy of Melbourne’s score of 97.5. Toronto received top marks for crime, health care and education.
Helsinki ranked seventh, Paris (16th), Tokyo (18th) and London (53rd). The highest ranking U.S. city was Honolulu in 26th spot.
From the story posted in the Toronto Star today:
[Melbourne] finished number one on the surveys ranking Liveability Ranking Report of 140 cities worldwide, ahead of Vancouver which had held the top spot for almost 10 years but now places third behind Vienna.
The July 2011 survey scored countries based on social and political stability, quality of heath care, crime rates, arts and cultural events, education, the environment, and infrastructure, including telecommunications and public transportation.
“Australia, with a low population density and relatively low crime rates, continues to supply some of the world's most livable cities,” survey editor Jon Copestake told the Associated Free Press Tuesday.
“Despite the rising cost of living, driven by the strong Australian dollar, these cities offer a range of factors to make them highly attractive.”
Australia’s largest city, Sydney, ranked sixth; Adelaide and Perth shared eighth, while nearby New Zealand’s Auckland ranked 10th, according to the bi-annual survey.
Vancouver dropped from its number top spot because “a small adjustment in Vancouver’s score for transport infrastructure, reflecting recent intermittent closures of the key Malahat highway, resulted in a 0.7 percentage point decline in the Canadian city’s overall livability rating,” the survey reported.
“The adjustment is minuscule and should not be considered significant in the context of the overall score, but it was sufficient to drop Vancouver to third position behind Melbourne and Vienna.” [emphasis mine]
Vancouver’s ranking could drop even further in future surveys due to the Stanley Cup riots in June, which were too late to count in this survey, researchers noted.
Other Canadian cities fared well on the list: Toronto came fourth while Calgary came sixth.
Toronto got an overall rating of 97.2 per cent, just 0.3 percentage points shy of Melbourne’s score of 97.5. Toronto received top marks for crime, health care and education.
Helsinki ranked seventh, Paris (16th), Tokyo (18th) and London (53rd). The highest ranking U.S. city was Honolulu in 26th spot.
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