Thursday, October 12, 2017

GPCI 2017: TOKYO, SINGAPORE, SEOUL, HONG KONG, SYDNEY ALL RANK IN GLOBAL TOP 10

TOKYO, Oct 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Five major cities in the Asia-Pacific region—Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong and Sydney—were ranked in the top 10 of the 2017 Global Power City Index (GPCI) report published today by The Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies, a research institute established by Mori Building, a leading urban developer in Tokyo. First published in 2008, the annual GPCI report evaluates and ranks 44 major cities according to their “magnetism,” or their overall power to attract creative individuals and enterprises from around the world. Cities are rated on the basis of six categories: Economy, R&D, Cultural Interaction, Livability, Environment, and Accessibility.
 
Tokyo, which overtook Paris and claimed the No. 3 slot for the first time last year, further improved its scores in the fields of “Cultural Interaction” and “Accessibility”, closing the gap on second-placed New York. Singapore was rated as a city with one of the best overall balance of qualities in Asia, being ranked within the top 10 in all categories except “Livability”. Most notably, the city was ranked #3 in the “Environment” field due largely to its abundance of nature and superior air quality. Seoul ranked 6th overall for the sixth year running, with a strong performance in the “R&D” field due to the high number of patents filed there and its large pool of researchers. While Hong Kong fell from 7th to 9th in the overall rankings, the city continued to score highly in the category of “Accessibility”, and Sydney achieved a top 10 overall ranking for the first time in seven years with a strong boost in its “Livability” ratings.

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