relieves study was notable for what place its good performance in economics and R & D and placed at the head of Powerful Cities World Index. The survey covers 35 major cities in the world. Cultural interaction, housing, ecology and development, among the parameters surveyed.
New York was crowned the most attractive city for business and innovation, and managed to beat London, Paris and Tokyo, the second Global Cities Index Powerful Mori Memorial Foundation of Japan.
According to this ranking, although New York was ranked 21 in livability and 30 for its natural environment, is positioned as the first thanks to its good performance in the segment of economy and its dominance in the research and development.
addition, the study found that the American city is the most attractive in the world for artists, visitors, residents and researchers, and the second for managers. In the latter case, London stole the top spot.
"The results did not surprise me much," said Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at Dai-ichi Institute of Life Research, adding that "the United States, especially New York, still attracts many people. "
In culture, London is leading
London received the highest score for cultural interaction and was ranked second behind Paris in terms of space and accessibility. The British capital won few points for habitability, beating only to Seoul and Cairo.
Meanwhile, in the area of \u200b\u200beconomy remained in third place, behind Tokyo.
Tokyo, a sustainable city
The Japanese capital was able to stay in fourth place in the ratings. However, its uniqueness recycle in Tokyo was the only city in the top five who scored high marks in both categories of economy and environment, according to the survey.
"A Tokyo does well in the area of \u200b\u200beconomy," said Nagahama, although he added that should not be "asleep" because "it is said that China will surpass Japan in GDP next year."
Methodological aspects
The survey covers 35 major cities in the world and has a rating of "full power", which was established by Taikichiro Mori, the founder of Mori Building, the largest developer Japan's unlisted.
The classification is based on the categories of economy, research and development, cultural interaction, housing, ecology and natural environment and accessibility. It is clear that the cultural interaction includes items such as sporting facilities, restaurants and shops and how attractive they find the city to overseas visitors.
The index also measures the attractiveness of a city from the point of view of what he calls global and national actors, managers, researchers, artists, visitors and residents, reported Bloomberg news agency.
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