Summary of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Liveability Survey

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The Economist Intelligence Unit's Liveability Survey summary
Financial crises and political conflicts leave their marks on the quality of life across the globe.
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The 2014 edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s survey on livability offers a succinct yet granular assessment of living conditions in 140 of the world’s cities. The survey’s ratings derive from an elaborate construct of qualitative and quantitative metrics that gauge what makes a city livable: its “stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.” getAbstract commends this cogent reference to executives considering relocation, human resources professionals, business travelers and economic development specialists.

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  • How the Economist Intelligence Unit rates regions’ and cities’ living conditions
  • What factors determine the relative livability of a city.
 

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Recent financial and political turmoil has affected living conditions throughout the world. On a scale of 1 to 100, where 1 is “intolerable” and 100 is “ideal,” the average global livability score is 75.33, down from 75.55 in 2013 and 76.01 in 2009. That five-year decline, reflecting upheavals in the...
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