List of cities by quality of living
- List of cities by quality of living
This is a list of the world's cities by quality of living, according to the "Mercer Human Resource Consulting 2007 Quality of Living Survey". (The 2008 survey has also been released. [" [http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1307990 Quality of Living global city rankings — Mercer survey] ". Mercer LLC. Last updated 10 June 2008.] )
The 2007 survey identified Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver, and Vienna as having the highest quality of living. The least desirable cities were found to be Brazzaville and Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo which score 23 and 30.5 respectively, and Khartoum and Baghdad which each score 33.
The cities — 218 in total — were evaluated on 39 factors including political, economic, environmental, personal safety, health, education, transportation and other public service factors. Cities were compared to the city of New York which was given a base score of 100.
Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
ee also
*List of most expensive cities for expatriate employees
References
* [http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/internet/stez/stez/publikationen/InfoUnternehmen.ParagraphContainerList.ParagraphContainer1.ParagraphList.0024.File.pdf/Mercer%20Ranking%20Lebensqualit%e4t%202008.pdf] , Mercer Quality of Living 2008 Press Release - Full City Rankings.
External links
* [http://www.mercerhr.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1128060 Highlights from the 2007 Quality of Living Survey] , Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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