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lboro.ac.uk/gawc. The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization. It is based in the geography department of Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. GaWC was founded by Peter J. Taylor in 1998. [1]
The Global Liveability rank Ranking is a yearly assessment published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranking 172 global cities (previously 140) for their urban quality of life based on assessments of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. Austria's capital, Vienna, was ranked the most liveable ...
The 2023 report shows a significant rise in the EIU’s “Liveability Index”, which has reached a 15-year high as the world moves on from Covid-19, and with healthcare and education improving ...
Both cities are considered leading financial, commercial and cultural centers. A global city, also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center, is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a ...
City quality of life indices are lists of cities that are ranked according to a defined measure of living conditions.In addition to considering the provision of clean water, clean air, adequate food and shelter, many indexes also measure more subjective elements including a city's capacity to generate a sense of community and offer hospitable settings for all, especially young people, to ...
2021 World Cities Day China Observance in Shanghai. World Cities Day was established on 27 December 2013 by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/68/239, [3] in which the General Assembly "decides to designate 31 October, beginning in 2014, as World Cities Day, invites States, the United Nations system, in particular UN-Habitat, relevant international organizations, civil ...
The 2023 World Happiness Report was a triannual analysis of 2020–2022, heavily influenced by COVID-19 and other significant challenges. [ 26 ] For the sixth consecutive year, Finland was ranked on top, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel and the Netherlands.
Main article: Metropolitan area. Tokyo, the world's largest city and metropolitan area. A city can be defined by the inhabitants of its demographic population, as by metropolitan area, or labour market area. UNICEF defines metropolitan area as follows: A formal local government area comprising the urban area as a whole and its primary commuter ...