World Cities report 2016 launched
From UN Habitat this year’s annual report focuses on the theme of urbanization and development: emerging futures. It considers problems urban areas are facing relating issues such as inequality, climate change, insecurity. View a slideshow of the worldwide growth of cities from 1990-2015.
Is London the most expensive world City?
Find out by downloading the latest Worldwide cost of living Index 2016 from the Economist Intelligence Unit. This 6 monthly report gives more than 400 individual prices across 160 products and services including food, transport and housing. Actually Singapore is the most expensive for the 3rd year running. London is in 6th place. Register to […]
In which British city do people earn the most?
Find out this and other fascinating facts and figures on the economic and social indicators of Britain’s major cities by consulting the latest Cities outlook 2016 which has just been published by the Centre for Cities. It also has a great associated data tool which enables you to generate and compare your own map. 17 […]
What makes cities competitive?
Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how. The objective of this report is to create a knowledge base on what makes cities competitive, to improve the understanding of job creation at the […]
Where is the best place to be a mother?
Find out by consulting the ranking in the latest annual report from Save the Children. It considers inequality between Mothers and infants in urban areas around the world. You have to register to download the report. WHO Global Health Observatory has data on worldwide maternal mortality 1990-2013
Cities
Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide. It includes quantitative data on population and affordability as well as qualitative findings on what city dwellers want. Other useful city data sources include: For the UK – try data and reports from the Centre for Cities. Their […]
Cities
What Do the Best Entrepreneurs Want In A City? The latest report from Endeavor Insight, contains interviews with 150 top USA executives in the qualities they want in locating a business in a specific area. Download the full report from the website. For more on this topic read: A recent Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research […]
Urban Gems/Happiness
http://urbangems.org/ A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy. It is being undertaken by Cambridge University’s Computing Laboratory. And will ask visitors to the site to compare views and judge which they like best. The data will then be analysed to build up a […]
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