Monocle's Most Livable Cities Index
| Monocle's Most Livable Cities Index 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City | Country | 2011 | |
| 1 | Zurich | Switzerland | (01) |
| 2 | Helsinki | Finland | (02) |
| 3 | Copenhagen | Denmark | (03) |
| 4 | Vienna | Austria | (04) |
| 5 | Munich | Germany | (06) |
| 6 | Melbourne | Australia | (05) |
| 7 | Tokyo | Japan | (09) |
| 8 | Sydney | Australia | (07) |
| 9 | Auckland | New Zealand | (13) |
| 10 | Stockholm | Sweden | (11) |
Since 2007, the lifestyle magazine Monocle has published an annual list of livable cities. The list in 2009 was named "The Most Livable Cities Index" and presented 25 top locations for quality of life.
Important criteria in this survey are safety/crime, international connectivity, climate/sunshine, quality of architecture, public transportation, tolerance, environmental issues and access to nature, urban design, business conditions, pro-active policy developments and medical care.
The 2012 rankings continued thus: Kyoto (11), Fukuoka (12), Hong Kong (13), Paris (14), Singapore (15), Hamburg (16), Honolulu (17), Berlin (18), Vancouver (19), Madrid (20), Barcelona (21), Portland (22), San Francisco (23), Montréal (24) and Geneva (25).
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