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MERCER 2010 QUALITY OF LIVING SURVEY: YEREVAN IS AT POSITION 174
ArmInfo
2010-06-01 07:38:00
ArmInfo. According to the Mercer 2010 Quality of Living Survey, the
capital of Armenia, Yerevan, is at 174th position by quality of living.
As BBC reported, such indicators as the level of crime, political
stability, quality of hospitals and medical aid, comfort of the
transport system, availability of cafes and restaurants, resting
places, climatic conditions, level of individual freedom and other
factors - total of 39 criteria.
It is interesting that Yerevan in the rating is followed by Alma-Ata
(175th position), Minsk (185th position) and Baku (196th position).
The remaining CIS capitals positioned beyond 200: Tashkent (200),
Ashkhabad (201), Bishkek (209), Dushanbe (210) and Tbilisi (217).
Among the former USSR countries, only the capitals of the Baltic
republics which joined EU - Vilnius (79), Tallin (89) and Riga
(91), entered the first hundred. They are followed by Kiev by a
long shot (161). Authors of the report considered just Moscow and
Saint Petersburg, among the Russian cities, worthy of international
investors' attention. These cities took the 166th and 170th positions,
respectively.
The capital of Austria, Vienna, retains the top spot as the city with
the world's best quality of living. Zurich and Geneva follow in second
and third position, respectively. Seven places in the first ten are
held by the European cities. Dusseldorf is in the 6th place in the
rating, the 7th and 8th places are held by Frankfurt and Munich,
and the 9th place - by Bern.
London has become the only British city which entered the first fifty.
It ranks at 39. Aberdeen (53), Birmingham (55) and Glasgow (57) fall
a little bit behind. Among the American cities, Honolulu (31) is the
city in the US with the highest quality of living (31), followed by
San Francisco (32).
In Asia, Singapore remains the highest-ranking Asian city at 28,
followed by Japanese city Tokyo (40). Baghdad has been recognized the
most disadvantaged city (221), which completes the list first of all
because of lack of security and stability.
To note, Mercer has been publishing the list of the most liveable
places since 2007. New York is considered the starting point and is
given the living level of 100 points. However, New York takes just
the 49th place in the list.
According to the rating authors, it should help the management of big
international companies to evaluate the working conditions of their
employees, correctly choose a staff and their salary level.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-06-01 07:38:00
ArmInfo. According to the Mercer 2010 Quality of Living Survey, the
capital of Armenia, Yerevan, is at 174th position by quality of living.
As BBC reported, such indicators as the level of crime, political
stability, quality of hospitals and medical aid, comfort of the
transport system, availability of cafes and restaurants, resting
places, climatic conditions, level of individual freedom and other
factors - total of 39 criteria.
It is interesting that Yerevan in the rating is followed by Alma-Ata
(175th position), Minsk (185th position) and Baku (196th position).
The remaining CIS capitals positioned beyond 200: Tashkent (200),
Ashkhabad (201), Bishkek (209), Dushanbe (210) and Tbilisi (217).
Among the former USSR countries, only the capitals of the Baltic
republics which joined EU - Vilnius (79), Tallin (89) and Riga
(91), entered the first hundred. They are followed by Kiev by a
long shot (161). Authors of the report considered just Moscow and
Saint Petersburg, among the Russian cities, worthy of international
investors' attention. These cities took the 166th and 170th positions,
respectively.
The capital of Austria, Vienna, retains the top spot as the city with
the world's best quality of living. Zurich and Geneva follow in second
and third position, respectively. Seven places in the first ten are
held by the European cities. Dusseldorf is in the 6th place in the
rating, the 7th and 8th places are held by Frankfurt and Munich,
and the 9th place - by Bern.
London has become the only British city which entered the first fifty.
It ranks at 39. Aberdeen (53), Birmingham (55) and Glasgow (57) fall
a little bit behind. Among the American cities, Honolulu (31) is the
city in the US with the highest quality of living (31), followed by
San Francisco (32).
In Asia, Singapore remains the highest-ranking Asian city at 28,
followed by Japanese city Tokyo (40). Baghdad has been recognized the
most disadvantaged city (221), which completes the list first of all
because of lack of security and stability.
To note, Mercer has been publishing the list of the most liveable
places since 2007. New York is considered the starting point and is
given the living level of 100 points. However, New York takes just
the 49th place in the list.
According to the rating authors, it should help the management of big
international companies to evaluate the working conditions of their
employees, correctly choose a staff and their salary level.
From: A. Papazian