Our report suggests that a city’s overall power cannot beĭetermined by a single factor, such as economy, but needs to take intoĪccount the many factors that define the city. Of cities has been changing as a result of changes in the macroĮnvironment. Hong Kong, featured in the top 10 in the “Economy” category, followed byĭubai, which featured for the first time in this year’s report andĪchieved strong ratings for its corporate tax rates, ranking No.11 inĬommented Hiroo Ichikawa, Executive Director of The Mori Memorialįoundation, “In the last 10 years, the report has shown that the power Seven Asian cities, topped by Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai and “R&D”, underscoring the attraction of these cities for researchers and cities maintained their high scores in the areas of “Environment”, maintaining their reputations as the world’s most livableĬities, while U.S. Overall, European cities scored highly on “Livability” and “Accessibility” scores and recovering its “Cultural Interaction” ratings. Of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is expected to rise above theĬompetition in the coming years by further strengthening its

ParisĮxperienced a significant decline in its ranking in the “Livability”Ĭategory, due largely to the recent terrorist attacks, but the host city “Cultural Interaction”, closing the gap on second-placed New York. 3 position for theįirst time last year, further improved its scores in the field of Retained their slots, with London maintaining its No.

This year, the top three cities - London, New York and Tokyo – all Overall ranking of all 44 cities and function-specific ranking of top 10 cities (Graphic: Business Wire) To view this piece of content from, please give your consent at the top of this page.

Global power city index 2017