
Uncertainty surrounding the U.K.’s exit from the EU, London’s balanced London continued to maximize its overall strengthsīy improved scores in the indicators of GDP Growth Rate and Level of Which helped the city keep its No.1 position overall for the tenthĬonsecutive year. London’s core strengths lay in the category of “Cultural Interaction”, Global companies achieve smarter planning and decision-making in theirĮfforts to thrive in today’s highly competitive global environment.” We believe that our GPCI report can help policy makers and Strengths and weaknesses, as well as their relative positioning against Globalization pose both challenges and opportunities for cities, so forĬities to thrive, they need to accurately assess their specific 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

“Economy”, “R&D”, “Cultural Interaction”, “Livability”, “Environment”, Rated on the basis of 70 detailed indicators in six categories: First released inĢ008, the annual GPCI report evaluates and ranks 44 major citiesĪccording to their “magnetism,” or their overall power to attractĬreative individuals and enterprises from around the world. Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies, aīuilding, a leading urban developer in Tokyo.

TOKYO-( BUSINESS WIRE)-London, New York, and Tokyo were again named as the most comprehensivelyĪttractive cities in the Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2017 report
