In the US, Chicago, Houston and Atlanta all dropped out of the top 30Ī city that has an efficient system for moving people, goods and data around will be more economicaly sustainable as inhabitants access more potential jobs. These cities tend to be post-industrial in nature. The negative impact has been on large industrial cities in China and large cities in North America reliant on road transportation. The result is a downgrading of cities that are simply populous. The introduction of a transport score and the recent introduction of the environmental score has diluted the economic score. "With an economy that continues to attract multi-national companies and highly skilled talent, a high quantity of green spaces, access to clean and reliable water, as well as reliable energy and dependable public transport, London has retained its popularity with investors.” Risers and fallers "Whilst there has been uncertainty generated by Brexit and the resulting political environment, its underlying fundamentals remain attractive to investors." “We weren’t surprised to see London regain first place in the Index," said Hugo Machin, a fund manager at Schroders who compiled the index. These two new scores give greater credit to cities that have sound environmental policies and good mass transit systems.
The index now has a heavy tilt to these two environmental and social factors. The newly-introduced transport score has been designed to complement the environmental score, introduced at the last update in February 2020, as efficient transport is now seen as essential in providing social mobility.
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