The city population will increase significantly from 50% to around 70% in the next 30 years. This will require a lot of work in infrastructure, Innovative technologies and policies. The cities that can live upto this challenge are ranked below
- Los Angeles, United States
Los Angeles continues to be a center for business and technology. It's home to several tech giants, including Snap and SpaceX, and fosters the growth of future tech leaders through its startup incubators.
- Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver because of its rise in tech entrepreneurship and the legal medical marijuana industry. Huge investments in infrastructure around 1 billion will improve the city in the future.
- Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo with huge college graduate polulation whose human capital wasn't enough to keep the Japanese capital in a better position.
- Düsseldorf, Germany
Düsseldorf , the seventh most populous city in Germany is famous for its fashion industry and art scene. Food and drug store conglomerate Metro, a fortune 500 company, calls Düsseldorf home.
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen is an urban cyclist's paradise. Since the 1960s, the capital of Denmark has reduced car traffic and parking centers by making space on the roads for bicyclists and pedestrians. The environmentally friendly city also hosts a number of conferences on climate change and renewable energy.
- Toronto, Canada
The city is famous for innovation and environmental protection efforts
- Washington, DC
The US capital is the canter of political activity and is expected to improve a lot in the future
- Berlin, Germany
Berlin, , the improvement rate of the German capital in environmental performance has slowed in recent years, even then it will most likely remain a global leader in sustainability. Germany plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% to 95% by 2050.
- Atlanta, United States
In 2016, Atlanta saw increases in all three data sets that determine a city's potential for innovation: patents per capita, private investments, and university-sponsored incubators.
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam has seen increases in private and foreign direct investment in recent years.The city is said to be the leader of freedom of expression.
- Chicago, United States
Like Los Angeles and Toronto, Chicago has the potential to become a future technological hub.12 Fortune Global 500 companies, including Boeing, United Continental, the Kraft Heinz Company, and the troubled retailer Sears are from this city.
- Geneva, Switzerland
The headquarters of Europe's United Nations is home to a variety of prominent international organizations, including the Red Cross and the World Trade Organization.
- Sydney, Australia
In 2016, Sydney showed the fastest rate of improvement in its environmental performance over the past five years of all the cities studied — tied only with Melbourne. That effort has turned the city into a global leader in that area.
- Zurich, Switzerland
According to the report, Zurich is on track to be a future leader in the governance category, as is Geneva. That's partly because its bureaucracy functions well compared to other cities.
- Singapore
Singapore a leader in a metric that measures the quality of its bureaucracy, in part because government officers are paid well and there is little tolerance for abuse of power as compared with other Asian cities studied.
- Moscow, Russia
The Russian capital saw improvements in economics as a result of growth in foreign direct investment. Moscow also registered comparative gains in the quality of its bureaucracy —recruiting women to political parties in recent years .
- Stockholm, Sweden
In 2016, Sweden's capital city saw improvements in every indicator of innovation. The city is home to an advocacy organization, the Stockholm Center for Freedom, that promotes the rule of law and fundamental rights.
- Houston, United States
Houston was named a world leader in GDP per capita, which is an important factor in the report's calculations of personal well-being. The Texas city has also seen a rise in the number of patents filed per capita, an indicator of growth in entrepreneurship.
- Munich, Germany
The German city is also a major tech hub in Europe. That's because of its strengths in research and development and innovative networking systems. In 2015, Munich was home to nearly 100,000 startups.
- Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne is world leader in personal well-being. That means Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia, is improving a combination of infrastructure, GDP per capita, and foreign direct investment faster than any other city on the planet. It also ranked highly in increases of environmental performance.
- Boston, United States
Entrepreneurship has flourished in Boston in recent years. The historic city has a longstanding focus on biotech and some of the the world's best universities, including Harvard and MIT.
- London, England
Its access to cultural experiences and workforce talent. London earned the top spot in six metrics used in the report's calculations, including number of top global services firms, number of news agency bureaus, sporting events, international travelers, and international student population.
- Paris, France
Paris emerged as a challenger for major US cities in future importance and competitiveness. The French capital is increasing the number of business incubators it hosts and has had substantial growth in private investment from venture capital and private equity firms — both foreign and domestic.
- New York City, United States
Considered a world center of fashion, finance, media, and technology, the city posted high scores in business activity, political engagement, and human capital. New York City also leads the pack in capital markets and local institutions with global reach.
- San Francisco, United States
San Francisco, the tech capital of the world, tops the list because of its strength in innovation.
San Francisco, located north of the Silicon Valley tech hub, is best positioned to attract and retain global capital, people, and ideas in the coming years, according to the report. The city saw increases in the number of patents per capita and business incubators launched.
But the concentration of power and wealth has its downside: San Francisco often ranks as the most expensive real estate market in America, with many long-timers forced out as techies move in.
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Source: WEF
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