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Dhaka among world’s nine worst cities to live in : EIU report

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Global Liveability report ranked Dhaka fourth among the nine worst cities to live in the world, according to businessinsider.com.

Some of the world's major cities are becoming tougher places to live due to rising political and social unrest, as well as growing threats of terrorism.

The Economist Intelligence Unit report, which ranks the best and worst cities to live in the world, found that 10 cities in Western Europe suffered falls in liveability in the wake of attacks in Paris and Brussels.

"Factors such as social unrest in many US cities due to the deaths of black people in police custody, tensions in Eastern Europe and Asia and the ongoing civil wars in Ukraine, Syria and Libya have led to greater security concerns and compounded this decline," the report added.

The EIU's Global Liveability Ranking provides scores out of 100 for lifestyle challenges in 140 cities worldwide. It looks at which cities have the best living and worst living conditions. The ranking takes into account healthcare, education, infrastructure, safety, and the threat of terrorism. It then gives an overall mark out of 100.

The EIU said "the survey is designed to address a range of cities or business centres that people might want to live in or visit. Although few could currently argue that Damascus and Tripoli are likely to attract visitors, their inclusion in the survey reflects cities that were deemed relatively stable just a few years ago."

After looking at the nine best cities to live in the world, Business Insider decided to take a look at the worst cities to live in the world.

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http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2016/08/19/42753/Dhaka-among-world’s-nine-worst-cities-to-live-in-:-EIU-report
 
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The 9 worst cities to live in:

9. Douala, Cameroon - It is perhaps unsurprising the African city made the worst city list, as it scores very poorly across healthcare, education, infrastructure, and culture and environment. However, a higher stability score helped keep it from the top spot.

8. Harare, Zimbabwe -The African city may still be one of the worst cities to live in the world due to having the worst score out of 140 countries for healthcare, one of the worst for infrastructure, as well as continual social unrest. However, it has one of the most improved liveability scores over the last five years.

T=6. Karachi, Pakistan - This city had one of the lowest scores for stability and for culture and environment. However, a modest score for education at 66.7 helped keep it from topping the worst cities to live ranking.

T=6. Algiers, Algeria -The city tied with Karachi with an overall score of 40.9 due to scoring under 50 for all categories including stability, infrastructure, healthcare, and education.

5. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - The city's stability is super-low at 30 as political and social unrest is continual. Its healthcare score is also one of the worst in the world.

4. Dhaka, Bangladesh - The EIU said that "violent acts of terrorism" in Bangladesh have taken their toll on the city's liveability ranking, as it has the lowest score for infrastructure out of the 140 cities surveyed.

3. Lagos, Nigeria -The city has the worst score for stability at 10. "Continued threat from groups like Boko Haram acts as a constraint to improving stability in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city," says the EIU.

2. Tripoli, Libya - "Escalations in hostilities in Libya have prompted a sharp decline in liveability in Tripoli as the threat to stability from Islamic State (IS, an extreme global jihadi group) continues to spread across the Middle East and North Africa," said the EIU.

1. Damascus, Syria -The city was relatively stable years ago but it remains "the subject of high-profile armed conflicts," said the EIU. "Conflict is responsible for many of the lowest scores. This is not only because stability indicators have the highest single scores but also because factors defining stability spread to have an adverse effect on other categories," it added.

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So much for all the bragging that Dhaka is so much better than Kolkata :lol:

A neutral unbiased report always crushes BD defence-type fantasies

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Karachi has a better score than I thought. I was sure it would be in the top 3 worst.
 
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I guess a drastic decrease in crime rate and terrorism probably helped as well.

Here is the overview:

http://pages.eiu.com/rs/783-XMC-194/images/Liveability_August2016.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWpOaE5URmhOV0U0TURZMSIsInQiOiJxQ0NHQlIxdXptVmx2QVFCdCtuWHFCV1Vyb2xqRTdnWXBqalpCZFhYYUE2aFZhdXZIb0FzVVE2SWd4M0I5bXA2TjJyTm14azBwTEJKcjJSWFdnSUVvTWNDN1lZZjNZNW8yajdvMVhEb1lnVT0ifQ==

Ten best and Ten worst:

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I dont think they have incorporated the changes in terrorism/violence in Karachi that much yet (since stability is still quite lowly rated). So Karachi may improve even more next time I think as they do.

Most improved cities:

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@SOHEIL Tehran is most improved :)
 
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Nah...its fine...needs a bit of work...but it works perfectly fine.
 
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Here is the overview:

http://pages.eiu.com/rs/783-XMC-194/images/Liveability_August2016.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWpOaE5URmhOV0U0TURZMSIsInQiOiJxQ0NHQlIxdXptVmx2QVFCdCtuWHFCV1Vyb2xqRTdnWXBqalpCZFhYYUE2aFZhdXZIb0FzVVE2SWd4M0I5bXA2TjJyTm14azBwTEJKcjJSWFdnSUVvTWNDN1lZZjNZNW8yajdvMVhEb1lnVT0ifQ==

Ten best and Ten worst:

Z1yFwmD.jpg


I dont think they have incorporated the changes in terrorism/violence in Karachi that much yet (since stability is still quite lowly rated). So Karachi may improve even more next time I think as they do.

Most improved cities:

mYY6QtP.jpg


@SOHEIL Tehran is most improved :)
I'm confident Karachi will get out of the top 10 worst in a few years time. Things are improving rapidly, and people are far more socially and politically aware than they were 10 years ago.
 
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The main problem with Dhaka is that it is overcrowded.
This means that it is hard to provide the necessary services and infrastructure to cater for the population that live within it's boundaries.
Things will improve slowly over time as BD is growing is faster than most of the other countries in the world, and so it's relative improvement will be greater than others, but BD really needs to decentralise and stop so much development in the capital.
 
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Here is last years:

http://media.heraldsun.com.au/files/liveability.pdf

I think a little more time is needed for the most recent one to get established as full documents. Right now its only available to economist subscribers (I think)


I see. Ya, I was wondering where the full ranking for this year was. The links did not show the full list. I was curious to see how American cities were ranked (especially Los Angeles).
 
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The main problem with Dhaka is that it is overcrowded.
This means that it is hard to provide the necessary services and infrastructure to cater for the population that live within it's boundaries.
Things will improve slowly over time as BD is growing is faster than most of the other countries in the world, and so it's relative improvement will be greater than others, but BD really needs to decentralise and stop so much development in the capital.

Most Dhakaites never left the country and saw western cities only in the Hollywood movies. They will always rate Dhaka low no matter what.
Dhaka needs to improve its traffic and the score will fly..
 
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