Globalization is challenging cities to inform, innovate, and compete to foster the kind of citizen satisfaction that attracts both people and investment – the keys to a city’s success.
With two in every three people likely to be living in cities or other urban centres*, there is an increasingly pressing need to ensure that our cities have the qualities of an attractive city to sustain healthy population and economic growth.
In fact, the appeal of cities as a place to live, work and visit is a key aspect of a city’s attractiveness and should be seen as the most important pre-condition for the future economic success of the city.
How Attractive Your City?
Key questions city leaders should be asking -
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Today’s cities are engaged in a global competition when it comes to the qualities that mark them as attractive. How do the best keep winning?
Travel the world with us, as we hear from leaders of several global cities that have shown excellence on international talent and business rankings; and explore the various decisions and initiatives that have taken them to their success, and their vision for the future.
Auckland, Frankfurt, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Vienna, Singapore
Mercer City Attractiveness Index
It is more necessary than ever for city leaders to have a clear understanding of how well they are doing to realize the goal of being competitive economically, socially, culturally and environmentally, for now and for the future.
The Mercer City Attractiveness Index provides cities with a solution to monitor their KPIs on their city attractiveness against both international and local cities to highlight strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. This helps city leaders to:
In the journey to be more competitive globally, better visibility into city attractiveness can help city leaders to better assure their long-term economic success.
How Can We Help?
How attractive is your city as a place for a talented workforce to want to live, or for a global business to set up operations? Mercer's City Attractiveness solutions can help.
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As the leading provider of data on quality of living and Cost of living, Mercer advises municipalities by using a holistic approach that addresses the goals of progressing towards excellence and attracting both multinational companies and globally mobile talent by improving the elements that are measured in its Quality of Living survey.
*Source: World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision