Asia’s most livable cities 2007 : Asian quality of life rankings

Mercer and The Economist both release lists of the world’s most livable cities. Doing some related academic essay, I needed to rip down a sub-list for the most livable cities in Asia. It’s be interesting to read the in-depth analysis of those reports and see how they measured quality of life. I find the results fascinating, and somewhat sensible based on my tours and life around Asia so far. Here it the most livable cities in Asia according to Mercer (I think The Economist list requires 200US$):

(City name – country name – 2007 rank – 2006 rank)

1. Singapore – Singapore – 34 – 34
2. Tokyo – Japan – 35 -35
3. Yokahama – Japan – 38 – 37
4. Kobe – Japan – 40 – 40
5. Osaka – Japan – 42 – 51
6. Nagoya – Japan – 54 – 53
7. Yokkaichi – Japan – 63 – 64
8. Omata – Japan – 69 -67
9. Hong Kong – China – 70 – 68
10. Katsuyama – Japan – 73 – 71
11. Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia – 75 – 75
12. Taipei – Taiwan – 83 – 81
13. Seoul – South Korea – 87 – 89
14. Shanghai – China – 100 – 103
15. Johor Baharu – Malaysia – 101 – 99
16. Kaohsiung – Taiwan – 103 – 101
17. (Tel-Aviv – Israel – 105 – 105)
18. Bangkok – Thailand – 109 – 107
19. Yeochun – South Korea – 110 – 110
20. Ulsan – South Korea – 113 – 115
21. Beijing – China – 116 – 121
22. (Jerusalem – Israel – 122 – 124)
23. Manila – Philippines – 123 – 118
24. Guangzhou – China – 131 – 133
25. Raynong – Thailand – 132 – 132
26. Nanjing – China – 135 – 136
27. Jakarta – Indonesia – 142 – 142
28. Shenyang – China – 145 – 147
29. New Delhi – India – 148 – 150
30. Ho Chi Minh city – Vietnam – 150 – 148

Makes sense?