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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NanuNana" data-source="post: 9496889" data-attributes="member: 264764">         <a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/top-story/9930-colombo-amongst-worst-livable-cities-.html" target="_blank">         Colombo amongst worst cities     </a>                                       Tuesday, 22 February 2011 08:30                                                                                                                                                                                                                  <img src="http://www.dailymirror.lk/images/Cmb_60.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Colombo  has been ranked among the worst 10 livable cities in the world by the  Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Liveability Survey released this  month. According to the survey, Colombo is placed 131 out of 140 cities.The index ranks cities with an overall rating which is then subdivided  into categories of Stability, Healthcare, Culture & Environment, Education and Infrastructure- on a scale from 100 to 0 with hundred  being the "ideal" and zero "intolerable".     According to the survey, "the concept of liveability is simple: it  assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst  living conditions."           Interestingly the highest ranking cities are located in Australia and  Canada- the countries with the largest Sri Lankan Diaspora. Vancouver,  Canada is at the top, followed by Melbourne. Toronto, Calgary, Sydney,  Perth and Adelaide fall within the top ten. Other top ten contenders  include Auckland (New Zealand), Helsinki (Finland) and Vienna  (Austria).            Sri Lanka heads the low-rankers with an overall rating of 48.5 followed  by Dakar (Senegal), Tehran (Iran), Douala (Cameroon), Karachi  (Pakistan), Algiers (Algeria), Lagos (Nigeria), Port Moresby (Papua New  Guinea) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) respectively. The bottom spot is held  with an overall rating of 37.5 by Harare, Zimbabwe.           Despite heavy investments on infrastructure in the year 2010, Colombo  received just an average satisfactory 51.8 points for infrastructure.  The infrastructure component judges transport, quality of road network,  quality of public transport, quality of regional or international links  and availability of good quality housing and utilities; quality of  energy provision, quality of water provision, and quality of  telecommunications infrastructure.           Despite the Ministry of Defense' taking over of the Urban Development  Authority in May 2010, Colombo has received only a score of 45 for  stability and 47.7 for culture and environment. The culture aspect looks  into corruption, discomfort to travelers, social/religious restrictions  and the level of censorship.            Could major development projects such as the Colombo seafront expansion  and the construction of Shangri-La hotel boost the liveability ranking  of the capital city, which is eyeing to become  Asia's little miracle? (Dianne Silva)    Source : Daily Mirror ( 22nd FEBRUARY 2011 ) - Front Page<a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/top-story/9930-colombo-amongst-worst-livable-cities-.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymirror.lk/top-story/9930-colombo-amongst-worst-livable-cities-.html</a>NICE ISN'T IT ????   SUBA ANAAGATHAYAK</blockquote>

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