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India's 15 best cities to live in
Kolkata has been ranked as India’s best city to live in the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems 2014 conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship & Democracy.
The cities were rated on four broad parameters: urban planning and design, urban capacities and resources, empowered and legitimate political representation, and transparency, accountability and participation.
While cities like London and New York, scored 9.6 and 9.3 respectively on a scale of 10, the best city in India, Kolkata had a score of just 4.0.
Indian cities are grossly under-prepared to deliver a high quality of life that is sustainable in a long term, says the survey.
Janaagraha defines “Quality of Life to mean both quality of infrastructure and services, and quality of citizenship. Therefore City-Systems refer to factors that drive both these dimensions of Quality of Life.”
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Kolkata
Rank: 1
Urban planning and design: 2.8
Urban capacities and resources: 3.6
Transparency, accountability and participation: 2.9
Average score: 4.0
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Thiruvananthapuram
Urban planning and design: 2.1
Urban capacities and resources: 2.5
Transparency, accountability and participation: 4.9
Average score: 3.9
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Bhopal
Rank: 3
Urban planning and design: 2.3
Urban capacities and resources: 3.1
Transparency, accountability and participation: 4.6
Average score: 3.7
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Patna
Rank: 4
Urban planning and design: 2.0
Urban capacities and resources: 3.7
Transparency, accountability and participation: 3.2
Average score: 3.6
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Delhi
Rank: 5
Urban planning and design: 3.5
Urban capacities and resources: 4.3
Transparency, accountability and participation: 2.4
Average score: 3.6
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Raipur
Rank: 6
Urban planning and design: 1.7
Urban capacities and resources: 1.8
Transparency, accountability and participation: 4.4
Average score: 3.5
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Surat
Rank:7
Urban planning and design: 2.2
Urban capacities and resources: 3.2
Transparency, accountability and participation: 3.5
Average score: 3.5
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Pune
Rank: 8
Urban planning and design: 1.8
Urban capacities and resources: 3.3
Transparency, accountability and participation: 3.6
Average score: 3.5
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Mumbai
Rank: 9
Urban planning and design: 2.4
Urban capacities and resources: 4.0
Transparency, accountability and participation: 2.9
Average score: 3.5
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Ahmedabad
Rank: 10
Urban planning and design: 2.2
Urban capacities and resources: 3.5
Transparency, accountability and participation: 8.9
Average score: 3.4
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Jaipur
Rank: 11
Urban planning and design: 2.4
Urban capacities and resources: 2.3
Transparency, accountability and participation: 2.7
Average score: 3.3
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Chennai
Rank: 12
Urban planning and design: 2.7
Urban capacities and resources: 2.1
Transparency, accountability and participation: 3.1
Average score: 3.2
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Lucknow
Rank: 13
Urban planning and design: 2.3
Urban capacities and resources: 2.1
Transparency, accountability and participation: 3.9
Average score: 3.2
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Kanpur
Rank: 14
Urban planning and design: 2.4
Urban capacities and resources: 1.9
Transparency, accountability and participation: 3.9
Average score: 3.2
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India's 15 best cities to live in
Ranchi
Rank: 15
Urban planning and design: 1.7
Urban capacities and resources: 2.5
Transparency, accountability and participation: 2.5
Average score: 3.1