This is the ranking of cities most prepared for the future

The climate crisis is forcing cities around the world to adapt, to be more sustainable, ecological and intelligent, and to improve their structure for everything to come, which is no small thing. Climatic, technological and sociological changes that will create new needs and challenges for everyone, but are they prepared for the future?

The company Easy Park Group has published a study on the smartest and most future-proof cities, pointing to those that are already adopting technological measures to improve their sustainability and livability in 2021.

“Many of the cities with the highest score in the index obtain good results in terms of high use of electric vehicles and low rates of CO2 emissions , and as cities continue to expand, mobility is taking on an increasingly important role in people's daily lives. While the world faces challenges related to climate change, some of the world's most technologically advanced cities have already adopted innovative services and solutions to optimize traffic flow and facilitate mobility, to make the city more livable." , indicates Johan Birgersson, CEO of EasyPark Group, in the report.

The study was divided into three categories according to the size of the cities: metropolitan areas with more than 3 million inhabitants , those found between 600,000 and 3 million s, and those between 50,000 and 600,000 inhabitants . The result is a list of 50 top-ranked smart and future-ready cities around the world.

How does the study was realized? To do this, EasyPark retrieved data from sources such as the World Bank, The Economist, the International Monetary Fund and The Lancet, and four key areas were considered; the digital life of each city , the mobility innovation , the technology and business infrastructure , the environmental sustainability , which has been evaluated by analyzing the use of green energy, the number of green buildings, the waste management system and the overall response and planning to climate change.

THE SMARTEST CITIES LIST (WITH MORE THAN 3 MILLION INHABITANTS)

1. London, UK (100.00)
2. New York, United States (95.84)
3. San Francisco, United States (94.43)
4. Singapore, Singapore (94.21)
5. Berlin, Germany (92.58)
6. Rotterdam, Netherlands (91.44)
7. Seattle, United States (90.40)
8. Seoul, South Korea (87.50)
9. Washington D.C., United States (86.77)
10. Manchester, UK (85.34)

Copenhagen, another of the cities best prepared for the global future.

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THE SMARTEST CITIES LIST (WITH POPULATION BETWEEN 600,000 AND 3 MILLION)

1. Copenhagen, Denmark (100.00)
2. Stockholm, Sweden (99.84)
3. Oslo, Norway (98.48)
4. Amsterdam, Netherlands (96.57)
5. Zurich, Switzerland (94.04)
6. Gothenburg, Sweden (88.93)
7. Helsinki, Finland (87.92)
8. Boston, United States (84.65)
9. Utrecht, Netherlands (83.13)
10. Edinburgh, UK (79.82)

THE SMARTEST CITIES LIST (WITH POPULATION BETWEEN 50,000 AND 600,000)

1. Lund, Sweden (100.00)
2. Stavanger, Norway (88.75)
3. Espoo, Finland (88.07)
4. Malmo, Sweden (87.49)
5. Aalborg, Denmark (87.09)
6. Aarhus, Denmark (86.88)
7. Trondheim, Norway (85.25)
8. Bergen, Norway (84.77)
9. Porvoo, Finland (81.35)
10. Cambridge, UK (81.17)

From the rest of the rankings we can know that San Francisco It is the city with more than three million inhabitants that is best prepared in terms of technology, that is, its Internet connectivity or the ease of making digital payments.

Secondly, Rio de Janeiro It is the most prepared if we talk about green energy and more than three million inhabitants. And in the category of innovation and parking, of more than three million inhabitants, it stands out again London . This refers to the possibility of moving around the city with public transport and clean energy and traffic management in general.

You can see the rest of the lists here.