Two cities in Canada have earned a spot in a new list that ranks cities based on how well they attract people, capital, and enterprises.The ranking, which includes two major cities in Canada this year, looks at each city's comprehensive power to attract people and companies from around the world. Since 2008, the Mori Memorial Foundation's Institute for Urban Strategies in Japan has published the Global Power City Index (GPCI). The GPCI measures each city's appeal based on six functions: economy, research and development, cultural interaction, livability, environment, and accessibility."The GPCI is able to grasp the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges of global cities in a continuously changing world, not only through a ranking, but also through analyzing that ranking's specific components," reads the report.To compare 48 cities, the six main categories were further broken up into 72 categories. Based on this, each city was scored accordingly, and the...
