The Institute also announced today the results of its City Perception Survey (CPS) 2022, which polled some 9,600 residents in the 48 cities to determine how the international community perceives the top cities in the GPCI rankings. Melbourne and Paris, for example, scored higher in Livability compared to last year, and New York added points by recovering its domestic transportation network quickly and enhancing its working environment.

Other locations managed to increase their scores by improving local living conditions. While cities such as London, Singapore and Tokyo have seen their scores affected by their limitations on international air traffic and cautious border measures, Dubai and Istanbul have raised their scores by resuming tourism air traffic.

Regarding Accessibility, cities are particularly divided in terms of how fast they have resumed accepting international flights. GPCI 2022 rankings were significantly impacted by how cities have responded to the three-year COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the top five cities-London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Singapore, in that order-other notable cities included Melbourne (#9), which was ranked in the top 10 for the first time, and Dubai (#11), which has made great strides in enhancing its cultural interaction. TOKYO-( BUSINESS WIRE)- The Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies, a research body established by Mori Building, Tokyo’s leading urban developer, announced today its Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2022 report on the overall strength of the world’s 48 major cities, with a special focus on how cities have responded to the COVID-19 era.

Global city index paris