World's most liveable city 2014 is... 2014年世界最佳宜居城市是…

3月 02, 2015

The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) claims its annual Liveability Survey could be used to "assign a hardship allowance as part of expatriate relocation packages," among other things. But that needn't apply to those in Melbourne, which for the fourth year running has been declared the best city in the world to live.

經紀人信息社(Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU)公布了年度宜居性調查(Liveability Survey) 「宜居性排名原為(僱主)作為調遷工作時加給的辛勞津貼(註二)，包含在移民國外的搬遷補助(註一)」等等的一些用途，但那並不適用於連續四年被宣布為世界上最適合居住城市的墨爾本的人們。

The Australian culture hub was buoyed by superlative healthcare, infrastructure and education as well as a murder rate of 3.1 per 100,000 people, half the global average of 6.2. Melbourne's total score of 97.5, assessed on various factors such as "stability" and "culture and environment," as well as those mentioned above, was just 0.1 points above Vienna, which scored identically across all categories to Melbourne except culture and environment.

澳洲文化中心因為擁有最高級的醫療保健、基礎建設和教育還有每100,000人中3.1個人的謀殺率（全球平均6.2的一半），墨爾本的總成績是97.5分，是根據多方面因素像是「穩定性」還有「文化和環境」來進行評估，還有綜合上述的因素，僅僅高於維也納0.1分，（維也納）在除了文化與環境所有種類的分數都和墨爾本一樣。

The top 10 list hasn't changed since 2011 and of the 140 cities surveyed, only 20 changed score in the last year. "Over half of the changes taking place over the past 12 months have been driven by deteriorating scores," said the report, "with instability re-emerging as a key factor in influencing global scores. "Events in Ukraine, in particular, have had significant knock-on effects for cities such as Kiev, Moscow and St Petersburg.

前十名的名單自從2011年就沒有變過，而在調查140個城市中，去年只有20個的成績有改變，在報告中寫道「過去十二個月有改變的成績中，超過一半是衰退的」，「再次出現的不穩定性是影響全球成績的關鍵因素。」尤其在烏克蘭發生的事件，對於像是基輔(註三)、莫斯科(註四)和聖彼得堡(註五)產生了連鎖效應(knock-on effects)。

Localized instability has also affected locations like Bangkok. "The score of Damascus in Syria has continued to decline, although the escalation in Iraq is not reflected in our ranking because Baghdad is not included in the survey." Tehran in Iran, Tripoli in Libya and Amman in Jordan saw their scores improve, having "enjoyed periods of relative stability following significant falls in liveability.

局部的不穩定性也影響了某些地區像是曼谷。「敘利亞的大馬士革的城際持續的在下跌，雖然伊拉克的提升沒有反應在我們的排名中因為這次的調查中並沒有包含巴格達。」伊朗的德黑蘭、利比亞的的黎波里和約旦的安曼的成績有進步，在宜居性大幅跌落後正享受穩定性相較高的時期。

But over the last five years, global liveability has declined overall, "highlighting the fact that the last five years have been characterized by heightened unrest in the wake of the global economic crisis." Kiev (Ukraine), Tripoli (Libya) and Damascus (Syria) have seen the biggest falls in liveability over the last five years, says the report.

但在過去五年，全球的宜居性整體來看是衰退的，「特別需要注意的是過去五年不同以往的是隨著全球經濟危機而漸漸提升的動盪」，報告中寫道基輔（烏克蘭）、的黎波里（利比亞）和大馬士革（敘利亞）過去五年面臨宜居性最大幅度的下跌。

10 most liveable cities 10個最佳宜居城市

1. Melbourne 墨爾本