Deputy Mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin, speaking at the V Moscow Urban Forum, cited data from a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This consulting company conducted a comparative analysis of Moscow and 12 other cities around the world, approximately comparable in terms of area and number of people, by the following factors: the level of medical care and its availability, safety, comfort, overall quality of life, economic impact, environmental situation and the dynamics of all these factors for 2010-2015.
Introducing you world megalopolis development rating.
5. New York
The largest US city with a population of about 8.5 million people is experiencing a slight decline in the pace of development. Budget capital expenditures in this metropolis over the past five years decreased by 7.1%, the number of housing per capita decreased by 0.7 square meters. m. But the transport network continues to develop: for the first time in 25 years, a new metro station has opened.
4. Berlin
About 4 million people live in Germany’s largest metropolis. According to the study, Berlin ranks first in terms of the development of rail transport. The city has a complex and extensive transport infrastructure: 5,334 kilometers of roads, about a thousand bridges, two airports, and the metro has 9 main lines with a total length of 150 km. There are also so-called urban trains with a total length of 331 km. And for cyclists (a very popular way of moving around the city among Germans), special bicycle paths are laid, the movement of which is regulated by separate sections of traffic lights.
3. Beijing
The top 5 most dynamically developing megacities included the ancient capital of China. It is generally accepted that from the point of view of economic development, this city is inferior to such giants as Shanghai and Hong Kong, but the situation is beginning to change. Beijing creates favorable conditions for entrepreneurs and the creation of innovative enterprises. This is reflected in the average annual growth rate of real estate: according to PwC experts, Beijing leads in this regard. Every year, the area of retail real estate increases by 9.3%. Such a rapid development has become possible in many respects thanks to the many Chinese and foreign companies that specialize in venture financing.
2. London
Europe’s second largest city with 8.5 million inhabitants competes with New York for the title of the world's leading financial center, and the megalopolis’s GDP is second only to Tokyo, New York and Paris. According to the study, the average annual growth rate of investment in fixed assets is 5.1%. And although the demand for housing in the city of Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes still exceeds supply, over the past five years the number of living space per capita has increased by 0.7 square meters. m, and the capacity of kindergartens increased by 3%.
1. Moscow
According to PwC experts, the average annual growth rate of investment in fixed assets (8.2%) brings the Russian capital the first place in the ranking, exceeding similar figures in London by 3.1%. Moscow ranks first in terms of the average annual growth rate of office real estate (4%), and in terms of growth in retail real estate (7.7%), it gives priority only to the capital of China (9.3%).
The rail transport network of the Russian metropolis is second only to Berlin and continues to develop intensively - since 2010, 17 new metro stations have been commissioned. Moscow is the leader in terms of rapid growth in the introduction of the road network - its area has grown by 10%. And budget capital expenditures amounted to 3.1% (which is more than the figures of both London and New York). Moscow has the highest growth rate in terms of the number of square meters per capita built: it increased by 1.7 square meters. The number of places in kindergartens increased by 18%, which is 15% higher than in London. Thus, the Mother See in terms of indicators deservedly receives the title of the most dynamically developing megalopolis of the world in 2015.
