Research Article

Developing Statistical Optimization Models for Urban Competitiveness Index: Under the Boundaries of Econophysics Approach

Table 4

Comparisons of ranking of UCI.

UrbanUCIPwCUN-HabitatUN-HabitatEI

Tokyo7.83531733
New York6.55802117
Los Angeles6.556932149
Chicago6.5565415914
London7.03595425
Paris9.328961881
Osaka7.8352794
Mexico City3.43308292627
Philadelphia6.55689191710
São Paulo3.442410626
Washington DC6.55701127108
Boston6.55641216416
Buenos Aires0.998813302730
Dallas6.55671482112
Moscow4.631315252424
Hong Kong5.095016111122
Atlanta6.556617231613
San Francisco6.55651851214
Houston6.55601910719
Miami6.556220142318
Seoul6.8346211266
Toronto6.527122221520
Detroit6.556823242510
Seattle6.556324201317
Shanghai5.094425131823
Madrid8.33542628222
Singapore3.5065273525
Sydney6.284828261921
Mumbai1.9699291729
Istanbul3.073630212028

Note. The cities considered for UN-Habitat were selected among the top 200 cities. The ranking indexes of the cities that are not on the list are written to the next city in the list of Table 4. PwC: PricewaterhouseCoopers [70]. UN-Habitat: the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Global Urban Economic Competitiveness [71]. UN-Habitat: the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Global Urban Sustainable Competitiveness [71]. EI: econophysics index.