Discover the safest cities in the world. Tokyo in the foreground

Last update: Friday Number 28 – 1440 August 30, 2019 KSA 09:45 – GMT 06:45
Publication date: Friday Number 28 – 1440 August 30, 2019 KSA 08:56 – GMT 05:56

SOURCE: Reuters

Tokyo – The Economic Information Unit (EIU) on Thursday designated Tokyo as the safest city in the world in an index that ranks cities' ability to cope with all kinds of risks, from disasters to cyberattacks.

Singapore came in second after the Japanese capital, while Osaka also took third place, making this ranking the same in the Safe Cities Index in 2015 and 2017. Caracas and Lagos were respectively 59th and 60th with three Arab cities: Kuwait 38, Riyadh 39 and Cairo 55.

The Economic Information Unit is one of the world's leading business advisors, helping businesses, the financial sector and governments understand how the world is evolving, creating opportunities and manageable risks.

Researchers at the Economist Unit also produce high-quality research, analysis and data on countries, cities, industries and businesses, seeking to provide this information to their clients to help them understand the challenges they face when moving to these cities.

The researchers said that the index of 60 cities this year aimed to emphasize the concept of "resilience of cities" – the ability of cities to absorb shocks and to recover from them. .

The assessment focused on four types of security: digital, infrastructure, health and personal safety.

The Asia-Pacific region dominated the top ten with Sydney fifth, South Korea eighth and Melbourne tenth.

The top ten included two cities in Europe and two in North America, with Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, fourth and Copenhagen, eighth, with Seoul. Toronto was sixth and Washington seventh.

According to the index, Abu Dhabi and Dubai ranked 26th in the world among the safest cities in the Infrastructure Security sub-index, while they climbed to 11th and 12th respectively in the index. personal safety, in front of cities like Zurich, Frankfurt, Paris and Madrid.

The safest cities have a high level of access to high quality health care, specialized cyber security teams, police patrols to protect the community and good disaster planning, the researchers said.