Dhaka second worst liveable city in world

Dhaka has ranked the second worst liveable city in the world, just standing one step ahead of the Syrian capital city of Damascus, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) 2015 Global Liveability Ranking.
It says the capital of Bangladesh has been in the same position for the third year in a row while the immensely-affected and war-torn city of Damascus, Syria, has been ranked the worst liveable city.
In the ranking that covered 140 cities all over the world, Dhaka scored 38.7 out of 100 while Melbourne in Australia scored a near perfect score of 97.5 as it remains the world's most liveable city for the fifth year in a row with Vienna, Vancouver, Toronto and Adelaide/Calgary (tied at 5) completing the top five most liveable cities in 2015.
According to the EIU, these cities have "relatively few challenges to living standards," and enjoy a good infrastructure, healthcare system and a low murder rate.
Unsurprisingly, Damascus remains the least liveable city, with Syria embroiled in a bloody civil war.
But elsewhere, there's been a marked deterioration in previously stable regions, such as Europe and North America, caused by events such as The Charlie Hebdo attacks in the heart of Paris and race-fuelled civil unrest in a number of US cities.
The ranking that considers 30 factors like safety, healthcare, educational resources, infrastructure, culture and environment in 140 cities, shows that since 2010 average liveability across the world has fallen by 1.0 per cent led by a 2.2 per cent fall in the score for stability and safety.
"While this may seem marginal, it highlights that 57 of the cities surveyed have seen declines in liveability over the last five years," the report states. The EIU puts this decline down to incidences such as the shootings in France and Tunisia, conflict zones in Syria, Ukraine and Libya, along with civil unrest in the US.
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