We apologise for the inconvenience. Web Content Display Global. For a better user experience please update your browser or use Chrome or Firefox browser. Publication Detail Actions Portlet. Rate this publication. We would like to hear your views on this material or activity. Please click here to provide your feedback. Publication Detail Portlet. Publication metadata Quality of life data show that in most countries, the capital city has advantages compared to the regions outside the capital.
In light of the continued growth of capital city populations and the concentration of resources within them, this policy brief explores the source of the advantages of capital cities in quality of life. Are these advantages mostly related to specific demographics that these cities nurture and attract?
Or do these advantages stem from opportunities that major cities provide due to their scale and economic growth? The policy brief aims to clarify why policy should focus on both the economy and society when it comes to advancing economic, social and territorial cohesion. View more. View less. Available languages and formats Download X. Policy brief. Formats and languages. Author s :. In Europe, people living in the capital city generally have a better quality of life than people living in other parts of a country.
On this basis, it seems that capital cities are indeed the best places to live. Read less. Number of pages:. What makes capital cities the best places to live?
Cite this publication:. Among the landmarks are the Palace of Peace and Harmony - a concrete and glass pyramid designed by Norman Foster that boasts a 1,seat opera venue. This windswept city in the frozen steppe was briefly called Akmola but changed to Astana because the former means "white grave".
The pyramid that reveals Kazakhstan's ambitions. Another country - Myanmar formerly Burma - also has a remote capital city, and its one is four times the size of London.
Nay Pyi Taw was built in as an isolated refuge for the paranoid military government, at a time before the country began its rocky transition to democracy. The huge capital has everything - huge roads, a zoo and golf courses - but few people. Why Jerusalem matters. The glass pyramid that reveals Kazakhstan's ambitions. Image source, AFP.
Some capitals - like Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar - feel quite distant from their people. Here are four reasons:. A means of control, and a symbol of unity.
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