City Mayors ranks the largest cities and urban areas in the world. It also ranks the largest cities in individual countries, and provides a list of the capital cities of some 200 sovereign countries FRONT PAGE Site Search About us UBS: Most expensive and richest cities ECA: Most expensive cities EIU: Most expensive cities Mercer: Most expensive cities Global Cities Index World's top cities World's richest cities (GDP) Richest cities (earnings) World's largest cities & their mayors 2011 Urban population growth from now to 2030 Most powerful cities World's best financial cities Europe's top city brands European growth cities 2009 Real estate USA Real estate Europe European business cities Best world cities to live in World's largest cities and their mayors 2010 Worldwide | Elections | North America | Latin America | Europe | Asia | Africa | |
The 150 richest cities in the world by GDP in 200511 March 2007: The tables provide GDP figures for cities and their surrounding urban areas in 2005. Most such agglomerations are economically, socially and culturally dominated by one city at their centre. Occasionally however, several cities of similar status and their suburbs make up an urban area. The GDP figures are estimated and expressed in US$, using purchasing power parity exchange rates. The estimates are based on PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates and projections as well as UN urban agglomeration definitions and population estimates. The research was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers.Richest cities and urban areas in 2005
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The shortlist of mayors for the 2012 World Mayor Prize have been announced. VOTE NOW FOR THE WINNER Introducing World Mayor The shortlist for the 2012 World Mayor Prize includes five mayors from North America, four from Latin America, seven from Europe, five from Asia, two from Australasia and two mayors from Africa. The City Mayors Foundation, the international think tank for local government, organises the World Mayor Project and awards the World Mayor Prize. The Prize, which has been given since 2004, honours mayors with the vision, passion and skills to make their cities incredible places to live in, work in and visit. The World Mayor Project aims to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their profiles nationally and internationally. The organisers of the World Mayor Project are looking for city leaders who excel in qualities like: leadership and vision, management abilities and integrity, social and economic awareness, ability to provide security and to protect the environment as well as the will and ability to foster good relations between communities from different cultural, racial and social backgrounds. The winner receives the artistically acclaimed World Mayor trophy, while the two runner-ups are given the World Mayor Commendation. Mayors wishing to be considered for the World Mayor Prize will be asked to sign up to the City Mayors' Code of Ethics 2012 timetable Nominations were accepted until the 17 May 2012. A shortlist of 25 nominees was published on 18 June. VOTING IS NOW TAKING PLACE and will continue until the middle of October. The winner of the 2012 World Mayor Prize and other results of the World Mayor Project will be announced in early December 2012. Winners and runners-up 2004 to 2010 In 2004: Winner: Edi Rama (Tirana, Albania); Runner-up: Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Mexico City, Mexico); In third place: Walter Veltroni (Rome, Italy) In 2005: Winner: Dora Bakoyannis (Athens, Greece); Runner-up: Hazel McCallion (Mississauga, Canada); In third place: Alvaro Arzú (Guatemala City, Guatemala) In 2006: Winner: John So (Melbourne, Australia); Runner up: Job Cohen (Amsterdam, Netherland); In third place: Stephen Reed (Harrisburg, USA) In 2008: Winner: Helen Zille (Cape Town, South Africa); Runner up: Elmar Ledergerber (Zurich, Switzerland); In third place: Leopoldo López (Chacao, Venezuela) In 2010: Winner: Marcelo Ebrard (Mexico City, Mexico); Runner-up: Mick Cornett (Oklahoma City, USA); In third place: Domenico Lucano (Riace, Italy) |