Started in 2007, where Vienna won/Paris 3rd, the Innovation Cities Index considers current trends & weighs criteria against them. Expanded, in 2009 the dominant trends are 3: Economics, Equity & Environment.

Independently ranked from 1524 cities, 256 cities were selected based on fundamentals, then a detailed process of banded scoring of 161 Criteria applied. The result is 100 winning Innovation Cities globally, in 4 Regions, the largest Index of it's kind.

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