<p>The World Economic Forum (WEF) has endorsed a ranking of Bengaluru city as the most dynamic city in the world, beating the United States’ Silicon Valley.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India also snatched the lead from China as home to some of the world’s fastest-changing cities, taking six of the top 30.<br /><br />The WEF tweeted: "These are the most dynamic cities in the world-and they are not the one's you would expect".<br /><br />Hyderabad secured the fifth place in the list, a place above London. Pune (13) rose above New York and Paris, Chennai (18) beat San Francisco as Delhi (23) and Mumbai (25) secured a position much above Los Angeles and Stockholm. Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam sprung another surprise by grabbing the second spot and pushing Silicon Valley to the third.<br /><br />The forum noted that though dynamic cities are spread throughout the world, more than half of the top 30 in the 2017 rankings were in Asia-Pacific. <br /><br />“India snatched the lead from China as home to some of the world’s fastest-changing cities, taking six of the top 30, compared with China’s five. The overriding factors that characterise the world’s most dynamic cities are technology and innovation — and cities that best absorb, adapt and leverage these drivers come out on top,” the WEF said in a brief note.<br /><br />Key factors<br />Besides the use of technology, the key factors that contribute to the rank include liveability, affordability, space, environment and housing. <br /><br />Global geopolitics, marked by nationalism and protectionism, have also been considered.<br /><br />HK loses out <br /><br />Affordability and space constraints in San Francisco (21) contributed to knocking that city out of the top 20 for the first time and Hong Kong out of the top 30.</p>
<p>The World Economic Forum (WEF) has endorsed a ranking of Bengaluru city as the most dynamic city in the world, beating the United States’ Silicon Valley.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India also snatched the lead from China as home to some of the world’s fastest-changing cities, taking six of the top 30.<br /><br />The WEF tweeted: "These are the most dynamic cities in the world-and they are not the one's you would expect".<br /><br />Hyderabad secured the fifth place in the list, a place above London. Pune (13) rose above New York and Paris, Chennai (18) beat San Francisco as Delhi (23) and Mumbai (25) secured a position much above Los Angeles and Stockholm. Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam sprung another surprise by grabbing the second spot and pushing Silicon Valley to the third.<br /><br />The forum noted that though dynamic cities are spread throughout the world, more than half of the top 30 in the 2017 rankings were in Asia-Pacific. <br /><br />“India snatched the lead from China as home to some of the world’s fastest-changing cities, taking six of the top 30, compared with China’s five. The overriding factors that characterise the world’s most dynamic cities are technology and innovation — and cities that best absorb, adapt and leverage these drivers come out on top,” the WEF said in a brief note.<br /><br />Key factors<br />Besides the use of technology, the key factors that contribute to the rank include liveability, affordability, space, environment and housing. <br /><br />Global geopolitics, marked by nationalism and protectionism, have also been considered.<br /><br />HK loses out <br /><br />Affordability and space constraints in San Francisco (21) contributed to knocking that city out of the top 20 for the first time and Hong Kong out of the top 30.</p>
