Bengaluru pips Silicon Valley to become world’s most dynamic city

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Jan 18, 2017: Bengaluru has pipped Silicon Valley in the United States to become world’s most dynamic city, as per a report by real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle

 

The City Momentum Index-2017 released by JLL “Technology continues to be a major driver of momentum in the world’s 30 fastest-changing cities. These cities provide fertile environments for innovation and successfully integrate into global networks, often outperforming their national economies.”

The JLL report which is being discussed at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, states that India has taken over from China as home to some of the world’s most dynamic cities.

Six Indian cities feature in the CMI Global Top 30, with the country’s primary technology hub, Bangalore moving into the top spot for the first time,  followed by Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Silicon Valley in the United States.

Hyderabad, at fifth, is the only other Indian city in the top 10.

Cities in India, China and Vietnam, along with several in the US, head the list of the world’s fastest changing cities.