City profile

The Capital of Chile, Santiago, is located in a valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean coast. The city is the political and financial centre of the country and home to many multinational corporations. The city has an urban population of 5.5 million.

Santiago scores very highly for Liveability and Loveability and also highly for Assets and Infrastructure.

The city boasts strong intellectual assets with well performing universities, a significant educated workforce, and a relatively good AI readiness score. The city was one of the earliest to electrify public transport systems. Additionally, they have invested in smart city solutions, urban greening and active mobility options to improve urban comfort and efficiencies.

The city, however, has room to grow in Investor Attractiveness, namely on the city's brand image and the environment for encouraging business and start up growth.

Insight

Santiago is an exemplar city in Latin America for improving urban mobility and broader liveability. Mobility is intrinsic to the quality of life experienced in cities. But for the past century, the car has dominated how we plan and grow our urban areas. We must now seize the opportunity to place people back at the heart of our cities and drive a human focused approach to the design of the built environment. Cities Alive: Towards a walking world highlights the significant social, economic, environmental and political benefits of walking. Informed by specialist insight and multidisciplinary expertise from across our global offices, we highlight 50 benefits of walking explored through 16 distinct indicative themes, and list 40 actions that city leaders can consider to inform walking policy, strategy and design.
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