Dimensions overview
How we measureThe Index measures nighttime culture across six dimensions. Each dimension asks one question of every city, from how creative work is supported to what the night does for the environment.
Each dimension is built from two to eight indicators, 30 in all, and is scored from 0 to 100. Go through the dimensions to see what they measure, why it matters and how each city scores.
Dimension 1 of 6
Creative Ecology
How does the local cultural ecosystem support original creative work and careers, through both educational opportunities and experimental, diverse programming?
Why it matters
A city can have a busy nightlife while producing little new culture of its own. An index without this dimension would just count the consumption of culture and miss its production.
How the six cities score
Cities in alphabetical order, never ranked.