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<strong>Christa</strong> <strong>Anderson</strong><br />

World Bank<br />

Urban Development and Local Government<br />

THE WORLD BANK


City Sustainability Indicators<br />

Necessary Features<br />

Harmonize across regions<br />

Measure baseline performance<br />

Simple Metrics: Focus on core indicators and basic<br />

services<br />

City-level data that can be aggregated to Metro<br />

* You can’t manage what you can’t measure *


Existing Sustainability Indicator syst<strong>ems</strong><br />

System Indicator System 1988 2000 2009<br />

Type


Review of Sustainability Indicator Syst<strong>ems</strong><br />

Categories covered by Sustainability<br />

Indicator Syst<strong>ems</strong><br />

Efficient Land Use<br />

Diverse Natural Environment & Functional Ecosystem<br />

Climate Change & DRM, Adaptation & Resilience<br />

Waste Pollution Min & Mgmt.<br />

Access to affordable housing and services<br />

Carbon Efficient, Environmentally-Sound Transportation<br />

Efficient Resource Use<br />

Health<br />

Safety<br />

Diversified and Competitive Economy<br />

Access to Education, Jobs, and Training<br />

Local or civic identity/sense of place<br />

Access to Capital and Credit<br />

Access to public recreation and open space<br />

Access to a variety of tranportation options<br />

Transportation & Infrastructure Coordinated with Land Use<br />

Occurrence of Indicators<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50


Global City Indicators Facility


Global City Indicators Facility<br />

Structured around themes organized into two broad<br />

categories: city services and quality of life<br />

City Services<br />

Themes<br />

Global City Indicators<br />

Facility<br />

Core Indicators<br />

Supporting Indicators<br />

Quality of Life<br />

Themes<br />

Core indicators<br />

Supporting indicators


Global City Indicators Facility<br />

City Services Themes<br />

Education<br />

Finance<br />

Governance<br />

Recreation<br />

Social Services<br />

Transportation<br />

Wastewater<br />

Energy<br />

Fire and Emergency<br />

Services<br />

Health<br />

Safety<br />

Solid waste<br />

Urban Planning<br />

Water


Global City Indicators Facility<br />

Quality of Life Themes<br />

Civic Engagement<br />

Economy<br />

Shelter<br />

Subjective Well-Being<br />

Culture<br />

Environment<br />

Social Equity<br />

Technology and<br />

Innovation


Global City Indicators Facility<br />

Key Features<br />

City-led – Managed by cities and coordinated by GCIF<br />

Focuses on cities and city governance<br />

Provides a network for information sharing<br />

Cost effective – Free web-based platform and <strong>com</strong>monly collected<br />

indicators<br />

Includes key stakeholders – Partnerships with international<br />

organizations who are also GCIF board members


Toward Standard Sustainability Indicators<br />

Harmonize across regions<br />

Simple Metrics: Focus on core indicators and basic<br />

services<br />

Transparent indicators<br />

Measure baseline performance & update<br />

regularly<br />

City-level data that can be aggregated to Metro


Thank You<br />

canderson4@worldbank.org<br />

worldbank.org/urban<br />

cityindicators.org

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