ISO 37120

Sustainability standard

ISO 37120 Sustainable development of communities -- Indicators for city services and quality of life^[1] establishes and defines the methodologies for a set of indicators to measure and steer the performance of city services and quality of life.

History

The standard was developed by ISO/TC 268, which started work in the year 2012. The first edition of ISO 37120 was published in May 2014. Currently, the Toronto-based World Council on City Data is working globally to certify cities under ISO 37120.

Main requirements of the standard

The ISO 37120:2018 adopts the structure in the following breakdown:

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 City indicators
5 Economy
6 Education
7 Energy
8 Environment and Climate change
9 Finance
10 Governance
11 Health
12 Housing
13 Population and Social conditions
14 Recreation
15 Safety
16 Solid waste
17 Sports and Culture
18 Telecommunication
19 Transport
20 Urban/local agriculture and Food security
21 Urban planning
22 Wastewater
23 Water
24 Reporting and record maintenance

Edition

Year	Description
2014	ISO 37120 (First Edition)
2018	ISO 37120 (Second Edition)

References

^ "ISO 37120:2014 - Sustainable development of communities -- Indicators for city services and quality of life". iso.org. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-28.