ISO 37120

ISO 37120 Sustainable development of communities -- Indicators for city services and quality of life 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