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Dimension Definition/variables
Infrastructure development The infrastructure development index combines two sub‐indices:
one for infrastructure and another for housing.
The infrastructure sub‐index includes: connection to services (piped
water, sewage, electricity and ICT), waste management, knowledge
infrastructure, health infrastructure, transport and road
infrastructure. The housing sub‐index includes building materials and
living space.

Environmental sustainability The environmental sustainability index is made of four sub‐indices:
air quality (PM10), CO2 emissions, energy and indoor pollution.

Equity and social inclusion The equity and social inclusion index combines statistical measures
of inequity of income/consumption (Gini coefficient) and social and
gender inequity of access to services and infrastructure.

Reference: UN Habitat report "State of the World's cities 2012/2013 Prosperity of Cities",
Table 1.1.3, p 18.
There is also an extended City Prosperity Index with more indicators and a plan to include
Governance as a sixth dimension. Furthermore, specific work has been done on Streets as a driver
for prosperity.

UN Habitat (2013), State of the World's Cities 2012/2013, Prosperity of Cities:
http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3387

UN Habitat (2013), Streets as Public Spaces and Drivers of Urban Prosperity:
http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/listItemDetails.aspx?publicationID=3513

792 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications