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4 Abbreviations and acronyms

These Technical Specifications use the following abbreviations and acronyms:
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GHG Greenhouse Gas
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection

HLY Healthy Life Years
ICT Information and Communication Technology

ISO International Organization for Standardization

ITU International Telecommunication Union
KPI Key Performance Indicator

PM10 Particulate Matter up to 10 micrometres in size
PM2.5 Particulate Matter up to 2.5 micrometres in size

QoL Quality of Life

SSC Smart Sustainable City
ToR Terms of Reference

UN‐Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme

5 General principles for key performance indicators for

ICT in a city context

The selection of KPIs is based on the following principles:

 Comprehensiveness: The set of indicators should cover all the aspects of SSC. The indicators for
evaluation should be aligned to the measured subject, i.e., ICT and its impact on the
sustainability of cities. The index system should reflect the level of general development for a
certain aspect.

 Comparability: The KPIs should be defined in a way that the data can be compared scientifically
between different cities according to different phases of urban development, which means the
KPIs must be comparable over time and space. It should also be possible to extend and amend
the set of KPIs according to the actual stage of development.
 Availability: The KPIs should be quantitative and the historic and current data should be either
available or easy to collect.

 Independency: The KPIs in the same dimension should be independent or almost‐orthogonal
i.e., overlap of the KPIs should be avoided as much as possible.

 Simplicity: The concept of each indicator should be simple and easy to understand. Also the
calculation of the associated data should be intuitive and simple.

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