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Sub‐dimension Indicator Description
I2.5.6 Soil pollution avoidance Proportion of soil pollution incidents with
successful early warning and emergency
detection of heavy metal, chemicals and
acid etc. through ICT.

I2.5.7 Green areas surface Proportion of municipal territory allocated
to publicly accessible green areas. (*)
I2.5.8 Perception on Proportion of city inhabitants satisfied with
environmental quality the urban environment. (*)
NOTE – Indicators marked by (*) are not ICT specific indicators but indicators focusing on general city
sustainability.
NOTE – This sub‐dimension marked by (**) looks into the CO2‐e/GHG emissions of the city where "‐e" is
"equivalent" and all other greenhouse gases are converted into CO2.

6.2.2 Productivity
This clause lists the core indicators defined for productivity and economic sustainability.

There are 7 indicators in this dimension, covering expenditure of ICT to improve industry
productivity, service industry employment, saving, city export/import, household ICT expenditures,
ICT investment, and ICT related patents etc.

Sub‐dimension Indicator Description
D3.1 Capital I3.1.3 Improvement of industry Productivity enhancement in industry
investment productivity through ICT through ICT measured as the impact of ICT
on value added per person employed.
NOTE – This is the contribution from ICT
investment.
NOTE – Value added per person employed
is generally referred to as labour
productivity.

D3.2 Employment I3.2.1 Service industry Proportion of employees working in service
employment industry in the city compared with the total
employed workforce. (*)
D3.5 Savings I3.5.1 Saving rate Proportion of total incomes for each
household remaining after deducting
consumption and expenditures. (*)

D3.6 Export/import I3.6.1 Knowledge‐intensive Proportion of export/import of knowledge‐
export/import intensive goods and services within a city
compared to the total industrial
export/import. (*)
NOTE – Amount of export/import may be
counted among cities, maybe in the same
country.
NOTE – In some cases data is only available
at country level.
D3.7 Household I3.7.1 Household ICT expenditures Proportion of household expenditures
income/consumption related to ICT.

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