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Dimension Definition/variables
Productivity The productivity index is measured through the city product,
which is composed of the variables capital investment,
formal/informal employment, inflation, trade, savings,
export/import, and household income/consumption. The city
product represents the total output of gods and services (value
added) produced by a city´s population during a specific year.
Quality of life The quality of life index is a combination of four sub‐indices:
education, health, safety/security and public space. The sub‐
index education includes literacy, primary, secondary and
tertiary enrolment. The sub‐index health includes life
expectancy, under‐five mortality rates, HIV/AIDS, morbidity and
nutrition 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, a specific work has been made 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

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