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Annex K

ESCI: Indicators of the emerging and sustainable cities initiative

Source: Inter‐American Development Bank,

http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/emerging‐and‐sustainable‐cities/implementing‐the‐emerging‐and‐
sustainable‐cities‐initiative‐approach,7641.html

The emerging and sustainable cities initiative (ESCI) was created by the Inter‐American
Development Bank (IDB) in 2010 in response to rapid and largely unregulated urbanization in the
Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, and the resulting urgent need to deal with the
sustainability issues faced by the region's rapidly growing intermediate‐size cities. It addresses three
dimensions of sustainability: environmental sustainability and climate change, urban sustainability,
and fiscal sustainability and governance.

Table K.1 – indicators of environmental sustainability and climate change of ESCI

I. Environmental sustainability and climate change
#Topics #Subtopic #Indicator #Unit of
measurement

1. Percentage of households with
A.1 Water coverage home connections to the city's %
water network
A.2 Efficiency in the use 2. Annual water consumption per L/person/day
of water capita
A. Water 3. Continuity of water service hr/day
A.3 Efficiency in the
water supply service 4. Water quality %
5. Non‐revenue water %
A.4 Availability of water 6. Remaining number of years of a Years
resources positive water balance

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