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European green city index
Category indicator Type Description

Size of non‐car Quantitative Length of cycling lanes and the public transport
transport network network, in km per square meter of city area.
Green transport Qualitative An assessment of the extensiveness of efforts to
promotion increase the use of cleaner transport.
Congestion reduction Qualitative An assessment of the efforts to reduce vehicle
policies traffic within the city.
Water Water consumption Quantitative Total annual water consumption, in cubic meters
per head.
Water system leakage Quantitative Percentage of water lost in the water distribution
system.
Wastewater treatment Quantitative Percentage of dwellings connected to the
sewage system.
Water efficiency and Qualitative An assessment of the comprehensiveness of
treatment policies measures to improve the efficiency of water
usage and the treatment of wastewater.
Waste and Municipal waste Quantitative Total annual municipal waste collected, in kg per
land use production head.
Waste recycling Quantitative Percentage of municipal waste recycled.
Waste reduction and Qualitative An assessment of the extensiveness of measures
policies to reduce the overall production of waste, and to
recycle and reuse waste.
Green land use policies Qualitative An assessment of the comprehensiveness of
policies to contain the urban sprawl and promote
the availability of green spaces.
Air quality Nitrogen dioxide Quantitative Annual daily mean of NO2 emissions.
Ozone Quantitative Annual daily mean of O3 emissions.
Particulate matter Quantitative Annual daily mean of PM10 emissions.

Sulphur dioxide Quantitative Annual daily mean of SO2 emissions.

Clean air policies Qualitative An assessment of the extensiveness of policies to
improve air quality.
Environ‐ Green action plan Qualitative An assessment of the ambitiousness and
mental comprehensiveness of strategies to improve and
gover‐ monitor environmental performance.
nance Green management Qualitative An assessment of the management of
environmental issues and commitment to
achieving international environmental
standards.
Public participation in Qualitative An assessment of the extent to which citizens
green policy may participate in environmental decision‐
making.

Siemens web sites include links to the Green city index reports.
http://www.siemens.com/entry/cc/en/greencityindex.htm

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