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A Guide to Circular Cities
United 4 Smart
Sustainable
Cities
The Guide for Circular Cities contains a circular city implementation
A guide to circular cities framework that is designed to improve circularity in cities and support
June 2020
stakeholders in implementing circular actions. The framework consists
of a four-step methodology that provides a consistent method for
assessing, prioritising and catalysing different circular actions. This
deliverable is developed in response to the growing sustainability
challenges that cities are facing and the emergence of the circular
economy concept and its applicability and extension in the city setting.
Empowered lives.
Resilient nations.
United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization

City Science Application Framework

City Science
City Science The City Science Application Framework provides a four-step
Application Framework methodology for cities to solve their pressing urban challenges. By
Application Framework
using empirical evidence as the basis for evaluation, the city science
application framework offers a reliable and consistent way for cities to
assess, prioritize and boost their city applications.

For more information, please contact:
For more information, please contact:
u4ssc@itu.int
u4ssc@itu.int
Website: http://itu.int/go/u4SSC
Website: http://itu.int/go/u4SSC
Collection Methodology for Key Performance
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United Smart Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities
Sustainable
Cities
This publication provides cities with a methodology on how to collect
core data or information linked to key performance indicators (KPIs) for
smart sustainable cities (SSC). This set of KPIs for SSC was developed

Collection Methodology for Key to establish the criteria for assessing the smartness and sustainability
Performance Indicators for Smart of a city, and to provide cities with the means for self-assessments,
Sustainable Cities
while simultaneously achieving the SDGs.

Montevideo Office
Regional Bureau for Sciences
in Latin America and the Caribbean

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