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How do the U4SSC Key Performance Indicators work?

An innovative approach

There are 91 KPIs that cities can measure and report. Each KPI falls under one of three dimensions
of smartness and sustainability in a city: Economy, Environment and Society and Culture. Each
of these dimensions provides a separate view of progress in its area, and when reported together,
the dimensions provide a holistic yet comprehensive view of a smart sustainable city.

The dimensions are each further broken into a set of sub-dimensions, as well as categories. The
sub-dimensions focus on more specific areas of performance and progress, whereas the categories
organize the underlying KPIs.

The KPIs can be used to baseline and benchmark a city’s performance to help:

• track its year-over-year progress;
• perform longer term trend analysis;

• benchmark its performance to strategic goals.

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The list of all the U4SSC KPIs along with the recommended standardized collection and reporting
approach are contained in the:

"Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities".

Over 100 cities worldwide are already implementing the U4SSC KPIs, including Dubai, Singapore,
Riyadh, Santa Fe, Moscow, Valencia, Pully, Ålesund, Kristiansand and Bizerte, with many more
aspiring smart cities interested in the initiative.

Contact the ITU-U4SSC Secretariat today to see what U4SSC can do for your city!

4 U4SSC Concept Note | May 2021