874 ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 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 A. Water A.1 Water coverage 1. Percentage of households with home connections to the city's water network % A.2 Efficiency in the use of water 2. Annual water consumption per capita L/person/day A.3 Efficiency in the water supply service 3. Continuity of water service hr/day 4. Water quality % 5. Non‐revenue water % A.4 Availability of water resources 6. Remaining number of years of a positive water balance Years