ISO 37120
# ISO 37120

ISO 37120 Sustainable development of communities -- Indicators for city services and quality of life establishes and defines the methodologies for a set of indicators to measure and steer the performance of city services and quality of life.

## History

The standard was developed by ISO/TC 268, which started work in the year 2012. The first edition of ISO 37120 was published in May 2014. Currently, the Toronto-based World Council on City Data is working globally to certify cities under ISO 37120.

## Main requirements of the standard

The ISO 37120:2018 adopts the structure in the following breakdown:

* 1 Scope
* 2 Normative references
* 3 Terms and definitions
* 4 City indicators
* 5 Economy
* 6 Education
* 7 Energy
* 8 Environment and Climate change
* 9 Finance
* 10 Governance
* 11 Health
* 12 Housing
* 13 Population and Social conditions
* 14 Recreation
* 15 Safety
* 16 Solid waste
* 17 Sports and Culture
* 18 Telecommunication
* 19 Transport
* 20 Urban/local agriculture and Food security
* 21 Urban planning
* 22 Wastewater
* 23 Water
* 24 Reporting and record maintenance

## Edition

| Year | Description |
| - | - |
| 2014 | ISO 37120 (First Edition) |
| 2018 | ISO 37120 (Second Edition) |
