Table 11 Indicators for sustainable development [25]
From: Sustainability indices for energy utilization using a multi-criteria decision model
| Theme | No | Indicator |
|---|---|---|
| Economic | 1 | Average personal income |
| 2 | Female/male employment rate | |
| 3 | Unemployment rate | |
| 4 | Percentage of households with internet connection | |
| 5 | Percentage of public places with wireless internet connections | |
| 6 | Average daily per capita water use (liter) (excluding industrial use) | |
| 7 | Electricity consumption per person | |
| Social | 8 | Urban population density |
| 9 | Female/male life expectancy | |
| 10 | Number of households below the poverty line | |
| 11 | Wealth gap | |
| 12 | Crime rate | |
| 13 | Annual casualties from public disasters | |
| 14 | Annual number of transportation accidents | |
| 15 | Per capita attendance of art and cultural activities | |
| 16 | Average number of students per classroom | |
| 17 | Ratio of the population with a college level education | |
| 18 | Rate of expansion of urban development lands (including residential, commercial, industrial, and public facilities) | |
| 19 | Per capital floor area of private dwellings | |
| 20 | Public facility area ratio to urban land areas | |
| 21 | Per capita park and green areas | |
| 22 | Riverside park and green area per person | |
| 23 | Sewerage and waste removal efficiency | |
| 24 | Rate of sanitary sewerage to total sewerage system | |
| 25 | Car ownership rate | |
| 26 | Motorcycle ownership rate | |
| 27 | Areas covered with public transportation system | |
| 28 | Per capita pedestrian walkway index | |
| 29 | Per capita bikeway index | |
| 30 | Number of bicycle kickstands | |
| Environmental | 31 | Number of bird species living naturally in the environment |
| 32 | Number of fish species living naturally in the environment | |
| 33 | Green resource index | |
| 34 | Permeable rate in urban lands | |
| 35 | Number of days with PSI > 100 | |
| 36 | Per capita CO2 emissions | |
| 37 | Proportion of slightly polluted rivers | |
| 38 | Reservoir water quality | |
| 39 | Tap water quality | |
| 40 | Per capita daily waste production | |
| 41 | Recycling ratio for solid waste | |
| 42 | Ratio of solid waste composted to total waste production | |
| 43 | Utilization rate for renewable resources (bottom ashes) | |
| Institutional | 44 | Enforcement of local environmental plans |
| 45 | Citizen participation in major planning and decision-making | |
| 46 | Joint international cooperation regarding sustainable development (SD) | |
| 47 | Environmental and ecological budget ratio to total budget | |
| 48 | Social welfare expenditure ratio to total expenditure | |
| 49 | Government expenditure on pollution prevention and resource recycling | |
| 50 | Ratio of completed assessments to initiated assessments | |
| 51 | Appellate statistics of court cases related to environmental pollution |
