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 |
| Â | 2 | Female/male employment rate |
| Â | 3 | Unemployment rate |
| Â | 4 | Percentage of households with internet connection |
| Â | 5 | Percentage of public places with wireless internet connections |
| Â | 6 | Average daily per capita water use (liter) (excluding industrial use) |
| Â | 7 | Electricity consumption per person |
Social | 8 | Urban population density |
| Â | 9 | Female/male life expectancy |
| Â | 10 | Number of households below the poverty line |
| Â | 11 | Wealth gap |
| Â | 12 | Crime rate |
| Â | 13 | Annual casualties from public disasters |
| Â | 14 | Annual number of transportation accidents |
| Â | 15 | Per capita attendance of art and cultural activities |
| Â | 16 | Average number of students per classroom |
| Â | 17 | Ratio of the population with a college level education |
| Â | 18 | Rate of expansion of urban development lands (including residential, commercial, industrial, and public facilities) |
| Â | 19 | Per capital floor area of private dwellings |
| Â | 20 | Public facility area ratio to urban land areas |
| Â | 21 | Per capita park and green areas |
| Â | 22 | Riverside park and green area per person |
| Â | 23 | Sewerage and waste removal efficiency |
| Â | 24 | Rate of sanitary sewerage to total sewerage system |
| Â | 25 | Car ownership rate |
| Â | 26 | Motorcycle ownership rate |
| Â | 27 | Areas covered with public transportation system |
| Â | 28 | Per capita pedestrian walkway index |
| Â | 29 | Per capita bikeway index |
| Â | 30 | Number of bicycle kickstands |
Environmental | 31 | Number of bird species living naturally in the environment |
| Â | 32 | Number of fish species living naturally in the environment |
| Â | 33 | Green resource index |
| Â | 34 | Permeable rate in urban lands |
| Â | 35 | Number of days with PSI > 100 |
| Â | 36 | Per capita CO2 emissions |
| Â | 37 | Proportion of slightly polluted rivers |
| Â | 38 | Reservoir water quality |
| Â | 39 | Tap water quality |
| Â | 40 | Per capita daily waste production |
| Â | 41 | Recycling ratio for solid waste |
| Â | 42 | Ratio of solid waste composted to total waste production |
| Â | 43 | Utilization rate for renewable resources (bottom ashes) |
Institutional | 44 | Enforcement of local environmental plans |
| Â | 45 | Citizen participation in major planning and decision-making |
| Â | 46 | Joint international cooperation regarding sustainable development (SD) |
| Â | 47 | Environmental and ecological budget ratio to total budget |
| Â | 48 | Social welfare expenditure ratio to total expenditure |
| Â | 49 | Government expenditure on pollution prevention and resource recycling |
| Â | 50 | Ratio of completed assessments to initiated assessments |
| Â | 51 | Appellate statistics of court cases related to environmental pollution |