Global City Indicators Facility

University of Toronto Professor Patricia L. McCarney, Director

World Bank
Workshop: Toward a Partnership for Sustainable Cities The World Bank Washington, D.C,

June 13-14th, 2011

GCIF Membership

140 Member Cities and growing.

GCIF Membership

City Membership by Population Category

28 28
26 25 24 22 21 20 27

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16 14 12

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8 6 4 2 0

up to 100,000 people

100,000 to 250,000 people

250,000 to 500,000 people

500,000 to 1 million people

1 million to 4 million people

over 4 million people

GCIF Membership Growth

40 Nations Represented
Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Brazil Cambodia Canada Chile Colombia El Salvador Ecuador France Ghana India Indonesia Italy Iran Iraq Jordan Kenya Latvia Liberia Lithuania Mexico Mongolia Mozambique Nepal Netherlands Nigeria Peru Philippines Portugal Saudi Arabia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Tanzania Trinidad and Tobago UAE Venezuela Vietnam USA

17 Cities
2009, 1st Quarter

140 Cities
2011, 2nd Quarter

Global City Indicators

Structured around themes organized into two broad categories city services and quality of life

City Services

Education Finance Governance Recreation Transportation Wastewater Energy

Fire and Emergency Services Health Safety Solid waste Urban Planning Water

Quality of Life

Civic Engagement Economy Shelter Culture

Environment Social Equity Technology and Innovation

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GCIF Board of Directors - Members

6 Cities AMMAN DURBAN KING COUNTY MILAN SO PAULO TORONTO + 6 Organizations UN HABITAT ICLEI WORLD BANK UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO IDRC OECD UNEP

GCIF Advisory Board - Members

Alan Broadbent - Nefise Bazoglu - Jeb Brugmann - Tim Campbell Art Eggleton - Mila Freire - Michel Lamoureux - Patrick Luciani - Om Mathur Ali Shabou - Riadh Tappuni

Partnerships

International Partners

Global Private Partners

Cisco IBI Group Phillips GDF Suez Baida Finance Group

White House Urban Affairs Cities Alliance The Executive Council, Dubai World Bank OECD IDRC UN-Habitat ICLEI UNESCO UNEP U.S. (HUD) Inter-American Devt Bank CAI Asia; Polis Milan Maytree Foundation

NEW:

International Corporate Advisory Board (ICAB)

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Current Reporting..

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GCIF Data Numeric to Visual

Best way to engage and understand data: visually and relatively

Cisco: Connected Urban Development EcoMap tool

GCIF Sustainability Indicators

Population Density [per Km2] Green area per 100,000 population [ha] GHG Emissions [tonnes per capita] Number of personal automobiles per capita Annual number of public transit trips per capita Total electrical use per capita Km of high capacity public transit per 100,000 pop.

PM10 Concentration Total residential electrical use per capita [kW] Domestic water consumption per capita [litres/day] % of wastewater that has received no treatment Total water consumption % of city population served by wastewater collection % of solid waste that is recycled Dwelling density per square km Jobs/housing Ratio

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GHG AND CLIMATE

GCIF Cities - Greenhouse gas emissions measured in tons per capita

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Kathmandu Dhaka Mumbai Sao Paulo Colombo Amman Barcelona Victoria Richmond Hill Vancouver Ile de France Surrey Milan Clarington Pickering Durban Madrid Cape Town Guelph Toronto Markham Portland Seattle Dallas Rotterdam
Source: Global City Indicators Facility, ICLEI, World Bank, Kennedy C., Ramaswami A., Carney S., and Dhakal S. (2009), City of Toronto (2007), Kennedy C., J. Steinberger, B. Gasson, Y. Hansen, T. Hillman, M. Havranek, D. Pataki, A. Phdungsilp, A. Ramaswami, and G. Villalba Mendez (2009)

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GCIF Cities - Greenhouse gas emissions measured in tons per capita Potentials for GCIF City Profiles
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Kathmandu Dhaka Mumbai Sao Paulo Colombo Amman Barcelona Victoria Richmond Hill Vancouver Ile de France Surrey Milan Clarington Pickering Durban Madrid Cape Town Guelph Toronto Markham Portland Seattle Dallas Rotterdam

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Greenhouse gas emissions measured in tons per capita PM10 Annual Average Temperature Average Annual Rainfall Km of high capacity public transit system per 100,000 population Km of light passenger transit system per 100,000 population Number of personal automobiles per capita Annual number of public transit trips per capita Total residential electrical use per capita (kWh/year) Total electrical use per capita (kWh/year) Green area (hectares) per 100,000 population Percentage of the city's solid waste that is recycled Percentage of the city's solid waste that is disposed of in an incinerator Percentage of the city's solid waste that is disposed of in an open dump Percentage of the city's solid waste that is disposed of in a sanitary landfill Percentage of the city's solid waste that is disposed of by other means Percentage of the city's solid waste that is burned openly Population density Land area Population Jobs/housing ratio Dwelling density

Source: Global City Indicators Facility, ICLEI, World Bank, Kennedy C., Ramaswami A., Carney S., and Dhakal S. (2009), City of Toronto (2007), Kennedy C., J. Steinberger, B. Gasson, Y. Hansen, T. Hillman, M. Havranek, D. Pataki, A. Phdungsilp, A. Ramaswami, and G.

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