Indicators are critical to effective planning and management in increasingly complex urban contexts, organising information sets into simple, easy to grasp and easy to compare ‘measures’ of what is happening.

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The use of urban indicators helps draw useful comparisons

OOD urban indicator sets allow for comparison between cities, giving each city a basis by which to benchmark their current conditions or performance. They also allow for comparison over time, enabling cities to see whether or not they are achieving their objectives.

The South African Cities Network has done considerable work in constructing a City Development Index (CDI).

This measures city performance across diverse areas, all indicative in one way or another of a city’s total state of development. The areas making up the composite index are education, health, waste, infrastructure, and city-level gross geographic product.

Projects

Study into impact
Study into Impact of Municipality Action on Households.
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Programme
Urban Indicators Programme
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eThekwini Municipality
Quality of Life Survey in eThekwini Municipality
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