Dubai ranks among top 10 cities, in terms of services and quality of life. This was revealed at the inaugural session of the Global Cities Summit 2017.
Dubai was awarded a Platinum Designation, the topmost in the rankings, for its compliance with the ISO 37120 international standard, globally operationalized by the World Council on City Data (WCCD), reported Gulf News.
The event was organized by WCCD in partnership with the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai, the report said.
ISO 37120 is the first ISO International Standard on city data indicators and is published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) of Geneva.
It covers 100 indicators spread over 17 themes related to sustainable development of communities. They include economy, education, energy, environment, finance, fire and emergency response, governance, health, recreation, safety, shelter, solid waste, telecommunications, transportation, urban planning, waste water, water and sanitation, said the news portal.
For example, for the theme of economy, the indicators reportedly include unemployment rate, commercial and industrial property values, population living in poverty, full-time employment, youth unemployment rate, number of businesses, and number of new patents.
Dubai ranked topmost among the member cities of WCCD with high percentage of persons in full-time employment and recorded a high ranking in terms of female school-aged population enrolled in school, the report highlighted.
On the other hand, the emirate secured the lowest ranking for the percentage of population living in poverty and in youth unemployment rate.
Dubai secured the topmost ranking in the target of reducing, by 2030, the adverse per capital environmental impacts of cities by paying special attention to air quality, municipal and other waste management, reported Gulf News.
