BS ISO 37123:2019

What is this ISO 37123 - Sustainable cities and community indicators for resilience about?  

ISO 37123 discusses sustainable cities and communities to transform our cities. 

ISO 37123 defines and establishes definitions and methodologies for a set of indicators on resilience in cities.  

ISO 37123 is applicable to any city, municipality, or local government that undertakes to measure its performance in a comparable and verifiable manner, irrespective of size or location. Maintaining, enhancing, and accelerating progress towards improved city services and quality of life is fundamental to the definition of a resilient city, so ISO 37123 is intended to be implemented in conjunction with ISO 37120. ISO 37123 follows the principles set out in ISO 37101 and are used in conjunction with this and other strategic frameworks. 

Who is ISO 37123 - Sustainable cities and community indicators for resilience for? 

ISO 37123 on sustainable cities and community indicators for resilience is useful for: 

• City CEOs 
• Sustainability officers 
• Smart city managers 
• Compliance managers 
• Policy advisors, NGOs, and consultants who are planning their city’s long term sustainability agenda 

Why should you use ISO 37123 - Sustainable cities and community indicators for resilience?  

ISO 37123 contains indicators designed to assist cities in preparing for, recovering from, and adapting to shocks and stresses.  

To reduce vulnerability to shocks and stresses, these indicators will support cities in engaging all sectors, stakeholders, and populations, apply collaborative leadership models and methods, work across disciplines and city systems, and use data information and appropriate technologies. The indicators improve resilience in cities by promoting and enabling inclusive and collaborative approaches to governance at all levels (neighbourhood, district, city, metropolitan area, region, state/province, country). This involves long-term risk management of critical networks and their interactions and potential failures. 

ISO 37123 is focused on resilience measurement as a major contribution to the sustainability of a city. The structure of the family of city indicators standards for sustainable cities and communities reflects this relationship between sustainable development, resilient development, and smart development. ISO 37123 is used to track and monitor progress towards a resilient city, through the development of a city resilience strategy or when applying a city management system.