BS ISO 37122:2019

What is this ISO 37122 — Indicators for smart cities about?  

ISO 37122 is an international standard that discusses sustainable cities and communities to transform our cities.  

ISO 37122 specifies and establishes definitions and methodologies for a set of indicators for smart cities. As accelerating improvements in city services and quality of life is fundamental to the definition of a smart city, ISO 37122, in conjunction with ISO 37120, is intended to provide a complete set of indicators to measure progress towards a smart city. ISO 37122 is designed to assist cities in steering and assessing the performance management of city services as well as the quality of life. It considers sustainability as its general principle and “smart city” as a guiding concept in the development of cities. Indicators shall be reported on an annual basis. Depending on their objectives in terms of smartness, cities will choose the appropriate set of indicators from ISO 37122.  

Who is ISO 37122 — Indicators for smart cities for? 

ISO 37122 on indicators for smart cities is useful for: 

• City Chief Officers 
• 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 37122 — Indicators for smart cities? 

A smart city increases its pace at which it provides social, economic, and environmental sustainability outcomes and responds to challenges such as climate change, rapid population growth, as well as political and economic instability by fundamentally improving how it engages society. It applies collaborative leadership methods, works across disciplines and city systems, and uses data information along with modern technologies. It delivers better services and quality of life to those in the city (residents, businesses, visitors), now and for the foreseeable future, without the unfair disadvantage of others or degradation of the natural environment 

ISO 37122 along with other standards establishes a set of indicators with definitions and methodologies to measure aspects and consider practices that dramatically increase the pace at which cities improve their social, economic, and environmental sustainability outcomes. ISO 37122 helps cities to identify indicators for applying city management systems and to implement smart city policies, programmes, and projects in order to: 

• Respond to challenges such as climate change, rapid population growth, and political and economic instability by fundamentally improving how they engage society 
• Apply collaborative leadership methods, work across disciplines and city systems 
• Use data information and modern technologies to deliver better services and quality of life to those in the city (residents, businesses, visitors) 
• Provide a better life environment where smart policies, practices and technology are put to the service of citizens 
• Achieve their sustainability and environmental goals in a more innovative way 
• Identify the need for and benefits of smart infrastructure 
• Facilitate innovation and growth 
• Build a dynamic and innovative economy ready for the challenges of tomorrow