What is ISO/TR 37121– Sustainable development in communities about?

ISO/TR 37121 provides an inventory of existing guidelines and approaches on sustainable development and resilience in cities.

ISO/TR 37121 focuses on resilience understood as the ability of a city, system, community, local government, or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions.

Resilience indicators are intended to assess the extent to which cities are helping residents, businesses, institutions, and infrastructure resist, absorb, accommodate and recover from the effects of hazards in a timely and efficient manner.

Who is ISO/TR 37121– Sustainable development in communities for?

ISO/TR 37121 on Sustainable development in communities is relevant to:

Civil engineers
Researchers and scientists
Organizations involved in city constructions

Why should you use ISO/TR 37121– Sustainable development in communities?

Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising future generation’s ability to meet their requirements

ISO/TR 37121 provides an inventory of existing guidelines and approaches on sustainable development and resilience in cities.

ISO/TR 37121 contains guidelines and approaches that have been selected by experts based on their social, economic, and environmental contributions towards building more sustainable and resilient cities.

ISO/TR 37121 benefits businesses by developing product-specific standards and certification schemes that can be globally accepted.

PD ISO/TR 37121:2017

Sustainable development in communities. Inventory of existing guidelines and approaches on sustainable development and resilience in cities

Current

Published:

31 Jan 2017