indicators
Achievement of sustainable development calls for an all inclusive development in which the current generation will not only meet their needs but also ensure there will be sufficient, if not more and better resources for future generations to utilize to meet their needs. GORA Corp, in line with its mission of a people driven development advocates for the role of data and evolving measurement approaches to monitor global growth and development across various indicators.
In 2014, GORA Corp introduced three revolutionary indices, a) the sustainable, inclusive and prosperous cities index, b) the sustainable city foundation, and c) the multiple slum index, which address the entire human settlements continuum, integrating the social, spatial, economic, environmental and political components of growth. Over the next 15 years, these indices will not only be key in monitoring sustainable development, but will also promote inclusive growth across all sectors, and on all forms of human settlements.
In 2014, GORA Corp introduced three revolutionary indices, a) the sustainable, inclusive and prosperous cities index, b) the sustainable city foundation, and c) the multiple slum index, which address the entire human settlements continuum, integrating the social, spatial, economic, environmental and political components of growth. Over the next 15 years, these indices will not only be key in monitoring sustainable development, but will also promote inclusive growth across all sectors, and on all forms of human settlements.
Sustainable City Foundation Index
Cities in the developing world are faced with the challenge of rapidly growing populations, which put massive pressure on their never expanding infrastructure systems. This, combined with among other things, lack of pro-active planning and limited enforcement capacity has resulted in informal urbanization, manifested through disorderly settlements lacking in basic services.
Solving the prevailing urbanization challenges in these cities requires a clear understanding of the core city elements – their urban planning approaches, the level of basic infrastructure provision and the policies that govern them (particularly land administration and regularization).
GORA Corp has developed a model for analysing a city’s foundation (the Sustainable City Foundation), which can be used to explain inherent urban challenges, estimate the level of services required per city and also predict the likelihood of a city shifting to informality; all depending on their level of development in the three elements of urban planning, basic infrastructure and policies, coupled with estimation of population growth.
The methodology for measuring the various components of the model is currently being developed and tested in four African cities to explain their varying levels of growth and the inter and intra-city socio-economic variations. Initial results will be released in late 2016. Data for one of the indicators of basic infrastructure, land allocated to streets, has already been tested and found to be indicative of how differential physical infrastructure development can greatly shape inter and intra city growth. READ MORE (linked to MSI sub-page)
Cities in the developing world are faced with the challenge of rapidly growing populations, which put massive pressure on their never expanding infrastructure systems. This, combined with among other things, lack of pro-active planning and limited enforcement capacity has resulted in informal urbanization, manifested through disorderly settlements lacking in basic services.
Solving the prevailing urbanization challenges in these cities requires a clear understanding of the core city elements – their urban planning approaches, the level of basic infrastructure provision and the policies that govern them (particularly land administration and regularization).
GORA Corp has developed a model for analysing a city’s foundation (the Sustainable City Foundation), which can be used to explain inherent urban challenges, estimate the level of services required per city and also predict the likelihood of a city shifting to informality; all depending on their level of development in the three elements of urban planning, basic infrastructure and policies, coupled with estimation of population growth.
The methodology for measuring the various components of the model is currently being developed and tested in four African cities to explain their varying levels of growth and the inter and intra-city socio-economic variations. Initial results will be released in late 2016. Data for one of the indicators of basic infrastructure, land allocated to streets, has already been tested and found to be indicative of how differential physical infrastructure development can greatly shape inter and intra city growth. READ MORE (linked to MSI sub-page)
Sustainable, Inclusive & Prosperous Cities Index
GORA Corp has been advocating for sustainable development and environmental sustainability since 2014 through its continued advocacy for the growth of sustainable, inclusive and prosperous cities. GORA Corp understands the role of statistics in monitoring the post 2015 agenda. In 2014, the organization developed the Sustainable, Inclusive and Prosperous Cities Index (SIPCI) as a framework for analysing and monitoring various indicators directly relevant to the SDGs and COP 21 agenda. The baseline for the SIPCI is the just concluded millennium development goals (MDGs), and the methodology for monitoring new indicators is continually being tested and expanded. READ MORE (linked to MSI sub-page)
GORA Corp has been advocating for sustainable development and environmental sustainability since 2014 through its continued advocacy for the growth of sustainable, inclusive and prosperous cities. GORA Corp understands the role of statistics in monitoring the post 2015 agenda. In 2014, the organization developed the Sustainable, Inclusive and Prosperous Cities Index (SIPCI) as a framework for analysing and monitoring various indicators directly relevant to the SDGs and COP 21 agenda. The baseline for the SIPCI is the just concluded millennium development goals (MDGs), and the methodology for monitoring new indicators is continually being tested and expanded. READ MORE (linked to MSI sub-page)
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Multiple Slum index- People, Places and Policies
The traditional model of estimating urban slum populations, which has been in use since 2003 has over the years become limiting, especially with previously absent data becoming more publicly available, thanks to advances in information and communication technologies that can estimate such human settlements such as built up vs non-built up areas, track people movement through their phones and even estimate settlement and population densities from satellite imagery and mobile phone mast usage density. GORA Corp developed the multiple slum index to factor in some of the new data components, which expand the measurement from the previous shelter deprivation components to include such issues such as settlement form and structure, and prevailing policies, laws and institutional arrangement – particularly with regard to tenure protection and service delivery. READ MORE (linked to MSI sub-page) |
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