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China's Urban Sustainability Index 2016

The 2016 Urban Sustainability Index (USI) report has been published by the Urban China Initiative, a joint initiative of School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University, and McKinsey & Company. The report ranks 185 Chinese cities of different sizes and stages of development according to their sustainability scores between 2006 and 2014.

date:  14/04/2017

The 2016 Urban Sustainability Index (USI) report has been published by the Urban China Initiative, a joint initiative of School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University, and McKinsey & Company. The report ranks 185 Chinese cities of different sizes and stages of development according to their sustainability scores between 2006 and 2014; in this way the report aims to assess the innovation capabilities of 161 of these cities and to provide a rigorous assessment of their progress. The index is updated every two years. USI 2016 comprised of a series of 23 indicators that provide a comprehensive assessment of a city’s sustainability in four categories: economy, society, resources and environment. The study also looks into the relations between sub-categories, such as income level, energy and water consumption, industrial pollution and urban density, and middle-school students and number of doctors per capita. The results show a gradual overall improvement in most cities mainly due to improvements for the social and economic indicators rather than for the environmental ones; in addition the eastern coastal regions appear globally more sustainable than inland cities.

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