New Urban Agenda Monitoring Framework 1 Contents Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. The Need for Monitoring the New Urban Agenda .............................................................................................. 8 Indicators for monitoring the Transformative Commitments of the New Urban Agenda ........ 9 1.1 Sustainable urban development for social inclusion and ending poverty ...................... 9 1.2 Sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity and opportunities for all ............................... 11 1.3 Environmentally sustainable and resilient urban development ................................... 12 Effective Implementation ............................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Building Governance Structure: Establishing a supportive Framework ....................... 13 2.2 Planning and Managing Urban Spatial Development ................................................... 14 2.3 Means of Implementation ............................................................................................ 15 3. Table 1: List of Indicators for Monitoring the New Urban Agenda .................................................................... 18 4. Indicator Definitions .......................................................................................................................................... 21 1: Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age at national urban level (urban/rural) ............................................................................................................................ 21 2: Proportion of total adult Population with secure tenure rights to land with (a) legally recognized documentation; and (b) who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and type of tenure 22 3: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution ..................................... 23 4: Women’s recognized legal right to property inheritance and ownership ........................... 27 5: Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services ........................... 29 6: Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap and water ........................................................................................................................ 30 7: Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption ......................................... 31 8: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person ....................................................... 35 9: Proportion of informal employment in non‑agriculture employment, by sex .................... 39 10: Unemployment rate, by sex, age, persons with disabilities and by city ............................ 43 11: Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training......... 47 12: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment .................................. 51 13: Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing 55 14: Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities ................................................................................................................................ 59 15: Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate .............................................. 65 16: Percentage of countries with a direct participation structure for civil society engagement in urban planning and management, which are regular and democratic .............................................. 72 2 17: Total expenditure (public and private) per capita spent on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by type of heritage (cultural, natural, mixed and World Heritage Centre designation), level of government (national, regional and local/municipal), type of expenditure (operating expenditure/investment) and type of private funding (donations in kind, private non-profit sector and sponsorship) ............................................................................................................................. 77 18: Proportion of Municipal Solid Waste collected and managed in controlled facility out of total Municipal Solid Waste generated, by cities .............................................................................................. 80 19: Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities ........................................................................................................... 88 20: Does the country have a National Urban Policy or Regional Development Plan that (a) responds to population dynamics, (b) ensures balanced territorial development, and (c) increase local fiscal space. 95 21: Material Footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP ......... 96 22: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP .............................................................................................................. 99 23: National recycling rate, tons of material recycled ........................................................... 102 24: Proportions of positions (by age group, sex, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local), including (a) the legislatures; (b) the public service; and (c) the judiciary, compared to national distributions. ...................................................................................... 106 25: Fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed ......................... 123 26: Number of days to register a new business in the country ............................................. 127 27: Green Area Per Capita ..................................................................................................... 128 28: Population density ........................................................................................................... 129 29: Land-use mix .................................................................................................................... 130 30: CO2 emissions .................................................................................................................. 132 31: Ratio of the median annual rent of a dwelling unit and the median annual household income of tenants and Ratio of the median free-market price of a dwelling unit and the median annual household income 134 32. Gini coefficient at national/city/ urban levels ................................................................. 137 33 Presence of national legislation forbidding discrimination in housing on the basis of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status 139 34 Ratio of Length of bicycle lanes to length of roads (excluding motorways). .............. 140 35 Ratio of Length of sidewalks to length of roads (excluding motorways). ................... 142 36a Mortgage debt relative to GDP ....................................................................................... 144 36b Mortgage default rate ..................................................................................................... 144 37: Percentage of people living in unaffordable housing ...................................................... 147 38: Percentage of cities with slum upgrading programmes .................................................. 149 39 Percentage of cities that have integrated housing policies and regulations in their local development plans ............................................................................................................................................... 151 3 40 Total investment in housing (in both formal and informal sectors in the urban area), as a percentage of gross city product. .................................................................................................................. 153 41 Percentage of government budget dedicated to housing subsidies ................................ 155 42 Percentage of commuters using public transport. ........................................................... 157 43 Small- and medium-sized enterprises percentage share of GDP ............................... 158 44 Employment in cultural and creative industries of as proportion of total employment .. 159 45 Annual number of vocational and technical education individuals trained ..................... 161 46 Percentage of land under protected natural areas .......................................................... 163 47 Percentage of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national strategies. ........................................................................................................ 165 48 Percentage national/subnational/local government budgets dedicated to climate change mitigation and adaptation actions ................................................................................................................. 167 49 Percentage of cities with multi-hazard