Metric City
Metric City
City Insight for Life
To enhance public understanding of the world by surfacing vital city insight via the magic of technology
To empower world citizens by making bold data-driven actions and shape the more sustainable world of tomorrow
Metric City is a tribute to the children and youth around the world and to the myriads of activists throughout the history whose contributions aimed to change the world to the better.
United Nations projects that 68% of the world population will live in urban areas by 2050Ref.. Despite improvement over the last centuries, a wide range of issues are plaguing the human species and endangering all forms of life on the planet.
Metric City is a non-profit initiative aiming to tackle big challenges by measuring cities’ progress over time and by engaging its citizens in matters that directly affect their life, the nature, and the planet.
Ref: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
10 Initial Focus Areas
Metric City focuses primarily on surfacing metrics in the following areas.
More areas are to be added in the future:
Environment
Energy
Transportation
Economy
Education
Social
People
Health
Commuting
Crime
Contact Babak Goudarzipour to get more information on the project