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Appendix B: Details for Urban Sustainability Indicators
Appendix B: Details for Urban Sustainability Indicators
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(EPA, 2012) :c AQHI 2013 AQI AQI AQI Total days AQI available NA 366 366 366 Good days (AQI = 0-50)
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APPENDIX B 155 Pittsburgh Chattanooga Grand Rapids Cedar Rapids Flint U.S.*
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ECONOMIC INDICATORS Economic sector mix (% employment) l Agric, forestry, fishing, hunting, and mining 0.97% 0.40% 0.10% 0.30% Construction Manufacturing 4.53% 6.40% 5.40% 4.80% Wholesale trade 5.12% 8.10% 3.30% 5.70% Retail trade 3.77% 3.10% 2.30% 2.30% Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 9.13% 9.30% 9.00% 8.80% Information; finance and insurance, and 4.30% 5.90% 6.10% 6.00% real estate and rental and leasing Professional, scientific, management, 13.08% 11.20% 15.40% 8.50% and administrative, waste management services 17.49% 13.50% 14.10% 12.20% Educational services, and health care and social assistance Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and 19.33% 20.60% 25.20% 30.80% accommodation and food services Other services (except public admin)
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* 6,954 1,012 2,584 480 2,584 -- Y Allegheny Tennessee River Grand River Cedar River Flint River Monongahela, Ohio Rivers N 34.8 52.44 38.27 37.63 31.38 40.78 H H/M L L L -- N 42 23 34 13 13 24.95 N 9.8 NA NA NA NA 12.5 N NA NA NA NA NA 6.7 N 500+ 290 163 500+ 365 500+ N NA NA N 0.50% 0.10% 0.50% 2.00% 3.90% 5.10% 4.30% 6.10% 5.80% 12.60% 15.70% 10.50% 1.90% 2.40% 2.50% 2.60% 6.10% 12.60% 7.40% 11.60% 3.50% 7.30% 2.30% 4.90% 16.00% 9.70% 6.20% 8.70% 13.00% 10.50% 10.90% 10.90% 32.90% 22.90% 33.30% 22.80% 8.30% 9.10% 8.40% 9.50% 3.40% 4.40% 4.90% 5.00% 4.60% 3.10% 3.60% 4.80% 0.00% 0.30% 0.10% 0.70% A+ AAA AA- Aa1*
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NA Weekday in ‘000s 2014bb WATER SECTOR Water usage, countycc 73 100 75 52 Domestic gallons per capita per day SOCIAL INDICATORS Population (in ‘000s) dd City 603,502 3,928,864 8,491,079 1,560,297 CBSA 2,313,328 13,262,220 20,092,883 6,051,170 (metro)
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APPENDIX B 159 Pittsburgh Chattanooga Grand Rapids Cedar Rapids Flint U.S.*
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nn Safety-Transportation: Roadway fatalities 0.74 0.91 0.92 1.22 per hundred million Annual VMTpp Health (selected indicators only) 197.5 265.7 363.1 492.1 Premature Age-adjusted mortality per 302.7 100,000 240.1 (NYC 5 counties are given: Bronx, Kings, 242.8 NY, Queens, Richmond)
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APPENDIX B 161 Pittsburgh Chattanooga Grand Rapids Cedar Rapids Flint U.S.*
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Available at http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd06_stat.php. Accessed January 25, 2016; Los Angeles (2008)
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The principal utility company for each city is as follows. LA: Los Angeles Department of Water & Power; NY: Consolidated Edison Co-NY Inc; Philadelphia: PECO Energy Co.; Pittsburgh: Duquesne Light Company; Chattanooga: City of Chattanooga; Grand Rapids: Consumer Energy Company; Cedar Rapids: Cedar Falls Utilities; Flint: Consumer Energy Company.
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Similar citations for the remaining seven cities. See RWJF and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
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2008. Los Angeles 1-Million Tree Canopy Cover Assessment.
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2015b. Los Angeles (LO)
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