Arena 1: URBAN DESIGN
1.
ACCESS BY PROXIMITY: The city provides the majority of its residents
with walkable access from housing to basic urban services. It also
provides walking and transit access to close-by employment options.Arena 2: BIO-GEO-PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
2.
CLEAN AIR: The city maintains a level of air quality that is conducive
to good health within buildings, the city’s air shed, and the
atmosphere.
3.
HEALTHY SOIL: Soils within the city and soils associated with the
city’s economy, function and operations meet their ranges of healthy
ecosystem functions as appropriate to their types and environments;
fertility is maintained or improved.
4. CLEAN AND SAFE WATER: All residents are ensured access to clean, safe, affordable water; the city’s water sources, waterways and water bodies are healthy and function without negative impact to ecosystems. Water consumed is primarily sourced from within the bioregion.
5. RESPONSIBLE RESOURCES/MATERIALS: The city’s non-food and non-energy renewable and non-renewable resources are sourced, allocated, managed and recycled responsibly and equitably, and without adversely affecting human health or the resilience of ecosystems. Resources/Materials are primarily sourced from within the bioregion.
6.
CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY: The city’s energy needs are provided for,
and extracted, generated and consumed, without significant negative
impact to ecosystems or to short- or long-term human health and do not
exacerbate climate change. Energy consumed is primarily generated within
the local bioregion. 
7:
HEALTHY AND ACCESSIBLE FOOD: Nutritious food is accessible and
affordable to all residents and is grown, manufactured and distributed
by processes which maintain the healthy function of ecosystems and do
not exacerbate climate change. Food consumed is primarily grown within
the local bioregion. Arena 3: ECOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
8.
HEALTHY BIODIVERSITY: The city sustains the biodiversity of local,
bioregional and global ecosystems including species diversity, ecosystem
diversity and genetic diversity; it restores natural habitat and
biodiversity by its policy and physical actions. 
9.
EARTH’S CARRYING CAPACITY: The city keeps its demand on ecosystems
within the limits of the Earth’s bio-capacity, converting resources
restoratively and supporting regional ecological integrity.
10.
ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY: The city maintains essential linkages within and
between ecosystems and provides contiguous habitat areas and
ecological corridors throughout the city.Arena 4: SOCIO-CULTURAL FEATURES
11.
HEALTHY CULTURE: The city facilitates cultural activities that
strengthen eco-literacy, patterns of human knowledge and creative
expression, and develop symbolic thought and social learning.
12. COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING: The city supports full and equitable community participation in decision making processes and provides the legal, physical and organizational support for neighborhoods, community organizations, institutions and agencies to enhance their capacities.
13.
HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE ECONOMY: The city’s economy consistently favors
economic activities that reduce harm and positively benefit the
environment and human health and support a high level of local and
equitable employment options that are integrated into the ecocity’s
proximity based layout and policy framework – the foundation for “green
jobs” and “ecological development.”
14.
LIFELONG EDUCATION: All residents have access to lifelong education
including access to information about the city’s history of place,
culture, ecology, and tradition provided through formal and informal
education, vocational training and other social institutions.
15.
WELL BEING – QUALITY OF LIFE: Citizens report strong satisfaction with
quality of life indicators including employment; the built, natural
and landscaped environment; physical and mental health; education;
safety; recreation and leisure time; and social belonging.The International Ecocity Framework and Standards Initiative is a project of Ecocity Builders and the International Ecocity Advisory Committee — link to INTERNATIONAL ECOCITY FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS.PDF
