Pillar Wise Analysis
- The social pillar carries 25% weightage and has 4 categories namely – Identity & Culture, Education, Health, Safety & Security
- A comparison with the average scores of top 5 cities in these categories reveal the largest gap exists in identity & culture and only minor gaps in the other 3 categories.
- Expressed in percentage terms, the gap in identity and culture is 35%, 13% in education, 15% in Health and 11% in safety and security.
- The indicators used for calculating Identity & Culture are restoration of historic buildings, restoration of ecological sensitive zones, hotel occupancy, number of cultural/sports events hosted and budget allocation for culture/sports.
- The physical pillar carries 45% weightage and has 9 categories
- Out of the 9 variables in the Physical Pillar, Chennai scores higher than top 5 average in 3 of the indicators, while in the rest 6 lag behind
- Chennai perform better than the top 5 average in reduced pollution, mixed land use and by a significant margin in transportation
- Power supply and housing are the variables which prima facie seems to pull down the overall physical score
- A comparison with the average scores of top 5 cities in these categories reveal the largest gap exists in housing and power supply
- Expressed in percentage terms, the gap in housing and inclusiveness is 87% and power supply is 40%.
- However, in mixed land use and transportation & mobility, Chennai surges ahead by 17% and 15% respectively.