This document discusses several of the issues important for the sustainable development of Houston. It is organized by first outlining the big issues and topics relevant to the city by presenting them as Themes and Sub‐Themes; then selecting indicators to define those themes; then identifying metrics to measure those indicators, and finally describing the metrics. Policy and programmatic recommendations to improve the indicators of sustainable development in Houston are included after each section. These recommendations are the result of three workshops convened on the campus of Rice University with experts and advocacy groups representing several different fields and agencies in Houston