Maclaren, Virginia.

Developing indicators of urban sustainability : a focus on the Canadian experience / by Virginia W. Maclaren with the assistance of Sonia Labatt, Jennifer McKay and Michael Van de Vegte ; prepared for State of the Environment Directorate, Environment Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research.

Toronto : ICURR Press, 1996.

xiii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

There is considerable interest in the development of urban sustainability indicators both in Canada and elsewhere. Work on this topic is being performed at the municipal, provincial and federal levels in Canada, as well as by Round Tables and various other agencies. This study has examined a variety of sustainability indicator frameworks, a number of indicator selection criteria, examples of indicators and case studies. Some suggestions of indicators that deserve consideration as urban sustainability indicators have been provided, but much work remains to evaluate a broader range of potential indicators. The report begins with a discussion of alternative definitions of urban sustainability and then describes some of the general characteristics of indicators and indices. Following a brief investigation of the meaning of sustainability indicators, several potential sustainability indicator frameworks are examined, including those which would be adapted from the work on State-of-the-Environment (SOE) reporting, Quality of Life (QOL) reporting and Healthy City reporting. More detailed attention is given to appropriate criteria for identifying sustainability indicators and to the steps to be followed in applying those criteria. A number of examples of potential sustainability indicators are then described and evaluated against the criteria. The report concludes with detailed case studies of urban sustainability reporting in three jurisdictions in North America - Seattle, Hamilton-Wentworth, and British Columbia - as well as a brief description of sustainability reporting projects underway in Richmond, British Columbia and the Fraser River Basin.

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Sustainable development Canada Statistical methods.
Urban policy Environmental aspects Canada.
City planning Environmental aspects Canada.
Sustainable development Statistical methods.
Urban economics.
Urban policy Environmental aspects.
City planning Environmental aspects.
Développement durable Canada Méthodes statistiques.
Politique urbaine Aspect de l'environnement Canada.
Urbanisme Aspect de l'environnement Canada.
Développement durable Méthodes statistiques.
Économie urbaine.
Politique urbaine Aspect de l'environnement.
Urbanisme Aspect de l'environnement.
Economic history
Stadt
Umweltpolitik
Nachhaltigkeit
Umweltverträglichkeit
Umweltschutz
Statistik
Canada Economic conditions 1991-
Canada Conditions économiques 1991-
Canada
Kanada

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (Canada)
Canada. State of the Environment Directorate.

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