Sustainability indicators

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Contents 1 Action Ideas 1.1 Why it matters 2 Global News 2007 3 International links 3.1 Information by topic 4 Europe Campaigns 5 Related topics 6 Related wiki 7 Related Wikipedia content 8 References

[edit] Action Ideas

• Local quality of life indicators
• Local quality of life Index
• Community surveys
• Footprint analysis - see International links

[edit] Why it matters

Indicators simply measure or indicate what’s going on, and answer straightforward questions about chosen issues. Indicators can show

• Where we are now, and provide a ‘benchmark’ against which to assess future progress
• What’s improving, what’s getting worse, and what’s not changing
• The strengths or good aspects of an area as well as challenges it faces

Sustainability Indicators or local Quality of Life Indicators are about questions that affect us all

• What’s going on in your community?
• Is crime on the increase?
• Is the environment in trouble?
• What shape is the local economy in?

[edit] Global News 2007

• October 6 is Ecological Debt day – the day when humanity has consumed all the resources the planet will produce this year. ^[1]

[edit] International links

• Global Footprint Network
• Worldmapper
• Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) - Participatory Avenues acts as focal point for sharing information and technical progress on community-based mapping and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS). The website provides ample documentation on Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM), an efficient tool for merging indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information. P3DM applications include community-based natural resources management, collaborative research and planning, resource use, control and tenure, and related conflict management.
• Water footprint

[edit] Information by topic

See topic pages - e.g. Climate change global links

[edit] Europe Campaigns

• public geodata in Europe

[edit] Related topics

• Community resources
• Communities online
• Local needs met locally
• Sustainability networks, general article, including action ideas, within the Ideas Bank

[edit] Related wiki

• Environment monitoring, Future scenarios

[edit] Related Wikipedia content

• Ecological footprint

[edit] References

• Defra news release, Ref: 440/06, 13 October 2006

1. ↑ Global Footprint Network, October 6

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