A foundation for measuring community sustainability

Pamela A. Mischen; George C. Homsy; Carl P. Lipo; Robert Holahan; Valerie Imbruce; Andreas Pape; Weixing Zhu; Joseph Graney; Ziang Zhang; Louisa M. Holmes; Manuel Reina

doi:10.3390/su11071903

A foundation for measuring community sustainability

Pamela A. Mischen, George C. Homsy, Carl P. Lipo, Robert Holahan, Valerie Imbruce, Andreas Pape, Weixing Zhu, Joseph Graney, Ziang Zhang, Louisa M. Holmes, Manuel Reina

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In order to understand the impact of individual communities on global sustainability, we need a community sustainability assessment system (CSAS). While many sustainability assessment systems exist, they prove inadequate to the task. This article presents the results of a systematic review of the literature on existing sustainability assessment systems; offers a definition of a sustainable community; provides a multi-scale, systems approach to thinking about community; and makes recommendations from the field of performance measurement for the construction of a CSAS.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1903
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	11
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su11071903
State	Published - Apr 1 2019

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Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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