Assigned Readings

Green & Haines, Ch. 14; Wheeler & Beatley, Part 3

Frame, B. & Vale, R. (2006). Increasing uptake of low impact urban design and development: The role of sustainability assessment systems. Local Environment 11(3), 287-306.

Class Preparation

You will have the entire class period to work on your group project. I strongly encourage you to take this opportunity to work on Parts 7 and 8. You should already have most of the information you will need for Part 6. The following are resources that will be very useful in helping you with Part 7. Also refer to the organizations listed at the website for week 2, January 22.

Arnold, C.L., Jr. & Gibbons, C.J. (1996). Impervious surface coverage: The emergence of a key environmental indicator. Journal of the American Planning Association 62(2), 243-259.

Chan, E. & Lee, G.K.L. (2008). Critical factors for improving social sustainability of urban renewal projects. Social Indicators Research 85(2 ), 243-256.

Collins, A., Flynn, A., Wiedmann, T. & Barrett, J. (2006). The environmental impacts of consumption at a subnational level. Juornal of Industrial Ecology 10(3), 9-24.

Guy, B. 7 Kibert, C.J. (1998). Developing indicators of sustainability: US experience. Building Research & Information 26(1), 39-45.

Local Environment, Vol. 8, No. 6. 2003. There are several articles about sustainability indicators in this issue of this journal.

Ness, B., Urbel-Piirsalu, E. Anderberg, S. & Olsson, L. (2006). Categorising tools for sustainabiity assessment. Ecological Economics 60(3), 498-508.

Pope, J., Annandale, D. & Morrison-Saunders, A. (2004). Conceptualising sustainability assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 24(6), 595-616.

Reed, M.S., Fraser, E.D.G. & Dougill, A.J. (2006) an adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities. Ecological Economics 59(4), 406-418.

Rydin, Y. (2007). Indicators as a governmental technology? The lessons of community-based sustainability indicator projects. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 25(4), 610-624.

Sawicki, D.S. & Flynn, P. (1996). Neighborhood indicators: A review of the lieterature and an assessment of conceptual and methodological issues. Journal of the American Planning Association 62(2), 165-183.

Soderbaum, P. (2007). Issues of paradigm, ideology and democracy in sustainability assessment. Ecological Economics 60(3), 613-626.

Spangenberg, J.H. (2004). Reconciling sustainability and growth: Criteria, indicators, policies. Sustainable Development 12(2), 74-86.

Valentin, A. & Spangenberg, J.H. (2000). A guide to community sustainability indicators. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 20(3), 381-392.

Examples of Indicators

http://www.iisd.org/ Type "indicators" in the "Search IISD" box. International Institute for Sustainable Development.

http://www.rprogress.org/ Redefining Progress

http://www.crcworks.org/ Crossroads Resource Center