Foundation for Measuring Community Sustainability

Authors

Pamela A. Mischen, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
George C. Homsy, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Carl P. Lipo, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Robert Holahan, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Valerie Imbruce, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Joe Graney, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Ziang Zhang, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Louisa M. Holmes, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Manuel Reina, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-3590

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-15-2019

Keywords

sustainable communities; sustainability assessment; performance measurement

Abstract

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.

Publisher Attribution

Sustainability

Recommended Citation

Mischen, Pamela A.; Homsy, George C.; Lipo, Carl P.; Holahan, Robert; Imbruce, Valerie; Pape, Andreas; Graney, Joe; Zhang, Ziang; Holmes, Louisa M.; and Reina, Manuel, "Foundation for Measuring Community Sustainability" (2019). Anthropology Faculty Scholarship. 43.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/anthropology_fac/43

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