Cascadia Scorecard and Indicators - Resources & Links

Book

Indicators for Sustainable Development

Theory, Method, Applications

In this book, Dr. Bossel shows that we need indicators for sustainable development that provide reliable information about the natural, physical and social world in which we live, and on which our survival and quality of life depends.
Hartmut Bossel;
1999;
International Institute for Sustainable Development;
124 pp.

Book

Our Ecological Footprint

Reducing Human Impact on the Earth

This book presents an internationally-acclaimed tool--the Ecological Footprint--for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations.
Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees;
1996;
New Society Publishers;
176 pp.

Organization

Community Indicators Consortium

CIC works to advance the art and science of community indicators. It supports an active learning network and community of practice among persons interested or engaged in the field of community indicators development and application. http://www.communityindicators.net

Organization

International Sustainability Indicators Network

This organization serves to connect people who work on or are interested in using sustainability indicators to measure progress toward sustainability in their communities, companies, countries, and the world. http://www.sustainabilityindicators.org

Organization

Kids Count

A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the US, with the goal of informing national discussions concerning ways to secure better futures for all children. http://www.aecf.org/kidscount

Organization

National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership

The NNIP is a collaborative effort by the Urban Institute and local partners to further the development and use of neighborhood information systems in local policymaking and community building. http://www.urban.org/nnip

Organization

Oregon Progress Board

The Oregon Progress Board is an independent state planning and oversight agency created by the Legislature in 1989. It is responsible for monitoring the state's 20-year strategic vision, Oregon Shines. http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB

Organization

Redefining Progress' Sustainability Indicators Program

This program of Redefining Progress provides independent research to support sustainability campaigns of its partners and provides sustainability analysis services for municipal, non-profit, business, and educational clients. http://www.rprogress.org/newprograms/sustIndi

Organization

RegionalProgress.Org

RegionalProgress.Org is a project of Redefining Progress. It is a forum for displaying the results of projects that measure regional sustainability across the United States. http://www.regionalprogress.org

Organization

Sustainable Seattle

Sustainable Seattle advances an integrated vision of urban sustainability by measuring progress, building diverse coalitions, and undertaking key initiatives. http://www.sustainableseattle.org

Organization

The National Association of Planning Council's Social Indicators site

NAPC provides the data in this web site as an online source of comparative health and social indicator data for urban areas in the United States. http://www.socialindicators.com

Periodical

Puget Sound Trends

Puget Sound Trends is a monthly report of demographic, economic, transportation and other planning data of interest to government, business and industry in the Puget Sound region. http://www.psrc.org/datapubs/pubs/trends


Puget Sound Regional Council;

12 / yr.

Report

2004 State of the Fraser Basin Report

Sustainability Snapshot 2

This report from the Fraser Basin Council features a series of sustainability indicators to provide insight into what degree sustainability is being achieved in the Fraser Basin.
Fraser Basin Council;
2004;
Fraser Basin Council;
28 pp.

Report

A Community Indicators Report

Selected Stories from the 2004 Community Indicators Conference

This report presents a snapshot of community indicators' development, use and impact across a range of topics, by weaving together summaries of roughly a dozen presentations made at the Community Indicators Conference held in Nevada in 2004.
Association for Community Health Improvement, Health Research and Educational Trust;
2005;
Community Indicators Consortium;
19 pp.

Report

Achieving the Oregon Shines Vision

The 2005 Benchmark Performance Report

This report looks at trend data for seven categories of Oregon Benchmarks, a collection of indicators that serve as vital signs for the well-being of the State of Oregon and are used to help set priorities and guide actions.
Oregon Progress Board;
2005;
Oregon Progress Board;
134 pp.