A Foundation for Measuring Community Sustainability
Pamela A. Mischen 1,2,*
, George C. Homsy 1,2, Carl P. Lipo 2,3, Robert Holahan 2,4, Valerie Imbruce 5, Andreas Pape 6, Weixing Zhu 7, Joseph Graney 8, Ziang Zhang 9, Louisa M. Holmes 10 and Manuel Reina 1
, George C. Homsy 1,2, Carl P. Lipo 2,3, Robert Holahan 2,4, Valerie Imbruce 5, Andreas Pape 6, Weixing Zhu 7, Joseph Graney 8, Ziang Zhang 9, Louisa M. Holmes 10 and Manuel Reina 1
1
Department of Public Administration, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
2
Sustainable Communities Program, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
3
Department of Anthropology and Environmental Studies Program, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
4
Environmental Studies Program and Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
5
Undergraduate Research Center, Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
6
Department of Economics, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
7
Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
8
Department of Geological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
9
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
10
Department of Geography, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2019, 11(7), 1903; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11071903
Received: 29 January 2019 / Revised: 18 March 2019 / Accepted: 19 March 2019 / Published: 30 March 2019
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. View Full-Text
Figure 1
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).
Share & Cite This Article
MDPI and ACS Style
Mischen, P.A.; Homsy, G.C.; Lipo, C.P.; Holahan, R.; Imbruce, V.; Pape, A.; Zhu, W.; Graney, J.; Zhang, Z.; Holmes, L.M.; Reina, M. A Foundation for Measuring Community Sustainability. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1903.
Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.
Related Articles
Article Metrics
Comments
[Return to top]
Sustainability
EISSN 2071-1050
Published by MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
RSS
E-Mail Table of Contents Alert