Do Indicators Help Create Sustainable Communities?

By R. Gahin, V. Veleva, M. Hart. 2003

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Incorporating local sustainability indicators into structures of local governance: a review of the literature (2009, background): “Here the arguments shifted from the effects that indicators had as decision-making tools to their benefits on more developmental goals such as capacity building, participation and engagement (Sommer 2000, Gahin et al. 2003).”
An interdisciplinary study on indicators: A comparative review of quality-of-life, macroeconomic, environmental, welfare and sustainability indicators (2013, background): “Gahin et al. (2003) have studied five major projects of sustainability indicators in the United States and concluded that the results of these programmes concern intangible outcomes, such as raised awareness about concepts such as sustainability, better understanding of community issues, and increas”
Multifunctional ‘quality’ and rural community resilience (2010, background): “‘Economic wellbeing’ of rural communities is an important characteristic of well-developed economic capital and a key component of strong multifunctionality (Gahin et al. 2003).”