Table 10: Measuring Progress
| Author | Title | Description | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cities Environment Reports on the Internet (CEROI) | Urban Environment Information Gateway | Website: Provides access to urban State of the Environment (SOE) reports globally and information on preparing SOE reports. |
(Norway) |
| CSTB and VTT | Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators (CRISP). |
Website: Aims to develop and validate criteria and relevant, efficient indicators to measure the sustainability of construction projects particularly within the urban built environment. | Online: http://crisp.cstb.fr (France) |
| Environment Australia (2002) | Australia State of the Environment 2001 | Website report: Provides a 5 year overview of progress concerning the pressures on, state of and responses in relation to key resources and the (urban) environment in Australia. Key areas such as human settlements, water and air are profiled. | Online: http://www.ea.gov.au/soe/2001/index.html (downloadable in pdf format as complete document or in sections) (Australia) |
| GPI Atlantic | Genuine Progress Indicator for Atlantic Canada | Website: Outlines work on the GPI, an index of sustainable development and well being using Nova Scotia as a pilot. | Online: http://www.gpiatlantic.org/ (Canada) |
| International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) | Website: Information on standards for society as a whole. Includes information relating to monitoring and improving environmental performance such as the ISO 14000 series on environmental management systems. | Online: http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage (Switzerland) |
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| International Sustainability Indicators Network (ISIN) | Website: Examines how indicators are used to measure progress toward sustainability in communities internationally. | Online: http://www.sustainabilityindicators.org/ (Canada) |
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| National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy | The State of the Debate on the Environment and the Economy: Environment and Sustainable Development Indicators for Canada | Website report: A program aimed at developing a set of credible and understandable indicators augmenting GDP and CPI) to track progress of Canada’s economic activities. | Online: http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/eng/programs/current_programs/sdindicators/ESDI-Report/ESDI-Report-E.pdf (Canada) |
| Redefining Progress | Website: Looks at tools such as a household ecological footprint spreadsheet and a Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). | Online: http://www.redefiningprogress.org/ (USA) |
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| Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) | Global Alliance for Building Sustainability (GABS) | Website: A partnership that has been formed to accelerate the achievement of sustainable development in the land, property, construction, facilities management, infrastructure and development sectors, worldwide. | Online: http://www.rics-foundation.org/sustainability/gabs.html and (UK) |
| von Schirding Y (2002) | Health in Sustainable Development Planning: The Role of Indicators | Website report: Discusses the development and use of indicators for health and sustainable development planning. | Online: http://www.who.int/wssd/resources/indicators/en (Switzerland/WHO) |
