Societal health and urban sustainability indicators
Conference
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OSTI ID:374114
Without the social will, no city can successfully Undertake the planning and programs necessary for meaningful progress toward sustainability. Social will derives from wellsprings of vital societal health. This paper presents an approach to helping cities in APEC member economies initiate a program for developing indicators of sustainability. Representative indicators of social capital and other aspects of civic engagement, as proxies for societal health, are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- OSTI ID:
- 374114
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9608141-1; ON: DE96015025; TRN: 96:005298
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Workshop for an Asia Pacific surtainable cities program, Monterey, CA (United States), 27 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 27 Aug 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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