Sustainability Indicators: Measuring the Immeasurable?

by Stephen Morse and Simon Bell

Book Overview

This text addresses global interest in ways of measuring sustainability. The authors review the development and value of such sustainability indicators. Set against the late-1990s trends in sustainability indicator development, the authors discuss the advantages of taking an holistic and subjective approach. Building on practices such as the sustainable cities initiative, they describe a systemic approach to sustainability indicator development, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853834971
• ISBN13: 9781853834974
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Earthscan Publications
• Length: 192 Pages