Chapter 2
Sustainability Indicators:A Brief Review
INTRODUCTION
Although the use of indicators as a device for ‘doing’ sustainable development (SD) is logical given the context set out in Chapter 1, it does present some immediate difficulties. We can summarize these as:
- What indicators do we use to measure sustainability?
- How do we measure them?
- How do we use them?
The irony is that these appear to be very simple questions. After all, with a blank sheet of paper we can rapidly list the main elements important in SD. It is also possible to ask small groups of people to negotiate a list of indicators amongst themselves, and within 30 minutes or ...
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