indicators & monitoring

Peg Community Indicator System

Peg is a community indicator system for Winnipeg, tracking indicators that reflect and measure the city’s well being. An ongoing, community-driven process, Peg works to build knowledge that informs community decisions and policy.

Content type:
tools
Tool Type:
Comprehensive Process
Keyword(s):
data analysis & collection,
decision-making,
indicators & monitoring,
public participation & outreach,
values-based planning

You Get What You Measure

Yellow Wood Association’s You Get What You Measure Program applies a values-based process to real-world planning. Developed by a small business consulting firm, the program typically works with rural communities.

Content type:
tools
Tool Type:
Comprehensive Process
Keyword(s):
decision-making,
indicators & monitoring,
values-based planning

Intelligent Cities Initiative

A program launched by the National Building Museum, the Intelligent Cities Initiative aims to understand the impact and explore the potential of information technology on the urban design process in cities.

Content type:
organization
Organization Type:
Educational or Research Institute
Keyword(s):
arts ,
community character & design,
indicators & monitoring,
public participation & outreach,
visualization

Atlas of Rural and Small Town America

The Atlas of Rural and Small Town America is an online mapping resource that displays county-level data on people, jobs, agriculture, and other county characteristics.

Content type:
resources
Resource Type:
Website
Keyword(s):
conservation and natural resources,
data analysis & collection,
indicators & monitoring,
mapping,
visualization

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

ICLEI is an international membership association of local governments working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop more sustainable communities. ICLEI USA is based in Boston with regional support staff located in 7 cities around the U.S.

Content type:
organization
Organization Type:
Non-profit/NGO
Keyword(s):
decision-making,
environmental sustainability,
government,
indicators & monitoring

Bend 2030: Vision Builds

When exponential growth and development threatened the quality of life in Bend, Oregon, residents banded together with the city and Steven Ames Planning to create a visionary plan that would protect the unique community character they cherished.

Content type:
projects
Keyword(s):
community character & design,
decision-making,
economic development,
government,
implementation,
indicators & monitoring,
public participation & outreach,
visioning

Redefining Progress

Redefining Progress is a non-profit research and policy organization based in Oakland, California that provides services, tools and consultation for communities committed to 'redefining' progress to provide a better life within the capacity of nature

Content type:
organization
Organization Type:
Non-profit/NGO
Keyword(s):
conservation and natural resources,
data analysis & collection,
decision-making,
economic development,
environmental sustainability,
indicators & monitoring,
visioning

Luke Planning, Inc.

Luke Planning, Inc., under the direction of Henry Luke, has facilitated Community Vision and Community Strategic Planning projects in over sixty communities in eighteen states since 1983.

Content type:
organization
Organization Type:
Private firm
Keyword(s):
community character & design,
community inventory,
decision-making,
indicators & monitoring,
project design & management,
public participation & outreach,
values-based planning,
visioning

New Commons

New Commons is a Providence, RI based think tank that goes beyond analysis and reporting. The firm helps clients move from thought to action by helping build a network with the right capabilities, then mobilizing that network to get the job done.

Content type:
organization
Organization Type:
Private firm
Keyword(s):
community character & design,
decision-making,
facilitation & dialogue,
implementation,
indicators & monitoring,
project design & management

Gund Institute for Ecological Economics

The Gund Institute is a trans-disciplinary research, teaching, and service organization at the University of Vermont focused on developing integrative solutions to society's most pressing ecological problems.

Content type:
organization
Organization Type:
Educational or Research Institute
Keyword(s):
conservation and natural resources,
data analysis & collection,
economic development,
implementation,
indicators & monitoring