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This book offers critical insights into the thriving international
field of community indicators, incorporating the experiences of
government leaders, philanthropic professionals, community planners
and a wide range of academic disciplines. It illuminates the
important role of community indicators in diverse settings and the
rationale for the development and implementation of these
innovative projects. This book details many of the practical "how
to" aspects of the field as well as lessons learned from
implementing indicators in practice. The case studies included here
also demonstrate how, using a variety of data applications, leaders
of today are monitoring and measuring progress and communities are
empowered to make sustainable improvements in their wellbeing. With
examples related to the environment, economy, planning, community
engagement and health, among others, this book epitomizes the
constant innovation, collaborative partnerships and the consummate
interdisciplinarity of the community indicators field of today.
This book is the seventh volume in a series covering best practices
in community quality of life indicators. The case studies and
analysis in this volume demonstrate how community indicators
projects today operate within a need to amplify the voice of
disadvantaged communities, seriously explore the increasing use of
information technology, produce positive community change and
sustain these efforts over time. The work presented here spans
North American and Australian community work and demonstrates how
the field of community indicators has undergone a rapid evolution
in only a few decades. Today as in their original formulations,
community indicators projects are designed to gauge the social,
economic and physical health and well-being of communities.
This book is the seventh volume in a series covering best practices
in community quality of life indicators. The case studies and
analysis in this volume demonstrate how community indicators
projects today operate within a need to amplify the voice of
disadvantaged communities, seriously explore the increasing use of
information technology, produce positive community change and
sustain these efforts over time. The work presented here spans
North American and Australian community work and demonstrates how
the field of community indicators has undergone a rapid evolution
in only a few decades. Today as in their original formulations,
community indicators projects are designed to gauge the social,
economic and physical health and well-being of communities.
This volume continues the tradition now established since 2006, of
compiling excellent research into the practice and application of
community indicators in a single source volume. It focuses on the
theme of the Community Indicators Consortium 2020 Summit, as a
significant venue for the advancement of the practice and theory of
community indicators work. It covers the conference's theme of
"community resilience", which is the capacity of all of a
community's elements to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what
kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience. In
keeping with the practical, "best cases" emphasis of this book
series, the editors incorporate a case-based approach to chapters
discussing how specific indicators, indices or series of indicators
can lead to better decisions and outcomes to help communities adapt
and transform in the face of challenges, helping them prepare for
both the expected and the unexpected to sustain and improve quality
of life, including technology and open source approaches to data
sharing and data-focussed collaboration; evolving approaches that
use shared indicators to improve overall community well-being and
quality of life; research related to community indicators and
policy, application, research, and/or practice; and techniques and
approaches to measure resilience. This volume is of interest to
social scientists, management professionals, social workers and
policy makers working on various aspects of community indicators of
quality of life and well-being. Chapter "The Cost of Sea Level Rise
for the Island Community of Vinalhaven, Maine: Spurring action
through collaborative data analysis" is licensed under the terms of
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). For further details
see licence information in the chapters.
This book offers critical insights into the thriving international
field of community indicators, incorporating the experiences of
government leaders, philanthropic professionals, community planners
and a wide range of academic disciplines. It illuminates the
important role of community indicators in diverse settings and the
rationale for the development and implementation of these
innovative projects. This book details many of the practical "how
to" aspects of the field as well as lessons learned from
implementing indicators in practice. The case studies included here
also demonstrate how, using a variety of data applications, leaders
of today are monitoring and measuring progress and communities are
empowered to make sustainable improvements in their wellbeing. With
examples related to the environment, economy, planning, community
engagement and health, among others, this book epitomizes the
constant innovation, collaborative partnerships and the consummate
interdisciplinarity of the community indicators field of today.
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