Measuring Progress:
Social Evaluation Resources

Topics Covered:

Quality of Life

Social Capital

Existing Indicators Projects

Indicators

Economic Well-Being

EMI Evaluation Literature Review

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Quality of Life

Redefining Progress - Works with a broad array of partners to shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability. Oakland, CA and Washington D.C.

Publications lists with PDF links - A list of Redefining Progress publications.

Measurement Tools and the Quality of Life - Addresses problems associated with the development of social indicators. Clifford W.Cobb, Redefining Progress: San Francisco, 2000.

Lessons Learned from the History of Social Indicators- Clifford W. Cobb, Redefining Progress: San Francisco,1998.

Social Capital

World Bank Social Capital Working Group - The World Bank’s link with external partners, researchers, institutions, governments and others interested in understanding and applying social capital for sustainable social and economic development.

Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital - A survey that attempts to identify a set of questions to capture the essence of social capital as related to development. Grootaert, Christiaan, Deepa Narayan, Veronica Nyhan-Jones, and Michael Woolcock, The World Bank: Social Capital Thematic Group, 2002.

Existing Indicators Projects

Sitka Community Indicators- A Profile of Community Well-Being, 2002.

Indicators of Sustainable Community - A status report on long-term cultural, economic, and environmental health for Seattle/King County. Sustainable Seattle,1998.

Livable Tucson Goals- Indicators of a Livable Tucson, City of Tucson, AZ.

Sustainability Indicators Project of Central Texas

Jacksonville Community Council- A nonpartisan civic organization that engages diverse citizens in open dialogue, research, consensus building and leadership development to improve the quality of life and build a better community in Northeast Florida.

Sustainability Indicators- Fraser Basin Council.

Indicators

Northwest Environment Watch - A scorecard for issues in the Cascade region.

This Place on Earth 2002: Measuring What Matters - A by-the-numbers approach to cover developments in recent years affecting the Pacific Northwest. A Northwest Environment Watch publication.

Sustainable Measures - An indicator database, (formerly Hart Indicators). North Andover, MA.

Sustainable Communities Network - A guide for event planning and community action.

World Database of Happiness- Contains bibliographies of literature on measuring subjective well-being. Ruut Veenhoven, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Social goals for rural communities

Economic goals for rural communities

Measures of Success - For the measurement and evaluation of marketing and public relations programs. KD Paine & Partners.

Measuring community success and sustainability- North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Compendium of Sustainability Indicator Initiatives - The International Institute for Sustainable Development.

W. K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development Resources- Annotations for sources in the collection that focus on leadership development.

Willapa Indicators for a Sustainable Community -Natural, economic and social indicators. 1998.

Economic Well-Being

Sonoran Institute - Non-profit conservation organization.

 

Evaluation of Environmental Education programs

Guidelines for Excellence in Nonformal EE Program Development and Implementation - Draft by the North American Association of Environmental for Education, June 2003.

Environmental Education Materials Guidelines for Excellence Workbook - The North American Association of Environmental for Education

Measuring the Success of Environmental Education Programs - Gareth Thomson, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and Jenn Hoffman Sierra Club of Canada.

 

 

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