A Foundation for Measuring Community Sustainability

Mischen, Pamela A.; Homsy, George C.; Lipo, Carl P.; Holahan, Robert; Imbruce, Valerie; Pape, Andreas; Zhu, Weixing; Graney, Joseph R.; Zhang, Ziang; Holmes, Louisa M.; Reina, Manuel

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“…Mischen et al gave a very clear and comprehensive definition of sustainability at the community level. They defined a sustainable community as one in which individuals and organizations are "functionally and socially connected" to provide various services to improve the heath, educational conditions, and other material and spiritual well-being of community members through self-determination with shared collective resources in the community [4].…”

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“…In developing countries such as China, a massive sustainability campaign has accompanied rapid urbanization, which has also given rise to the construction of conceptual towns and cities (e.g., eco-cities and low-carbon cities) [2,3]. However, it seems likely that a large proportion of these projects will not only fail to fulfill their sustainable promises but also that the tremendous input of resources involved makes them actually good examples of anti-sustainability development models [4]. While sustainability at the micro level is the key and very foundation of sustainable development, many projects simply provide new and greener city infrastructure, leaving local community governance and its members' way-of-life unchanged [2].…”

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Sustainable Urban Community Development: A Case Study from the Perspective of Self-Governance and Public Participation

2020

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(1) Background: There is a global trend to stimulate sustainable urbanization by updating the hardware of the built environment with green technologies. However, simply greening the city hardware does not ensure a sustainable urban system. In reality, urban communities, as cells of the city, play a crucial role in the sustainable development of the entire city. (2) Methods: This paper conducts a case study by investigating a community in Taipei with semi-structured interviews and other first-hand data. It examines how self-organization, voluntary groups, and the public participation of community members has successfully institutionalized a governing system for the sustainable development of communities; (3) Results: This paper identifies the major actors and mechanisms underpinning the sustainable development of urban communities with a case study in Taipei. The establishment of this more cost-effective form of community governance will possibly provide more benefits to community members; (4) Conclusions: This case study will shed light on the sustainable development of urban community in many other cities, offering possible pathways and epitome for self-organization of urban community in the coming era. Its cost-effective institutional design contributes greatly to sustainable community development, partly solving the current failure to promote urban sustainability.

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Section: Sustainability At the Community Levelmentioning

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Sustainable Urban Community Development: A Case Study from the Perspective of Self-Governance and Public Participation

2020

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“…That is the interrelation among the three-pillars. Similarly, Mischen et al argue that the trade-offs that are inherent in the interrelations between the three pillars of sustainability raise the question of whether it is acceptable to substitute natural capital for other forms of capital [53], such as people's better living standards. Thirdly, the availability of data was also a criterion for selection.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Provincial-Level Regions in China Using Composite Sustainable Indicator

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Sustainability development is a core issue and policy-priority in China to meet the long-term ecological civilization and economic growth. In this paper, the sustainability of the 31 Chinese provincial-level administrative regions (provinces for short) was investigated using a composite sustainability indicator (CSI). The CSI was constructed by aggregating thirty sustainability indicators involving economic, social, and environmental dimensions hierarchically. Moreover, a piecewise mean range normalization method was developed for weakening the impact of outlier(s). The results indicate that further improvement of the provinces’ sustainability is needed, since only three provinces (accounting for 9.68%) showed better performance and development momentum, simultaneously. However, over half of the provinces showed comparatively optimistic sustainability prospect, indicating a possibility of further sustainability improvement in China under a positive and effective guidance. In terms of the individual provinces, the decline of the sustainability of Liaoning and Tianjin was significant whereas Anhui, Hunan, and Hubei showed more optimistic development prospects. For the four regions, Middle China was on the rise, the decline of Northeastern China was serious, and East China and West China showed better development, but they should also keep vigilance on the possible decline because of the decline of competitive advantages.

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“…Community refers to a particular geographic area where people are linked to one another. That is, people live, work, and obtain key resources (e.g., water, gas, and electricity) and services (e.g., health care, education) within a community (Mischen et al 2019). Additionally, the boundaries of a community are determined by its functional and social relationships as opposed to mere geographical proximity (Callaghan and Colton 2008).…”

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Community Sustainability

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2020

Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management

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Sustainability has become a central concern in communities around the world. However, there have been limited attempts to define sustainability at ▶ community level. It is widely argued that sustainable communities are the ones that follow ecological, social, and economic aspirations and aspects of sustainable development. Accordingly, community sustainability can be defined as the total of community-based attempts to preserve a strong and successful economy, society, and environment; to adjust and respond to outside challenges and opportunities; and to provide quality of life for members in a persistent way (MacKendrick and Parkins 2004). In a more recent and comprehensive definition, Mischen and her colleagues (2019) describe community sustainability as sharing of collective resources by functionally and socially connected actors in "a way that engages members in a set of governance processes resulting in an equitable access to health, educational, and economic well-being while not disturbing future generations' or other communities' rights on these resources" (p. 10). Sustainable communities continue to develop sustainably, where this development is achieved as a fundamental part of the environment without harming it, and allows equal distribution of resources and opportunities among its members both today and in the future (Winther 2017). Sustainable communities have the power, agency, organization, and capability to realize sustainable development and change.

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A Foundation for Measuring Community Sustainability

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Sustainable Urban Community Development: A Case Study from the Perspective of Self-Governance and Public Participation

Sustainable Urban Community Development: A Case Study from the Perspective of Self-Governance and Public Participation

Sustainability Assessment of Provincial-Level Regions in China Using Composite Sustainable Indicator

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