From the Ground Up: Quality of Life Indicators and Sustainable Community Development
探讨了安大略省农村社区如何通过志愿者驱动的方式开发生活质量指标，以评估社区可持续性倡议，并用于编制本地社区状况报告。
In the search for accessible, understandable, and useful criteria for the evaluation of community sustainability initiatives, quality of life indicators have proven to be appealing. Currently, in Ontario, there are several ongoing efforts to develop quality of life indicators for use at the municipal level. Methodologies useful in rural communities must meet some important challenges, including a lack of small area statistics and an absence of paid staff assistance. This article discusses volunteer-driven efforts by rural Woolwich Township's Healthy Communities Project to develop quality of life indicators for use in developing a local State of the Community Report.