Focusing closely on environmental initiatives, economic development issues, and social equity concerns, each chapter offers both an account of the sustainability policies being adopted and a close exploration of the performance measurement activities of cities in that policy area. Readers are introduced to the metrics that American cities are using to measure the performance of their sustainability efforts, as well as benchmarks and comparison statistics that may be used to develop and evaluate the performance assessment efforts in their own sustainability programs. Students of public administration, urban planning, and political science – as well as public officials – will find this book useful to understand the complexity of sustainability and local government.
Susan M. Opp is Associate Professor at Colorado State University, USA.
Samantha L. Mosier is Assistant Professor at East Carolina University, USA.
Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. is Professor of Public Policy and Administration and Senior Vice Provost at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA.