Sustainable Transportation by Henrik Gudmundsson Ralph P. Hall Greg Marsden & Josias Zietsman

Author:Henrik Gudmundsson, Ralph P. Hall, Greg Marsden & Josias Zietsman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg

According to MacLaren (1996), sustainability indicators further need to support an integrated, forward looking assessment that can also capture distributional effects. The sustainability scientist Gilberto Gallopin broadly describes indicators as variables that summarize or otherwise simplify relevant information, make visible or perceptible phenomena of interest, and quantify, measure, and communicate knowledge (Gallopin 1996).

In other words, indicators are essential tools to make the notion of sustainability measurable. The demand for sustainability indicators (for transportation and in general) is high, and the use of these indicators in various planning and policy contexts has become increasingly common. The remainder of this chapter covers topics related to the types and applications of indicators in general.

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