Otherwise, planning, advocacy, action, results, and assessment based on the indicators might be misdirected toward “improvements� that the community may not actually desire or need. Indicators may also offer the opportunity to adopt a broader purpose that stretches the community’s existing vision, whatever it may already encompass, toward a wider understanding of wellbeing based on the concepts of global sustainability. Given the compelling nature of and increasingly indisputable science behind the logic of sustainability, communities concerned about their quality of life would be well advised to consider this frame of reference as they agree on and articulate the vision that will guide their indicators.
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