Tuesday, February 26, 2008

So I told some of you that I would show you the website for Whistler2020, Whistler, British Columbia's sustainability plan. The website is incredibly interactive, and may be of help to our class when working on our evaluation scheme. The 2020Explorer (http://www.whistler2020.ca/whistler/site/explorer.acds) links the priorities and the strategies of the Whistler2020 plan to their corresponding actions and indicators. The Whistler2020 Monitoring Program (http://www.whistler2020.ca/whistler/site/allIndicators2.acds?context=1967970&instanceid=1967971) also details all of the indicators. A quick click on "Show All" will list all of the indicators used by the plan.

Of the two issues we have not covered with our list of elements of a sustainable community (health and historic preservation), Whistler2020 addresses them to some extent. Health is paired with Social issues. Indicators for Health & Social include: community trust, health status, length of tenure (permanency of residence), birth weight, health insurance, resident satisfaction, sense of belonging, unlawful incidents (safety and security), and volunteer rate. Indicators relating to historic preservation are dwelling density, housing affordability, and development footprint.

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