This study, sponsored jointly by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Environment Canada and the Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research, reviews a range of frameworks and selection criteria for urban sustainability indicators.
Canadian examples figure largely in the review.
The first phase of the review establishes options for a consistent methodology for identifying standardized indicators of urban sustainability. The second phase of the review identifies a range of practical and theoretically-sound indicators based primarily on Canadian experience and which fulfil some or all of the conditions required for sustainability indicators.