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Within each Goal Area
are specific goals, indicators and targets. The
Goals comprise the core of the community vision and
represent what Santa Monica must achieve in order
become a sustainable city.
For each goal, specific Indicators have been
developed to measure progress. Indicators are tools
that help to determine the condition of a system, or
the impact of a program, policy or action. When
tracked over time indicators tell us if we are
moving toward sustainability and provide us with
useful information to assist with decision-making.
Two types of indicators are tracked as part of the
Sustainable City Plan. System level indicators
measure the state, condition or pressures on a
community-wide basis for each respective goal area.
Program level indicators measure the performance or
effectiveness of specific programs, policies or
actions taken by the City government or other
stakeholders in the community.
Many of the goals and indicators measure more than
one area of sustainability. A
Goal / Indicator Matrix
has been included to
demonstrate the linkages between these areas. The
amount of overlap shown by the matrix demonstrates
the interconnectedness of our community and the far
ranging impact of our decisions across
environmental, economic and social boundaries.
Specific Targets have been created for many of the
indicators. The targets represent aggressive yet
achievable milestones for the community. Unless
otherwise noted, the targets are for the year 2010
using 2000 as a baseline. For some indicators no
specific numerical targets have been assigned. This
was done where development of a numerical target was
determined to be not feasible or where limits on
data type and availability made it difficult to set
a numerical target. In many of these cases a trend
direction was substituted for a numerical target.
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This page was last modified on
07/17/2008
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