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Aggregate indicator title

Environmental impact on human health * (environmental conditions)

Description

Community-level indicators to assess the environment’s impact on human health 

Domain

Environment

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative & qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Primary and Secondary data

Source of data

Primary: Participants

Secondary: Publicly available data sources e.g. project deliverables and publications

Time series

Not specified

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values & nominal

Unit of analysis

Project/initiative 

Analytical level (logic model)

Context, output, outcome, impact

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A

Data collection method(s)

Citizen scientists’ self-reports via surveys/questionnaires, focus groups, journaling, public data sources

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated, but can be derived from the 'indicator building' field

Indicator building
  • The amount and condition of open space in the community (including public parks, conservation land and other protected areas, wildlife refuges, state forest, farmland, and (un) protected wild areas)
  • Amount of protected land in the community
  • Efforts to preserve and restore historic buildings, monuments, spaces, etc. 
  • The quality and adequacy of drinking water in the community (measurable pollutants, threats to or problems with the water source, size of the water supply and its ability to meet future needs, etc.) • Air quality in the community
  • Efforts by local government to reduce its effect on the environment (e.g., mandated use of low-emissions vehicles on government business, low-emissions or electric vehicles used for public transportation and garbage pickup)
  • Availability and ease of recycling of paper, plastic, hazardous waste, and metal for both households and business/industry
  • Level of regulation and enforcement of environmental standards for business and industry
  • Local sponsorship of or support for public art (e.g., sculpture in public spaces, murals painted by teenagers in neighborhoods)
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Moderately resource demanding

Comments/caveats

This indicator doesn't measure what the title indicates. It measures environmental conditions that can have implications for human health

Source of indicator definition

Woods et al. (2016)