Skip to main content

I want to measure societal impacts of my initiative…
...by assessing its impact on the social and cultural characteristics of a resource 

Back to the Impact Indicator Explorer
Aggregate indicator title

Social and cultural characteristics of a resource 

Description

The diverse ways that communities and individuals interact with the resource, causing the resource to become socially or culturally significant

Domain

Society

Qualitative/Quantitative

Qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Secondary data

Source of data

(Publicly available) Project documentation (reports, information on websites, publications etc.)

Time series

No

Unit of measurement (observation)

Ordinal (High, medium or low ranking)

Unit of analysis

Project

Analytical level (logic model)

Outcome and impact

Links with indicators in other domains

Economy

Data collection method(s)

Review of case studies' documentations

Data collection item(s)

Not indicated and cannot be easily derived from the indicator building field

Indicator building
  • Resource perceived as charismatic or ecologically significant
  • Economic or livelihood reliance on the resource
  • Social or cultural significance and interaction with the resource
  • Resource impact on health and well-being of people
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Minimal resources required

Comments/caveats
Source of indicator definition

Chase and Levine (2016)