Sustainability Indicators

Sustainability indicators are performance measures of sustainability (Chavan and Sarnaik 2013) that can be qualitative or quantitative. In a township planning context, indicators help evaluate whether principles adopted to guide township planning, design, and management have the desired effects. For the current study, the selection of sustainability

FIGURE 4.3

Mobility plan for the proposed township.

indicators has been adopted from township case studies, with a focus on enhancing sustainability. Finally, sustainability indicators have been classified as social, environment, and economic indicators for general analysis.

Environmental Indicators

Environmental indicators reflect the outcome of human activities in the form of development concerned with environmental problems. They include factors that are responsible for shaping the environmental conditions of a township. The environmental indicators are

• • Rainwater harvesting
• • ISWM
• • Use of passive technologies to minimize load on conventional energy
• • Green spaces occupied by parks
• • Building courtyard form