This book is the seventh volume in a series covering best practices in community quality of life indicators. The case studies and analysis in this volume demonstrate how community indicators projects today operate within a need to amplify the voice of disadvantaged communities, seriously explore the increasing use of information technology, produce positive community change and sustain these efforts over time. The work presented here spans North American and Australian community work and demonstrates how the field of community indicators has undergone a rapid evolution in only a few decades. Today as in their original formulations, community indicators projects are designed to gauge the social, economic and physical health and well-being of communities.
Meg Holden (PhD, New School for Social Research) is a social scientist whose research investigates the promises and results of sustainability planning in cities around the world. She is an Associate Professor of urban studies and geography at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Meg served as a board member of the Community Indicators Consortium from 2011-2016 and she currently serves as editorial board member of the journal Applied Research in Quality of Life as well as the Springer book series on Community Quality of Life and Wellbeing. Meg is the author of Pragmatic Justifications for the Sustainable City: Acting in the common place (Routledge, 2017).
Rhonda Phillips, Ph.D., FACIP, has research and outreach efforts that focus on quality of life and well-being related to community and economic development. At Purdue University, she serves as inaugural Dean of the Honors College and a professor in the Agricultural Economics Department. She is author or editor of over 20 books, including Sustainable Communities: Creating a Durable Local Economy, and Introduction to Community Development. Formerly a Senior Sustainability Scientist with the Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Rhonda also served as director and professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. She is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and immediate past president of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies.
Chantal Stevens is a Performance Management Analyst for the King County Auditor's Office where she also holds the position of Program Oversight Manager for the Countywide Community Forums, an innovative collaboration between the public and King County to improve public engagement. She previously served on the CIC board from 2004-2007, and again in 2012. Chantal was formerly the Executive Director of Sustainable Seattle, a pioneer in the development of community indicators. She was the co- lead of the first conference dedicated to the exploration of CI-PM integration, and is currently an active advocate for community indicators and public engagement as a key element of a functioning performance management system at King County. She holds a BS and MMA from the University of Washington.
梅格·霍爾登（Meg Holden，博士，紐約社會研究新學院）是一位社會科學家，其研究探討全球城市可持續規劃的承諾與結果。她是加拿大溫哥華西門菲莎大學的城市研究與地理學副教授。梅格曾於2011年至2016年擔任社區指標聯盟的董事會成員，目前擔任《生活品質應用研究》期刊的編輯委員會成員，以及施普林格（Springer）社區生活品質與福祉書系的編輯。梅格是《可持續城市的務實辯護：在共同場所行動》（Routledge，2017）的作者。
朗達·菲利普斯（Rhonda Phillips，博士，FACIP）專注於與社區和經濟發展相關的生活品質與福祉的研究與推廣工作。她在普渡大學擔任榮譽學院的首任院長及農業經濟學系的教授。她是20多本書籍的作者或編輯，包括《可持續社區：創造持久的地方經濟》和《社區發展導論》。朗達曾擔任威利吉全球可持續性研究所的高級可持續性科學家，並曾在亞利桑那州立大學社區資源與發展學院擔任主任和教授。她是美國認證規劃師協會的院士成員，並曾擔任國際生活品質研究學會的即時前任會長。
香塔爾·史蒂文斯（Chantal Stevens）是金縣審計署的績效管理分析師，同時擔任全縣社區論壇的計畫監督經理，這是一個公共部門與金縣之間的創新合作，旨在改善公共參與。她曾於2004年至2007年及2012年擔任社區指標聯盟的董事會成員。香塔爾曾擔任可持續西雅圖的執行董事，該組織在社區指標的發展中開創了先河。她是首屆專注於社區指標與績效管理整合的會議的共同負責人，目前積極倡導社區指標和公共參與，作為金縣運作良好的績效管理系統的關鍵要素。她擁有華盛頓大學的學士學位和碩士學位。
