Changing Inappropriate
Information Systems
ArticlesEcoindicators
by Stephanie Tencer and Steven Peck
Peck & AssociatesEcological Footprints, Climate Change
and Sustainable Development in the
Greater Toronto Area
by Eric Krause, M.A.
Most of our information systems fail to integrate environmental information into our individual and collective decision making. Information is highly segregated into various academic disciplines and policy fields, a condition that does not lend itself to cross-cutting issues like environmental quality. Environmental reporting lags far behind the effort put into gathering social and economic information for most decision-making purposes.
Progress is being made in the area of indicators that significantly expand upon traditional economic and social information. The Healthy Cities Movement, for example, has led to greater emphasis on the gathering and integration of information about the many dimensions of human health, including environmental, social, and economic well-being. "Information Systems" are also about how we obtain information, the institutions which provide it and their interests. We need to evolve information systems that will support decision-making processes and institutions that engender urban sustainability.
This section will explore progress that is being made on information systems and the content of information used in decision making.
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