1st Edition

Sustainability Perception Indicators Theory and Practice of Perception Indicators in Sustainability

By Stephen Morse Copyright 2026
216 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the background, practice, potential and challenges associated with developing and using perceptual indicators for assessing sustainability. Sustainability Indicators (SIs) are usually described and portrayed as quantitative metrics that rest above the human realm of subjectivity, opinion and bias. Thus, they are the basis for objectively measuring... Read more

1. Introduction: Sustainability, indicators and perception 2. Sustainability indicators 3. Indicators based on perception: A new frontier to assessing sustainability? 4. Participatory approaches to developing sustainability indicators 5. Communicating and using perception-based indicators of sustainability 6. The future of perception-based indicators of sustainability

Biography

Stephen Morse holds the position of Chair in Systems Analysis for Sustainability in the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey. He has a background in applied ecology and the environment, and his research and teaching interests are broad, spanning both the natural and social sciences. These interests include methods for the assessment of sustainability (e.g. indicators and indices) to help guide intervention. He has also helped pioneer some participatory methodologies for sustainability assessment. He has been involved in research and sustainable development projects across Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa and Asia.