Policy Uses of Urban Indicators
Expert InsightsPublished 1972
From the point of view of the urban policymaker, research on social indicators has still failed to provide systematic reports on the social and physical condition of the metropolis. This paper outlines four major phases of indicator development that are in need of improvement. The first has to do with the development of certain basic information about the city; the second deals with the development of indicators that are usable in the framework of policy decisions; the third involves a topic not usually considered part of social indicators, i.e., the exploration of new policy options; and the fourth raises the question of the second-order effects of indicator systems.
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- Year: 1972
- Pages: 12
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: P-4829
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