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Over the past decade, much effort has gone into the development of environmental planning methods that concentrate on ways to improve the quality of the environments in which we live. Accompanying these methods, there must be procedures or techniques through which we are able to judge whether or not environmental quality has changed as a result of the implemented plans. We must have ways to determine if plans serve to move the quality of our social and physical environments toward the achievement of societal goals. For example, we might be interested in increasing the amount and quality of urban recreational facilities so that individuals spend a proportionately larger amount of their leisure time using these facilities. If we are to determine whether the goal of having individuals spend more leisure time using these facilities is met, a measure of that time must be devised so that change can be recognized. This specific example is discussed later in greater detail.
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Mann, S.H. (1977). The Use of Social Indicators in Environmental Planning. In: Altman, I., Wohlwill, J.F. (eds) Human Behavior and Environment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0808-9_7
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