| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1047757 | Habitat International | 2014 | 10 Pages |
•Nine indicator systems are identified and 105 indicators are filtered out in this study.•The differences between the various existing indicator systems are compared.•The effectiveness of these existing indicator systems are examined for guiding sustainable urbanization practice.•The necessity to propose systematic method for selecting sustainability indicators is raised.
The Chinese government is a promoting sustainable urbanization process to develop future cities, and various indicator systems have been introduced for guiding the sustainable urbanization practice. This paper examines the effectiveness of these existing indicator systems introduced in China. Nine sample indicator systems were collected and compared. Principal criteria selected to analyze the effectiveness of the nine samples was based on a literature review. This study reveals that the existing indicator systems have limitations for guiding sustainable urbanization practice and the differences between the various indicator systems present barriers for their effective application. It is found that no official department in China supervises the application of these indicators. The lack of a systematic method for establishing indicators is considered as a major reason for contributing to the limited effectiveness of these established indicators. There is a need to develop an effective method to supervise decision makers to establish and select effective indicators.
