C11. Network Level: Harmony

: Power Balance refers to who controls what happens, and influences decision making. It also includes distribution of assets, and who controls resources and wealth. Expression refers to who can talk, who is heard, and what can be said openly? This includes freedom of expression and/or repression of perspective or opinion, commitment to transparency, and voluntary free flow of information. Access has to do with who can access important information, resources, education, etc, and to what extent? Inclusion is about to what extent people and all other life are considered valuable in relation to each other. It includes civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, gender and race equality. Equity deals with the degree to which specific needs are equitably met. network level indicators

From the SiD Book

A complete treatise on indicators and indicator design is beyond the scope of this book. In most cases, identifying in the first cycles areas of interest concerning strategy, design, and development decisions is sufficient. Proper indicator design may follow later, with the help of various experts. In the following section we’ll detail the standard indicator design tools included in SiD for all three levels: object, network, and system. Let’s start off from the top, with the System level its RAH indicators. 1.2.2 Object level in detail Object indicators are the most common form of sustainability indicators. They index and measure the performance of an object in its systemic context. Examples of object indicators are energy efficiency, environmental impact, cultural value, carbon footprint,...