Creating an Appropriate Sustainable Development Reporting Framework for Municipalities: A Case Study of the City of Boulder, Colorado
Date of Award
2-21-2011
Document Type
Undergraduate Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Applied Science
Organizational Unit
University College, Environmental Policy and Management
Disciplines
Environmental Policy & Mgmt
First Advisor
Patricia Greer
Keywords
City of Boulder, Reporting framework, Sustainability, Sustainable development
Abstract
The City of Boulder, Colorado, continues to make progress towards becoming a sustainable community. A wealth of economic, social, and environmental sustainability related data is reported through the City's complex web of reporting avenues and mediums. The lack of departmental integration of these avenues, and subsequent reporting data, continues to undermine the City's sustainable development. Through a comparison to the existing Global Reporting Initiative's public sector reporting framework, this applied capstone critically examines the sustainability related reporting data and provides recommendations to increase reporting efficiency and create cross-departmental integration. The available data reflects an underreporting of social sustainability, and certain managerial indicators, while more adequately reporting on environmental and economic sustainable development.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Woolley, George, "Creating an Appropriate Sustainable Development Reporting Framework for Municipalities: A Case Study of the City of Boulder, Colorado" (2011). University College: Environmental Policy and Management Capstones. 120.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/ucol_epm/120