Working with Wyndham City Council, a municipality on the expanding western edge of Melbourne, Dr Chris Ives is carrying out:

1. A desk-study to create a score-card of attributes to measure positive and negative changes in sustainability related to urban expansion.
2. A detailed case-study of the interactions between biodiversity and social valuing of agricultural landscapes on the urban fringe.

Download the brochure for the Report, 'Sustainability Scorecard: A tool to help local governments set targets and assess progress towards more sustainable futures'
Dr Christopher Ives, May 2012

Weblink: http://www.sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/files/mssi/Sustainability-Scorecard_Chris-Ives-MSSI_May-2012.pdf