Tools for Measuring Progress towards Sustainable Neighborhood Environments

Technological Progress Towards Sustainable Development

Tools Towards Managing Mycorrhiza for Sustainable Agriculture

The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, in concert with other soil dwelling microorganisms such as the so-called “plant growth promoting rhizobacteria”, play a pivotal role for natural soil fertility and stability, hence, for sustainable crop production. Appropriate management of the AM fungal community is crucial, especially in the tropics where the cultivated soils are notoriously fragile and ...

Measuring progress towards reducing health inequalities.

During the past 50 years there has been a gradual improvement in life expectancy: the global average now exceeds 65 years, which is similar to the European average in 1950. The rate of improvement has, however, decelerated in recent decades, and there is a lack of mortality decline in the least developed countries. Moser et al. (pp. 202–209) show that inequality in life expectancy between count...

Measuring Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals

• methods for strengthening routine TB surveillance; • ways to improve and standardize the analysis of surveillance data; • where surveys of infection and active disease have already been done, and should be done in future; • the comparative merits of surveys of infection and active disease (with reference to surveillance data); • how to set standards for carrying out prevalence surveys (of bot...

Measuring Neighborhood Walkable Environments: A Comparison of Three Approaches

Multiple studies have revealed the impact of walkable environments on physical activity. Scholars attach considerable importance to leisure and health-related walking. Recent studies have used Google Street View as an instrument to assess city streets and walkable environments; however, no study has compared the validity of Google Street View assessments of walkable environment attributes to as...