ABSTRACT
Community indicators represent an immensely exciting and refreshing approach to evaluation, one that incorporates citizen involvement and participation by its very nature. The interest in sustainable development has been encapsulated, in many ways, into the concepts and applications of community indicators. Community indicators can also be thought of as a report card of community wellbeing. Community indicators measuring systems seem to hold much potential not only as effective evaluation and monitoring systems but also as mechanisms for effective social change. One of the promising developments in economic development planning evaluation techniques has been the re-emergence of community indicators. By integrating economic development planning into the overall community or region's planning, it is easier to evaluate. The geographic information systems interface provides the ability to more clearly see the impact of changes in the community, and coupled with the overall set of indicators, can provide valuable information to evaluate economic development planning.
