Growth in a community is both tangible and intangible.
Tangible growth can be measured in comparison to intangible growth.
For the growth to be sustainable, effective and green, it has to be structured.
For that, we have to measure and monitor this tangible growth.
How do we do that?
- Identify the assets where this growth is happening.
The growth can happen in all or any of the following assets :-
- Living spaces
- Educational spaces
- Healthcare spaces
- Religious spaces
- Commercial spaces
- Manufacturing/Industrial spaces
- Agricultural land
- Recreational spaces
- Road networks /Parkings
- Transportation space (bus stands/airports/railway stations
- Map the assets.
- In any given community, the location of the above assets are important as they are interdependent and contextual.
- Assign value to the asset.
The value can be :-
- Social
- Economic
- Financial
- Green growth ?
How will the monetary value for (green growth) be calculated?
- Land Value
- Materials used for construction
- Zoning(1 to 5) location for climate resiliency
- Ecosystem services
- Water
- Sewage
Interventions.
Can be done in
- Materials used for Construction – low cost / low carbon
- Ecosystem services