Smart Growth, Better Life

摘要

This paper describes an index-system to measure the success of smart growth of a city. Smart Growth Theory has the three-E's goal of Economic prosperity, social Equity and Environmental sustainability and ten principles concerning sustainable development. Firstly, I refered to a large number of reference materials concerning evaluation index system and Smart Growth, learning index construction methods and important indexes from them, and then I constructed four first-level indexes including Urban land-use system, Economic system, Social system, and Ecological system to assess whether the three E goals is well achieved in a city's urban planning. Then I refined the four first-level indexes into 8 second-level indexes to evaluate whether the ten principles are fully considered in a city's development. At last, I detailed the 8 second-level indexes into 25 quantifiable third-level indexes, so we can evaluate whether the growth pattern of a city is carrying out the Smart Growth Theory successfully, based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of the city's characteristics and deficiencies, and offer some guidance and suggestions for the city's further growth planning.