MEASURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE:
The case of The Boston Indicators Project

The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership

The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership at the Urban Institute is made up of 26 indicators projects from around the country.  NNIP partners all have the theme of democratizing information.  They concentrate on facilitating the use of data by city and community leaders rather than preparing independent research reports on their own.  And all have adopted as a primary purpose using information to build the capacities of institutions and residents in distressed urban neighborhoods.

The NNIP, through the Urban Institute, carries out and publishes research on indicators and indicators projects, and provides technical assistance to institutions in partner cities.  It also maintains and regularly updates its national database, the National Neighborhood Data System (NNDS).

Click here for a list of NNIP partners.