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Sustainable Growth <br />Definition <br />As defined here, sustainable growth: <br />et current needs without <br />uses and protects its human and natural resources to me <br />compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, by <br />integrating long -term environmental protection, social equity, and economic <br />prosperity with development in the county. <br />Definition and metrics in Table 4 are drawn from: <br />a OC 1994 sustainability policy <br />• Academic literature <br />mission's Sustainable Growth Working Group <br />• Mid -Ohio Regional Planning Corn <br />9 Port Moody sustainability Index (see Table 1) <br />• Sustainable Santa Monica (see Table 1) <br />• Sustainable Seattle (see Table 1) <br />Key Attributes <br />There is no single definition of sustainability. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin- <br />There <br />comprehensive list of fields that contribute to <br />Cooperative Extension identified the fo <br />sustainability and that are used in the metrics in Table 3: in each of the broad aareasswhich form then <br />environment, and government. Sub - groups identified with and individuals <br />basis of sustainable growth measures cited in this document, are as follows: economy <br />(energy, health, housing, individual wealth, population, and transportation), business (business diversity, <br />nd tourism), education (primary and secondary education, post- <br />business growth, business stability, a <br />