LibGuides: Community Sustainability (CSUS) Research Resources: Mapping/TBL Resources

Triple Bottom Line

Triple Bottom Line Tool
Sustainable Communities HotReport
The HotReport is designed to give community leaders and residents a quick and easy way to determine how well your community is performing on a variety of sustainability indicators. You can select your community and view charts, tables, and maps showing performance trends over time. You can also select other communities that you consider as "peer" or comparison communities.
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This HotReport was developed by the HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities - with support from the US Census Bureau.
Triple Bottom Line / Robert B. Pojasek
Green Business: An A-to-Z Guide. Nevin Cohen & Paul Robbins, 2011. Print pages: 520-523.
Corporate Social Responsibility by Velma I. Grover
Green Business: An A-to-Z Guide. Nevin Cohen & Paul Robbins, 2011. Print pages: 520-523.
Triple Bottom Line / John Elkington
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The Business of Sustainability, 2010. p464-467.
Grand Rapids Community Triple Bottom Line Report
City Climate Report: City of Grand Rapids
More links to information about Grand Rapids

The Triple Bottom Line: how today's best-run companies are achieving economic, social, and environmental success--and how you can too [electronic resource] by Andrew W. Savitz
Call Number: HF5386 .S346 2014 Online
ISBN: 9781118226223
Publication Date: 2013-11-04
The Triple Bottom Line became an instant classic when first published in 2006, showing a generation of business leaders how to find their sustainability sweet spot-where profitability merges seamlessly with the common good. Now updated it features in-depth success stories of sustainability practices at major firms...

Michigan's MSAs

Michigan’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2015

1. Ann Arbor, MI MSA
2. Battle Creek, MI MSA
3. Bay City, MI MSA
4. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI MSA
5. Flint, MI MSA
6. Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA
7. Holland-Grand Haven
8 Jackson, MI MSA
9. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI MSA
10. Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA
11. Monroe, MI MSA
12. Muskegon, MI MSA
13. Niles-Benton Harbor, MI MSA
14. Saginaw, MI MSA

Source: Wikipedia

Mapping Resources

PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Policymap is an online data and mapping application that gives access to over 15,000 indicators related to housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs, demographics and education. Data are available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries. Data come from both public and proprietary sources. Many of the public files are available for download. Through PolicyMap, you can access all data in interactive maps, tables, charts, reports and through a unique analytic tool. You may also upload your own address level data and share your data and interactive maps with others.

Includes plumbing and kitchen data from 2011-2015 US Census Annual Community Survey.

PolicyMap - Quick Start Tutorial
Links to a video tutorial for this application.

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Create maps and reports from selected census statistics. 1790 to 1930: County, state and national data. 1940-2000: Census tract, county, state and national data. 2006- : ACS. Also includes religion data, U.S. Election data, UK Census 2011 data, and Ireland Religion data. Generate thematic maps for census tracts.

SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
***Access is allowed for only five users at a time. It is necessary to create a free personal account to access this resource.***
A web-based mapping tool that lets users create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using powerful demographic, business, and marketing data. Includes MRI Consumer Survey, Claritas PRIZM, and SimmonsLOCAL data.

SimplyMap - Map Tutorial video

Additional Guides

Environmental Statistics
by Eric Tans Last Updated May 5, 2022 174 views this year

Finding Census Tract Data
by Kathleen Weessies Last Updated May 1, 2023 1366 views this year
U.S. Census Statistics
by Julia Ezzo Last Updated May 23, 2023 555 views this year
Michigan Statistics
by Julia Ezzo Last Updated Dec 9, 2022 105 views this year
Urban Planning Research Guide
by Kathleen Weessies Last Updated May 5, 2023 528 views this year
Green Business
by Terence O'Neill Last Updated May 5, 2022 17 views this year

China Resources

National Bureau of Statistics of China
National Bureau of Statistics is in charge of statistics and economic accounting in China. Includes 2010 Census data as well as economic and financial data.
The 'Data' table provides links to multiple sources including the China Statistical Yearbook back to 1996.
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The link 'Chinese(GB)' at the very top of the page goes to the site in Chinese.
Resources on China
More resources on China can be found on the Asian Studies: China Research Guide. Links include "Access to Chinese Regions and Localities" and "China Data Center, University of Michigan."

For more assistance, you can contact Suzi Teghtmeyer or Xian Wu, Asian Studies librarian.

MSU Libraries

Research Guides

Community Sustainability (CSUS) Research Resources: Mapping/TBL Resources

Triple Bottom Line

Michigan's MSAs

Mapping Resources

Additional Guides

China Resources