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Sustainable Municipal Management: Implementing Logic Model Concepts and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Critical performance variables; Critical success factors; Key result indicators; Key success factors

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The development of appropriate indicators is prerequisite for evaluating the effectiveness of activities while simultaneously considering synergies and trade-offs amongst various goals in the management system. Performance measurements are composed of periodic results (outcomes) and efficiency of public services or programs. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are the measures that possible best represent the strategy and are critical success factors both for current and future situation. Local governments use logic model as a framework to assess the contribution of regional sustainable initiatives and the implementation of KPIs. Developing effective and specific KPIs is crucial for administrative management.

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In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) up to the year 2030. There were two frameworks prior to the...

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  1. Liberal Studies Course, Nagoya Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan

    Noriko Umikawa

  2. Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Yuta Uchiyama

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. University of Chester, Chester, UK

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    Olga Kuznetsova

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Umikawa, N., Uchiyama, Y. (2020). Sustainable Municipal Management: Implementing Logic Model Concepts and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In: Leal Filho, W., Marisa Azul, A., Brandli, L., Gökçin Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Sustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95717-3_121

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