Part 1 establishes the rationale for why, where, and how we pursue sustainability. Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of why and how global and local contexts are unsustainable in environmental, economic, and social terms and introduce the meaning of sustainability that we use. Locally, we must recognize the importance of growth planning and development patterns when it comes to buildings, transportation, and infrastructure. Chapter 3 explains the public policy process and how it plays out through collaborative governance across sectors. Common policy types are introduced as a foundation for the many sustainability tools described in Part 2. Chapter 4 explains how local governments plan and how they can better pursue sustainable community development (SCD). Chapter 5 introduces the Community Capital Compass, which expands previous community capital frameworks to include eight forms (natural, built, organizational, political, financial, cultural, human, and relational). The Compass has been added as an organizing metaphor to emphasize the importance of knowing where you are in dynamic relation to all eight forms of capital (destinations) as you orient action toward any particular community development objective (true North). This imagery supports approaches to holistic analysis and assessments of whether synergies or tradeoffs are being generated (attention to all eight directions). It also supports the development of causal models and maps that spiral communities up or down in the pursuit of sustainability. Lastly, it provides a “gauge” of sorts for book navigation, showing how each sustainability

Part I: Mobilizing for Sustainability