Environmental Composite
RCLI =.99
Environmental
As population growth and the availability, use and consumption of our energy impact our global environment, the Index attempts to answer the question: What makes a county the place that it is through an ecological eye? After reviewing and researching a number of livability factors encompassing environmental, land use and energy consumption impacts, the Index focuses on the following six categories along with their index weighting.
As bio-diversity information becomes available, it will be added and tracked in the Index.
In the future, the Environmental Index will include additional categories to this section as specific data becomes available, particularly information pertaining to energy consumption and recycling, since these are measures that have a direct impact on Carbon Footprint, and are among those the community can influence.