{"id":359,"date":"2025-10-07T17:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/?post_type=part&#038;p=359"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:53:03","slug":"official-community-plan","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/part\/official-community-plan\/","title":{"raw":"An Example: Evaluating a Local Government Official Community Plan Using Planetary Health Lenses","rendered":"An Example: Evaluating a Local Government Official Community Plan Using Planetary Health Lenses"},"content":{"raw":"<div>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-769\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"227\" \/>\r\n\r\nThis chapter illustrates how the Planetary Health Framework was applied to evaluate an Official Community Plan (OCP) for Sooke, a small municipality in British Columbia, Canada. The project formed the basis of Kai Mountfort Master Thesis. We present a snapshot of this evaluation, illustrating how the Planetary Health Framework dimensions can be used to assess a public policy. The objective is to highlight the unique perspective that a planetary health lens can offer. We do not aim at presenting the full results of this evaluation project which are available online (Mountfort, 2025).\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-769\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird.png 387w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird-65x38.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird-225x132.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part13-hummingbird-350x205.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This chapter illustrates how the Planetary Health Framework was applied to evaluate an Official Community Plan (OCP) for Sooke, a small municipality in British Columbia, Canada. The project formed the basis of Kai Mountfort Master Thesis. We present a snapshot of this evaluation, illustrating how the Planetary Health Framework dimensions can be used to assess a public policy. The objective is to highlight the unique perspective that a planetary health lens can offer. We do not aim at presenting the full results of this evaluation project which are available online (Mountfort, 2025).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media-attributions clear\" prefix:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" prefix:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/\"><h2>Media Attributions<\/h2><ul><li >Part 13 Hummingbird       <\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-359","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/359\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}