Management of Natural Resources

This goal acknowledges the importance of benchmarks associated with land, air, water, and waste management. The available community indicators for this goal are mixed. There is a need to develop an extensive set of indicators to measure progress in this important area. It is critical that Spartanburg County view economic development and a healthy, sustainable environment as going hand in hand. The indicators in this section show that a generally healthy ecosystem faces increased pressures from population growth, energy consumption and land development.