Biospheric
lǐ · pattern · principle · coherence

The Biospheric Coherence Index

How does a place belong?

Lǐ observes the relationship between a property and the living systems, people, resources and place around it. It is not a certification score. It is a record of coherence, evidence and change.

Lǐ takes its name in part from 理 (): pattern, principle and the intelligible order within things. It is a Biospheric instrument, not a claim of philosophical equivalence.

A first snapshot is allowed to be incomplete. Improvement is the point. Solar cannot cancel a ruined reef.

  1. 01

    Place

    Does the operation make sense here?

  2. 02

    Flows

    How efficiently and circularly do resources move?

  3. 03

    Life

    What is happening to living systems?

  4. 04

    People

    Who benefits, participates and bears the cost?

  5. 05

    Coherence

    Do these relationships reinforce or undermine one another?

  6. 06

    Evolution

    Is the system actually getting better?

Observations

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