Assessing the Value of Housing Schemes through Sustainable Return on Investment: A Path towards Sustainability-Led Evaluations?

Dean, Kevin; Trillo, Claudia; Bichard, Erik

doi:10.3390/su9122264

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“…", look closely at the link between environmental and social sustainability in urban spaces. From this perspective they look at the issue of housing in cities [7]. To this end, they demonstrate how sustainable return on investment can successfully describe and analyze a range of externalities, related to the sustainable value generated by social housing regeneration schemes.…”

Section: How To Address Challenges To Wellbeing and Quality Of Life Imentioning

confidence: 99%

It’s Not a Fad: Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research in European and Global Contexts

2018

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Abstract:Research on smart cities matures and new interdisciplinary approaches to the study of smart cities are proposed. At the same time, problems pertinent to communities inhabiting rural areas tend to be addressed, as if by the way, i.e., as a part of discussions in neighboring fields of research, be it environmental studies, sociology, or agriculture. Arguably, the concept of 'the village' has been largely absent in the academic debate, even if rural areas and countryside communities have been a subject of concern for robust policy frameworks, such as the European Union's Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy. As a result, when advances in sophisticated information and communication technology (ICT) led to the emergence of a rich body of research on smart cities, the application and usability of ICT in the context of a village remained underdiscussed in the literature. Through this Special Issue, and the Editors' earlier research on this topic, the Editors hope that the idea of the 'smart village' will be introduced into the debate. Against this backdrop, the objective of this opening review is three-fold: (i) to outline the conceptual boundaries of the term smart village, (ii) to highlight the thrust of the challenge inherent in smart villages research, and (iii) to shed light on the smart village research agenda as it unfolds. The relevance and validity of these claims are supported by references to research submitted to the Special Issue titled "Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research".

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Section: How To Address Challenges To Wellbeing and Quality Of Life Imentioning

confidence: 99%

It’s Not a Fad: Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research in European and Global Contexts

2018

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“…This new research provides insights to 'macro-level drivers, material flows and large Infrastructure developments', which they contend is the critical requirement of research because 'major nexus challenges are faced at local level'. Dean et al (2017) considered the definition of project success is currently too narrow and concluded that the inclusion of socio-economic assessments, as well as environmental, were needed to derive improved investment decisions, exclaiming that "current evaluative methods that support decision making on social housing interventions fail to capture all of the socio-environmental value contained in the UN SDG 11". Their study addressed the issue by demonstrating how Sustainable Return on Investment can successfully describe and analyse a range of externalities related to the sustainable value generated by social housing regeneration schemes. This view was complemented by Schwanitz et al (2017) and Diaz-Sarachaga et al (2016) where both research teams analysed the fundamental basis for investment decisions.…”

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“…How does the theory of a temporary organisation effect the measurement of SDGs at project level as compared to the organisational level? Dean et al, 2017;Diaz-Sarachaga et al, 2016;Schwanitz et al, 2017;da Silva et al, 2019 Does the current definition of project success place sufficient value in the wider criteria across environmental and societal factors as well as existing economic drivers?…”

Section: Sdg-ip Future Research Issue 3 Sustainable Constructionmentioning

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INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS’ ASSESSMENT THROUGH SDG TARGETS: TOWARDS a COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK

Mansell¹,

Rooyen²,

Philbin³

et al. 2021

EPOJ

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The achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is of paramount importance “for the peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and in the future” (United Nations, 2015; Økland, 2015). Important changes are needed in order to achieve these goals, and infrastructure projects (IP) are critical to facilitate these changes at local and global levels, across health, energy, education, transport, communication and other critical infrastructure needs. However, a gap exists in understanding how SDGs are applied below the global-national levels. In order to increase global and local impact of infrastructure investments, an improved understanding is needed at organisational and infrastructure project levels. In this context, the purpose of this research study is firstly to build on a comprehensive literature review to investigate the existing UN SDG targets in relation to IP, and secondly, to lay a foundation for a comprehensive framework to structure research systematically in this field. This approach can help further our understanding of the topic, thereby providing an important contribution for regulators, policymakers, academia and practitioners on how to align IP to SDGs objectives. This will deliver increased value from infrastructure investments and enable the project management community to generate local impact on global issues, for ‘people and the planet, now and in the future’.

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Challenges and Opportunities Post Pandemic of Organizational Ergonomics to Promote the Social Sustainability in Cultural and Creative Industries: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda

Murillo-Aviña¹,

Mellink-Méndez²,

López-Leyva

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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As background, the COVID pandemic affected the competitiveness and sustainability of cultural and creative industries around the world. In particular, social sustainability must be promoted in a formal framework, namely, an organizational ergonomics framework. However, there are not enough results and findings in the literature in this regard. This article shows a critical review of the literature related to the problem mentioned, intending to determine the opportunities, challenges, and controvertible aspects that could support development of the cultural and creative industries. As result, the main challenges are (1) the lack of reference frameworks and informality, (2) comparative understaffing, and (3) the strengthening of the value and supply chains. The opportunities are (1) cultural and creative industries as a new key element of strategic development for regional competitiveness, (2) cohesion and social belonging, and (3) the diversity of cultural and creative expressions. Finally, regarding the application of organizational ergonomics in the cultural and creative Industries to promote social sustainability, the theoretical and practical implications, managerial implications, and future research lines are discussed. In addition, the limitations of the research are explained, clarifying that the results generated are not conclusive, but rather that they establish a starting point for research, development, and innovation (R + D + i) in support of the orange economy.

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Assessing the Value of Housing Schemes through Sustainable Return on Investment: A Path towards Sustainability-Led Evaluations?

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

It’s Not a Fad: Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research in European and Global Contexts

It’s Not a Fad: Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research in European and Global Contexts

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS’ ASSESSMENT THROUGH SDG TARGETS: TOWARDS a COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK

Challenges and Opportunities Post Pandemic of Organizational Ergonomics to Promote the Social Sustainability in Cultural and Creative Industries: A Critical Review and Future Research Agenda

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