Common space as a tool for social sustainability

Abed, Amal; Al-Jokhadar, Amer

doi:10.1007/s10901-021-09843-y

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“…However, the results contradicted those of Wilson-Doenges [32], Adnan et al [33], and Sakip et al [34], who argued that gated communities negatively impact social sustainability and encourage isolation and segregation. This effect may have been related to differences in socioeconomic characteristics and residential units, where higher socioeconomic factors were associated with higher quality built environments that reflected positively in residents' satisfaction, encouraging them to interact with each other [1]. Additionally, social sustainability was associated with the length of residency and ownership, factors correlated positively with social sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…So, people are bound to be part of any sustainable development endeavor if it deemed to be successful. This entails the need to investigate this concept to improve residents' quality of life regarding social integration, cohesion, inclusion, and justice [1]. Similarly, there has been a continuous effort to promote individual satisfaction by generating new typologies of residential development.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Sustainability in Gated Communities Versus Conventional Communities: The Case of Amman

Abed¹,

Mabdeh²,

Nassar³

2022

IJSDP

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There is a growing interest in gated communities as residential developments for upper-middle-income residents in Amman, Jordan, but limited research has been conducted on this subject. Additionally, no clear codes or strategies exist to regulate these communities. Social sustainability has been recognized as a fundamental component of sustainability and residential communities since it concerns individuals’ interactions and livable communities. This can be determined through five indicators: personal relationships, social network support, civic engagement, levels of safety, and shared values and norms. Therefore, this research investigates the impact of these indicators on one’s social life in different typologies of residential development. This exploration involved a mixed-method approach that began with a spatial analysis of selected gated communities, a conventional community, and a survey of households. Subsequently, the results revealed that the mega gated communities were the best in terms of social sustainability in personal relationships, social networks, and civic engagement. These facts may relate to the availability of public spaces and facilities, which are either missing or limited in other developments. Such amenities are integral components of social infrastructure and involve diverse activities, necessitating design guidelines for residential development considering social sustainability.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Sustainability in Gated Communities Versus Conventional Communities: The Case of Amman

Abed¹,

Mabdeh²,

Nassar³

2022

IJSDP

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“…Before proposing the cul-de-sac as a design approach for outdoor collective spaces, it is important to understand the relationship between the built environment and social sustainability, because all physical components of the housing environment such as houses, services, collective, and common spaces will affect social sustainability [29]. There have been many interpretations for clarifying social sustainability; this study discusses those more related to the built environment.…”

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The Role of Collective Spaces in Achieving Social Sustainability: A Comparative Approach to Enhance Urban Design

Itma

Monna

2022

Sustainability

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Achieving social sustainability is an important aim towards achieving sustainable development goals for 2030. This paper aims to evaluate the compatibility of collective spaces with the contemporary social needs in the residential areas in Palestine. It is hypothesized that collective spaces such as cul-de-sacs have the potential for a contribution towards social sustainability. A field research for urban design architectural components for cul-de-sacs and grid streets in Nablus city was conducted based on social sustainability values. Then, a questionnaire was developed to measure people’s satisfaction with living in such collective spaces in terms of social sustainability values. The results show that the satisfaction in collective spaces rises in the cul-de-sac housing compared to grid street houses. Based on these results, a cul-de-sac is a high-potential approach for enhancing social interaction in collective spaces because it provides the four values of social sustainability: privacy, security, equality, and environmental quality. Such qualities are very basic and essential human needs to be considered in housing design. Finally, proposed guidelines for designing contemporary collective spaces based on learning from traditional cul-de-sacs were introduced to enhance future social sustainability.

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“…Indeed, the classical managerial strategy was concentrated in the devil's quadrangle: time, cost, quality, and flexibility [56,58,59]. Hence, over recent decades, sustainability has become an important emergent role in the management of business processes [12,57,58,60].…”

Section: Sdg Pillarsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Still, Torjman [33] states that "From a social perspective in particular, human well-being cannot be sustained without a healthy environment and is equally unlikely in the absence of a vibrant economy", linking the social to the economic and environmental dimensions. Considering the various definitions of social sustainability existing in the literature (although with several divergences among authors), it can be said that this pillar is associated with the networks created among people in society through their participation in social groups and activities [60,61]. There is a consensus that in order to achieve full social sustainability, society must comply with the principles of equality, promoting an equal distribution of opportunities among people [61].…”

Section: Social Sustainabilitymentioning

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Neverland or Tomorrowland? Addressing (In)compatibility among the SDG Pillars in Europe

Costa

Cancela

Reis

2021

IJERPH

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The 2015–2030 agenda framed Sustainable Development as a Universal venture. This decision has a great historic significance as it encompasses building a better future for the whole of humanity, enrolling the millions who have been denied the chance to live a decent, dignified and fulfilling life and to achieve their potential. For the first time, an entire generation will have the chance to succeed in ending poverty while being the last to have a chance of saving the planet. The world will be a better place in 2030 if humanity succeeds in this journey. However, there is hovering skepticism around the feasibility of this accomplishment. The article aims to empirically test the (in)compatibilities among these objectives even for developed economies such as the European Union countries, demonstrating that unless solid bridges are built promoting innovative networks at a transnational level, welfare and prosperity among those ecosystems will be compromised. The results show that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) pillars have heterogeneous determinants, which are to some extent incompatible. Moreover, policy makers need to further reinforce multi-country compensations if the environment is to be preserved.

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Common space as a tool for social sustainability

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Social Sustainability in Gated Communities Versus Conventional Communities: The Case of Amman

Social Sustainability in Gated Communities Versus Conventional Communities: The Case of Amman

The Role of Collective Spaces in Achieving Social Sustainability: A Comparative Approach to Enhance Urban Design

Neverland or Tomorrowland? Addressing (In)compatibility among the SDG Pillars in Europe

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