Increasing the Health Promotive Capacity of Human Environments

Stokols, Daniel; Grzywacz, Joseph G.; McMahan, Shari; Phillips, Kimari

doi:10.4278/0890-1171-18.1.4

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“…Other institutional initiatives have since taken root, e.g., the Social Ecology Program at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Program in Social Ecology at the University of Western http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss1/art7/ Sydney, the Institute of Social Ecology at Klagenfurt University, Vienna, and the Institute for Social Ecological Research in Frankfurt, Germany. In contemporary scholarship, social ecology generally refers to the study of communities from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective that encompasses bioecological and macro-economic concerns, but gives greater attention to the social, psychological, institutional, and cultural contexts of people-environment relationships than did earlier human ecology research (Michelson 1970, Moos 1979, Stokols 1996, Redman 1999, Stokols et al 2003, Ostrom 2009, Peterson 2010). …”

Section: History: the Emergence Of Social Ecology As A Conceptual Framentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Table 1, we illustrate different forms of assets that society can capitalize on in meeting its goals (cf., Stokols et al 2003). These assets are grouped under two categories, material and human resources.…”

Section: Core Principles Of Social Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1. Schematic representations of human-environment transactions cultivation of virtue and justice (cf., Rosenblum 1998, Berkowitz 1999, Miller 1999, Stokols et al 2003.…”

Section: Core Principles Of Social Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a basis for extending earlier ecological analyses of resilience, we introduce the idea that resilient transactions in human-environment systems depend on the effective and strategic mobilization of different kinds of material and human resources for purposes of achieving and sustaining desirable states of the system. It is through effective mobilization or capitalization of these community assets that higher levels of adaptability, resilience, and longer-term sustainability can be achieved (Stokols et al 2003). Key categories of material and human resources or capital are as previously listed in Table 1.…”

Section: Dynamic Features Of Resilient and Non-resilient Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

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Lejano²,

Hipp³

2013

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ABSTRACT. Resilience studies build on the notion that phenomena in the real world should be understood as dynamic socialecological systems. However, the scholarly community may not be fully aware that social ecology, as a conceptual framework, has a long intellectual history, nor fully cognizant of its foundational theory. In this article, we trace the intellectual roots and core principles of social ecology and demonstrate how these principles enable a broader conceptualization of resilience than may be found in much of the literature. We then illustrate how the resulting notion of resilience as transactional process and multi-capital formation affords new perspectives on diverse phenomena such as global financial crises and adaptation to environmental stresses to communities and ecosystems. A social-ecological analysis of resilience enables the study of peopleenvironment transactions across varying dimensions, time periods, and scales. Furthermore, in its openness to experiential knowledge and action research, the social ecology framework coheres well with participative-collaborative modes of inquiry, which traverse institutional, epistemological, and scale-related boundaries.

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Section: History: the Emergence Of Social Ecology As A Conceptual Framentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Core Principles Of Social Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1. Schematic representations of human-environment transactions cultivation of virtue and justice (cf., Rosenblum 1998, Berkowitz 1999, Miller 1999, Stokols et al 2003.…”

Section: Core Principles Of Social Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dynamic Features Of Resilient and Non-resilient Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2013

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“…natural, technological, man-made buildings, social, human and moral capital) in a given human-environment system. Resilience emerges thus "through effective mobilization or capitalization of these community assets [29]". In SHCI, the concept of transactions provides us with a terminology to talk about qualitative changes among multiple relationships that enhance or not (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

On fairness & sustainability: Motivating change in the networked society

Joshi¹,

Pargman²

2015

Advances in Computer Science Research

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Abstract-Caught between the infinite promise unleashed by technology proliferation and the unprecedented scale of resource depletion, waste and inequity, we inhabit a space where critical alternatives are sought more than ever. As a reflection of the above, we find in HCI, a slant towards technological quick-fixes to existing sustainability problems, as opposed to a more holistic approach that includes behavioural and societal change. It is within this context that this paper is situated, where we propose a socioecological approach and argue our case for a life-cycle lens towards building systems that are in line with our current understanding of the earth's finite resources. We do so by presenting an illustrative case study of what such critical alternatives might look like, by examining the Fairphone movement. We contribute to a deeper understanding of how social value laden enterprises along with open technological design can shape sustainable relationships between our environment and us.

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Worksite nutrition supports and sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption

Hipp

Becker

Marx

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Obesity Science & Practice

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SummaryObjectiveThis study examined the link between worksite environmental supports for nutrition behaviours and sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and offers insight into potential intervention points for reducing SSB consumption and combatting overweight and obesity.MethodsPerceived worksite supports for healthy nutrition and self‐reported SSB consumption were analysed for 2,015 working adults in the state of Missouri using a subset of questions from the Supports at Home and Work for Maintaining Energy Balance (SHOW‐ME) study.ResultsEmployees' use of vending facilities and the availability of water coolers/water bottles was significantly associated with increased SSB consumption, while use of cafeterias was significantly associated with decreased SSB consumption. Symbols or signs to identify healthy alternatives were significantly associated with sports drink consumption.ConclusionsThis study supports previous work indicating the worksite as a necessary environment for nutrition interventions. When choices (vending and cafeteria) are provided, employees report making healthier decisions. For worksites without cafeterias, alternatives should be explored including mobile food trucks and farmer's markets.

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Increasing the Health Promotive Capacity of Human Environments

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Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

Enhancing the Resilience of Human–Environment Systems: a Social Ecological Perspective

On fairness & sustainability: Motivating change in the networked society

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