Indicators of socio-economic sustainability: An application to remote rural Scotland

The perceptions of Scottish inshore fishers about marine protected areas

“…The communities within this area face particular challenges posed by the remote nature of the location, such as high costs of services, low income, a narrow economic base dependent on primary/extractive activities and restricted employment opportunities [21], and fishing is central to the economic and cultural life of the coastal communities in this area [22]. Conflicts between fishers using different types of gear have existed in the Minch for a long period of time, and the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 has been widely employed along this coast to resolve conflict between users of mobile and static gears [23].…”

Sustainable Tourism Innovation: Challenging Basic Assumptions

“…Such systems include the Global Reporting Initiative ( GRI, 2002 ), and the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Indicators of Sustainable Development (2005) . In addition there exists a growing body of literature on the measurement of quality of life ( Massam, 2002 ;McMahon, 2002 ), social capital ( Wilson, 2006 ) and social aspects of community development ( Copus and Crabtree, 1996 ;Moles et al ., 2007 ;Parkins et al ., 2001 ) that could be used to develop sustainability monitoring programmes for destination regions.…”

The Impacts of Housing Affordability on Social and Economic Sustainability in Beijing

“…The definition of economic sustainability is "continuous and indefinitely (or at least long-term) sustained growth" (Spangenberg 2005). And social sustainability is defined as "stable human populations" (Brown et al 1987) and "the ability of the population to reproduce itself" (Copus and Crabtree 1996). The measurement items of these two latent variables are shown in Table 1.…”

“…The measurement items of these two latent variables are shown in Table 1. (Copus and Crabtree 1996) Household formation (Borsch-Supan 1986) Marriage rate (MR), birth rate (BR) (Copus and Crabtree 1996) House price and housing affordability in Beijing…”

“…Therefore, housing market situation could have impact on the regional demographic changes, such as household formation, age group structure and household size structure. The demographic structure and trend are important features of social sustainability (Copus and Crabtree 1996;Singh et al 2012).…”