What is social sustainability? A clarification of concepts

Vallance, Suzanne A.; Perkins, Harvey C.; Dixon, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.01.002

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“…A South African study focused on infrastructure sustainability affirms that the safety indicator is the top sustainability criterion (Ugwu & Haupt, 2007). Vallance et al (2011) claim that although the concept of sustainable development at the outset enclosed an apparent social mandate, the social dimension has been overlooked in a sustainable approach for about two decades and the economic aspects of sustainability have also received less attention compared to the environmental aspects of sustainability. The three elements of sustainability are included in most studies which focus on This is a copy of the "Post-print" (i.e., the authors' final draft, post-refereeing).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

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Integrating and ranking sustainability criteria for housing

Abdul‐Rahman

Chen

Wood

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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Numerous researchers have determined sustainability criteria relating to environmental performance but the other two sustainability components -economic and social performance -have not been taken into consideration in an integrated and hierarchy manner. Existing sustainability assessment methods (e.g., LEED, GBI, IGBC, and BREEAM) ignore the economic and social aspects, and sustainable criteria are not prioritized for decision making facilitation. To prioritize sustainable criteria for residential buildings in the triquetrous sustainability model including environmental, economic, and social in a global and integrated manner, a Fuzzy-AHP tool was employed and a structured expert-based development process comprised of seventeen building practitioners and eight academics from sixteen nations was conducted globally among carefully selected experts. A Fuzzy Weighted Hierarchy for Triquetrous Sustainability (FWH-TS) in residential buildings was developed at the end of this study. Assisted by programmers, the FWH-TS is expected to be developed into a PC software or Apps in the near future to improve construction management.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating and ranking sustainability criteria for housing

Abdul‐Rahman

Chen

Wood

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering

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“…Despite the importance of the human issues, for decades, the social aspect has been largely overlooked (Vallance, Perkins and Dixon, 2011).…”

Section: Short-term and Long-term Sustainability Practicesmentioning

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Short-term versus long-term benefits: Balanced sustainability framework and research propositions

Wu¹,

Subramanian

Abdulrahman

et al. 2017

Sustainable Production and Consumption

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Sustainability research has been expanding rapidly during recent decades. Such research takes various forms with the identification of mixed results. Even though there are several review articles on sustainability with valuable insights, the time dimension aspect of sustainability is totally missing in addition to lack of well-developed framework. This paper systematically reviews previous sustainability studies published in the refereed scientific journals for the past two decades to understand the evolution of sustainability issues in the business context and solutions proposed until now. The study categorizes the popular sustainability practices into short-and long-term practices based on the time effect, and link them with different forms of organizational capabilities and sustainability performance. The paper further proposes a two-dimensional sustainability framework that incorporates practices, capabilities and performance, and the balancing issues between short-and long-term sustainability. At the end, it suggests potential research directions for future research as well. Graphical abstract Highlights We systematically reviews the past two decades sustainability studies published in the refereed scientific journals  We use time dimension to classify and understand sustainability benefits Review of sustainability theories, practices, capabilities, and performance Classification of sustainability practices, capabilities, and sustainability performance Model & propositions development We categorized sustainability practices and performances into short-and long-term perspectives for effective managerial decisions  We propose research propositions relating firm's capability and its implementation of shortand long-term sustainability practices and sustainability performance.  We draw attention to the future role of organizational capabilities and their interactions with sustainability practices to achieve better performance.

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“…Behavioural Change. Non-transformative changes, such as recycling schemes, lead to stronger environmental ethics through the provision of information and services which do not have a major impact on everyday life (Vallance et al, 2011). Transformative approaches require changes to perception -the way the environment and society are socially constructed.…”

Section: Sustainability and Basic Needs Research Has Largely Focusedmentioning

confidence: 99%