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- Social_sustainability abstract "Social Sustainability is the least defined and least understood of the three pillars of sustainability and sustainable development. The triad of Environmental Sustainability, Economic Sustainability, and Social Sustainability is widely accepted as a model for addressing sustainability, yet the social aspect has had considerably less attention in public dialogue. The concept of Social Sustainability encompasses such topics as: social equity, livability, health equity, community development, social capital, social support, human rights, labor rights, placemaking, social responsibility, social justice, cultural competence, community resilience, and human adaptation.According to the Western Australia Council of Social Services (WACOSS)[1]:"Social sustainability occurs when the formal and informal processes; systems; structures; and relationships actively support the capacity of current and future generations to create healthy and liveable communities. Socially sustainable communities are equitable, diverse, connected and democratic and provide a good quality of life."Another definition has been developed by Social Life, a UK based social enterprise specialising in place based innovation (originally set up by the Young Foundation). For Social Life, social sustainability is "a process for creating sustainable, successful places that promote wellbeing, by understanding what people need from the places they live and work. Social sustainability combines design of the physical realm with design of the social world – infrastructure to support social and cultural life, social amenities, systems for citizen engagement and space for people and places to evolve."Social LIfe have developed a framework for social sustainability which has four dimensions: amenities and infrastructure, social and cultural life, voice and influence, and space to grow.Nobel Laureat Amartya Sen gives the following dimensions for social sustainability [2]:Equity - the community provides equitable opportunities and outcomes for all its members, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable members of the communityDiversity - the community promotes and encourages diversityInterconnected/Social cohesions - the community provides processes, systems and structures that promote connectedness within and outside the community at the formal, informal and institutional levelQuality of life - the community ensures that basic needs are met and fosters a good quality of life for all members at the individual, group and community level (e.g. health, housing, education, employment, safety)Democracy and governance - the community provides democratic processes and open and accountable governance structures.Maturity - the individual accept the responsibility of consistent growth and improvement through broader social attributes (e.g. communication styles, behavioural patterns, indirect education and philosophical explorations)Also we can speak of Sustainable Human Development that can be seen as development that promotes the capabilities of present people without compromising capabilities of future generations. In the human development paradigm, environment and natural resources should constitute a means of achieving better standards of living just as income represents a means of increasing social expenditure and, in the end, well-being.The different aspects of social sustainability are often considered in socially responsible investing (SRI). Social sustainability criteria that are commonly used by SRI funds and indexes to rate publicly traded companies include: community, diversity, employee relations, human rights, product safety, reporting, and governance structure.".
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink Partridgepaper.pdf.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink WP41.pdf.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink UNDP_integrating_hr.pdf.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink sas4-2-hodgson.pdf.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink policy.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink ESI.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink Anand_Human%20development%20and%20Economis%20sustainability.pdf.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink index.htm.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink www.social-life.co.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink Social-Sustainability.
- Social_sustainability wikiPageExternalLink www.undp.org.
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- Social_sustainability subject Category:Human_development.
- Social_sustainability subject Category:Sustainability.
- Social_sustainability subject Category:Sustainable_development.
- Social_sustainability comment "Social Sustainability is the least defined and least understood of the three pillars of sustainability and sustainable development. The triad of Environmental Sustainability, Economic Sustainability, and Social Sustainability is widely accepted as a model for addressing sustainability, yet the social aspect has had considerably less attention in public dialogue.".
- Social_sustainability label "Social sustainability".
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