The social effects of architecture: Built form and social sustainability

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2019

Authors

Netto V.M. (Author) Other; Vargas J.C. (Author) Other; de Saboya R.T. (Author) Other

Book

Title: Urban Social Sustainability: Theory, Policy and Practicepolicy

Pages: 125-148

Indexing

Scopus - 9 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-018-VVM

DOI: 10.4324/9781315115740

Abstract (EN): There are several competing definitions of social sustainability. These definitions tend to converge on certain aims like equity in the form of access to opportunities and resources as well as in the distribution of positive and negative externalities (McKenzie, 2004), democracy geared by access to decision processes, social interactions able to foster social capital locally, and in other scales (Bramley and Power, 2009), as well as inclusion and tolerance, social infrastructure capable of supporting such forms of cohesion in healthy communities, and the ability of communities to reach levels of social well-being (see Anand and Sen, 1994; Opp, 2016; Sen, 2013; Shirazi and Keivani, 2017). In this perspective, ¿community¿ is defined as groups or networks linked by relatively stable social relationships based on something actors have in common, generally a common sense of identity or interests (Marshall, 1998). Local communities are likely to involve settings of face-to-face engagements based on spatial proximity as raw materials for interaction and cohesion (see Goffman, 1972).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 23