1. Urban social sustainability: A concept analysis
- Author
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Andjelka Mirkov
- Subjects
Sustainable development ,social cohesion ,Social network ,business.industry ,Social philosophy ,Social sustainability ,Environmental resource management ,Social change ,Sustainability science ,lcsh:HM401-1281 ,General Social Sciences ,Urban density ,social equality ,Environmental ethics ,security ,social sustainability ,diversity ,lcsh:Sociology (General) ,city ,social capital ,Sociology ,Sustainability organizations ,citizen participation ,business - Abstract
The paper analyses the concept of urban social sustainability in order to provide a systematization of the main ideas contained in various interpretations of the term. First, it deals with the problems and dilemmas in defining the term of urban social sustainability, showing complexity of the idea and disagreements about its interpretation. Then it discusses the relation between the main dimensions of sustainable development for the purpose of explaining the two complement approaches to urban social sustainability. One approach sees urban social sustainability as a mean of achieving environmental and economic sustainability, while the other approach analyses urban social sustainability as a value in itself. A significant part of the paper concerns the dominant concepts within the discourse of urban social sustainability. Normative principles and operational dimensions of the term may be derived on the basis of these concepts.
- Published
- 2012