scholarly journals Underlying Concerns of Socio-cultural Aspects in Green Building Rating Systems towards Improving Quality of Life

2016 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 710-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mawar Masri ◽  
Rodzyah Mohd Yunus ◽  
Sabarinah Sh. Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Cultural Aspects

scholarly journals Educación Física, Calidad de Vida y la Nueva Sociología de la Infancia: Repensando la Metodología Mixta en Sociología (Physical Education, Quality of Life and New Sociology of Childhood: Rethinking about Mixed Methodology in Sociology)

Retos ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
Fidel Molina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Mixed Methodology ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Healthy Habits ◽  
Sociology Of Childhood ◽  
Personal Welfare

La Educación física tiene una relación directa con cuatro de las nueve dimensiones que componen la Calidad de Vida (Eurostat, 2013): salud, educación, ocio y relaciones sociales y bienestar subjetivo. La Educación física aparece como un elemento fundamental para indicadores importantes en la medición de la calidad de vida, de presente y de futuro. Y es que la Educación física puede proporcionar una socialización adecuada en hábitos saludables, patrones de conducta relacionales y mejor autopercepción del bienestar a niños y jóvenes que no son “objetos” de estudio, sino sujetos activos y participantes, como nos plantea la nueva sociología de la infancia. La nueva sociología de la infancia es una subdisciplina de la sociología (de la educación física y del deporte) que estudia la realidad holística de la vida de los niños y jóvenes. En este sentido, también analiza elementos fundamentales de su calidad de vida presente, en relación con ellos mismos. La metodología mixta es una opción global y completa que se presenta como opción muy adecuada en diversos tipos de investigaciones que aúnan salud, educación y aspectos sociales y culturales. Las conclusiones muestran cómo desde la Educación Física y mediante la metodología mixta (encuestas, entrevistas, grupos de discusión, etnografía e investigación-acción), se puede analizar de manera más completa algunos de los indicadores de calidad de vida entre niños y jóvenes, en relación con ellos mismos y en planteamientos intergeneracionales, de presente (de los propios niños y jóvenes “aquí y ahora”) y de futuro (cuestiones estructurales de base socioeducativa).Abstract: Physical Education has a direct relationship with four of the nine dimensions that constitute Quality of life (Eurostat, 2013): health, education, leisure and social relationships, and personal welfare. The New Sociology of Childhood is a sub-discipline of Sociology (of Physical Education) that explores children’s and young people’s life in a holistically manner. Physical Education appears as a fundamental element for measuring quality of life. Thus, Physical Education can provide children and youth with positive socialization into healthy habits, relational patterns and better self-perception of welfare: they are not 'objects' of research, but they are active “subjects”. In this sense, this sub-discipline also analyses key elements of quality of life as well as it studies their relation with each other. Mixed methodology is a suitable methodology in different types of research about health, education and socio-cultural aspects. The outcomes show how Physical Education (through Mixed methodology: surveys, interviews, discussion groups, ethnography and action-research) can analyse children’s and youth’s indicators of quality of life, both in relation with each other and in intergenerational approaches, looking at the Present (children and young, "here and now") and at the Future (structural issues from socio-educational basis).

scholarly journals The study of the sociospatial aspect of green building in St.Petersburg: theoretical and practical aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 03054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Orlovskaya ◽  
Svetlana Ershova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
Paired Analysis ◽  
Selection Of

The article discusses the modern problems of green building. The duality of the greening problem in large cities is noted: on the one hand, this is one of the factors of conflict, on the other hand, the factor of the quality of life, creativity of the city, and its image level. The selection of factors for the analysis was carried out taking into account the research of Russian and foreign scientists and the possibility of obtaining reliable statistics. The study was conducted according to the landscaping of the districts of St. Petersburg. As a result of the study, clustering of St. Petersburg districts was carried out according to greenery indicators, the level of green construction in each of the considered territories of the city was estimated. A paired analysis of indicators made it possible to identify the most problematic areas of the city, to conduct a comparative assessment of the districts according to the level of greenery and their sufficiency to create a comfortable environment

scholarly journals A Comprehensive Analysis: Sustainable Trends and Awarded LEED 2009 Credits in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 852 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duy Hoang Pham ◽  
Byeol Kim ◽  
Joosung Lee ◽  
Abraham Chiwon Ahn ◽  
Yonghan Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Cost Efficiency ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
The U.S

Established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) became a sustainable leader of green building rating systems in American and many other countries. In Vietnam, LEED is expected as a potential solution in improving the sustainable quality of buildings for residents and solving the housing/infrastructure demand with a limit in resource consumption and minimizing negative environmental impacts. The study analyzed the awarded LEED 2009 credits by investigating the data of 36 of the total 42 LEED BC+D 2009 certified projects in Vietnam. The results of the investigation indicated the awarded credits were significantly implemented in Vietnam. These results were converted based on the summary updated on LEED version 4 of the USGBC report, to become a useful guideline for green building cost-efficiency strategies. Additionally, it also served as reference data for the Vietnamese public agency to update their green regulations based on the specific characteristics of Vietnam.

Quality of life in oral cancer patients – Effects of mandible resection and socio-cultural aspects

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan T. Becker ◽  
Marc Menzebach ◽  
Thomas Küchler ◽  
Katrin Hertrampf ◽  
Hans-Jürgen Wenz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Oral Cancer Patients

scholarly journals La dimensione culturale-identitaria di paesaggio Uno sguardo giuridico comparato

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Cerrina Feroni
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Right

The essay investigates the connection between the cultural dimension of landscape and the judicial evolution of this topic within some European judicial systems. The comparative approach underlies differences both in terms of landscape discipline and in evaluation of cultural aspects related with national identity, with some similarities among Neolatin and German meanings. In this diversified context the relevant international legislation constitutes a benchmark, in particular thanks to the provisions of the European Landscape Convention which defines the landscape focus on the perceptions of the populations who live it. More ambiguous are the provisions of the Faro Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, although the ratification marks the recognition of cultural heritage as a factor for sustainable growth, human development and quality of life by introducing the “right to cultural heritage”.

scholarly journals Consistency between Infrastructure Rating Systems in Measuring Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatobi Oluwalaiye ◽  
Mehmet Ozbek
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
The Other ◽  
Transportation Industry ◽  
Rating Systems ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Transportation Projects ◽  
Transportation Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Practices

To date, several transportation sustainability rating systems (TSRS) have been developed to measure and promote sustainability. However, studies show that these TSRS have not been developed with a consistent sustainability scope. This raises the question of the consistency of these TSRS in measuring the sustainability of transportation projects. This study assesses how three prominent TSRS (Envision, INVEST, and GreenLITES) rate the sustainability performance of transportation projects with the goal of determining if a consistency exists in the way these three TSRS measure sustainability. These three TSRS are applied to five transportation projects. The results showed that these three rating tools assess and reward sustainability practices differently. Additionally, results suggest that it may be easier for a project to get awarded in GreenLITES compared to the other two TSRS. Notwithstanding all of the above, a consistency was noted in all three rating systems in the quality of life/social performance of projects. This study helps to inform stakeholders in the transportation industry on how transportation projects perform when run through each of these rating systems. This will help stakeholders to make informed decisions with respect to choosing one (or more) TSRS to assess their projects with and evaluating the results obtained from such TSRS.

scholarly journals HEI Efficiency and Quality of Life: Seeding the Pro-Sustainability Efficiency

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 514
Author(s):  
Eugénia de Matos Pedro ◽  
João Leitão ◽  
Helena Alves
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Logit Regression ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Environmental

This study assesses the efficiency of higher education institutions (HEIs), considering the social, environmental and cultural factors (pro-sustainability), and at the same time examines how this efficiency can influence regional quality of life (QoL). The study adopts a two-step methodology. In the first step, the standard Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate the efficiency scores of 23 Portuguese public HEIs; and in the second step, a multivariate logit regression is performed to assess the role played by the HEIs’ pro-sustainability efficiency in regional QoL. The main findings reveal that the HEIs located in the Greater Lisbon area have a higher pro-sustainability efficiency, but that efficiency is more significant regarding social factors. Concerning the contribution of pro-sustainability efficiency to the region’s QoL, this is significant for all the components, with the environmental and cultural aspects contributing positively to this significance.

scholarly journals Greenery buildings Significance of courtyard houses design in the Arab world

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Falah AlKubaisy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Building Regulations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Successful Solution

Serious and sober architecture comes from the concept that evolves through time and across generations, and shows its sustainability through innovation and business which is becoming a crucial move along with the product at the time and place of occurrence. Aspirations of the community, cultural identity and urban context are linked to the environment in which they arise. To some extent and up to the middle of the Twentieth Century, the architecture of each country and region reflected the heritage and environment of the residents who dwelled in that part of the area. With the effect of globalization and misuse of the “copy-paste” method, ready-deformed designs have disintegrated architecture in societies. This is inherited through a primitive thought fully dependent on the least efforts of designing. The consequences of this behavior have produced buildings without identity which do not meet the requirements of sustainable development. This article highlights the best practices by ensuring a sustainable environmental community in Bahrain and shows that this has been tackling the issue from top to bottom, by setting a sustainable strategy for the country and introducing a guideline of green building code. However, lack of building regulations is obvious and needs to be revised in favorites of greenery and saving lands to allow housing developers to build on the edge of the land plot without a setback from three sides of the land. This will have a flexible solution in designing a court-yard type which demonstrated a successful solution for the need of families as well as saving energy. Environmental best practices are led by the private sector, and some good examples of design have the quality of life. Creative designs can be appreciated when they reflect and inspire the past for the need of the present and looking forward to the future.

scholarly journals Application of Green Building Ideas in Design

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Xiaozong
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Green Building Design ◽  
Spiritual Civilization ◽  
Environment And Development

With the deterioration in living environment and development in spiritual civilization, green building has been promoted and applied. Facing with the gradually increasing quality of life, public have made many demands on the living environment and indoor environment has been paid more and more attention. In order to better promote the green building concept, in addition to do in-depth research on ecological technology, considerations from many areas such as environment, demand, energy saving, and etc. have to be taken, so as to better achieve the green building design. In this paper, based on an overview of green building design, analysis of the application of green building ideas in design has been done, hoping to provide some references to relevant staff.

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