scholarly journals The Neighborhood-School Characteristics: As an Effective Factor of Social Sustainability in Neighborhood

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parisa Ziaesaeidi
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
Effective Factor ◽  
Neighborhood School ◽  
Neighborhood Unit ◽  
Different Characteristics

The neighborhood unit promotes quality of life, community feeling, and well-being by providing facilities. Sharing the main facilities of the neighborhood with all residents can play an important role in the satisfaction of the neighborhood. When a school (as one of the facilities) is placed into the neighborhood context, it can affect environmental and social issues. Therefore, the neighborhood facilities and services would not purely increase all residents’ satisfaction, well-being and quality of neighborhood through its equal accessibility for all residents. This paper discusses how the quality of the neighborhood can be enhanced and promoted by the different characteristics of facilities like schools.The research method is based on an analysis of the affective features of a primary school on social sustainability in the neighborhood. The research has been done by recording sample participants’ ideas. The questionnaires were administered to 285 participants from two neighborhoods (with neighborhood-school and non-neighborhood-school) in Kerman, Iran. Results confirm that important features of the neighborhood -school have a direct affect on the quality of the neighborhood. The comfort, safety and harmony were identified as the most important of the six presented factors.

scholarly journals Design for Social Sustainability at Seattle's Central Library

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Athens
Keyword(s):  
Design Thinking ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Social Benefit ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Cultural Arts ◽  
Health And Well Being

As a culture we hold dear social values such as public good, health and well-being, quality of life, diversity, and equity. The focus of this article is how Seattle's Central Library, a Silver LEED™ project, integrates social benefit into its design. While LEED provides credit opportunities for some social issues, many are not addressed by the LEED System. The Seattle project provides a rich example of how to integrate a broader range of social sustainability into green design thinking. Issues for consideration include: design to encourage social interaction, accessibility, economic development, cultural arts, and improved staff efficiency and ergonomics. This discussion searches for lessons learned that might inspire the emergence of new LEED credits.

scholarly journals Sustainable Strategies for the Adaptive Reuse of Religious Heritage: A Social Opportunity

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lo Faro ◽  
Alessia Miceli
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Religious Buildings ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Host Families

The legacy of built heritage is one of the most critical questions of our time—the objective of preserving its immaterial values and exploiting its original vocation brings about challenges related to the history, the identity, and the quality of life of the concerned territory. This especially applies to religious buildings given their strong bond with collective memory. The aim of this research is to determine whether allocating new uses that pursuit social benefits for the community is a possible implementation of the aforementioned purposes and whether it better addresses a broader view of sustainable development, which encompasses equity and well-being. The methodology combines careful knowledge of the building, comparing residual performances of the fabric with new functions. We present a case study, with focus on healthcare-related accommodation facilities and the issue of healthcare migration, which aims to convert a dismissed capuchin convent, located in Villagonia (Taormina, Italy), into a shelter house to host families whose relatives are being treated at the neighbourhood medical centre. This proposal shows that heritage buildings, especially religious ones, have outstanding material and immaterial potential and, through good reuse practices, they provide a valuable opportunity to address the overarching objective of social sustainability.

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF DENSITY ON ACCESS TO LOCAL FACILITIES IN URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Nurul Mardiah Wan Mohd Rani
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Local Services ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Local services and facilities in residential neighbourhoods play an important role towards the social sustainability of local residents. It is believed that having good provision and access to these local services and facilities would contribute significantly to the quality of life and residents’ well-being. The form of the neighbourhood influences the way people live in the neighbourhood. The way people settle in neighbourhood’s shapes the quality of life, the richness of the local economy, the level of social cohesion, the level of safety and the amount and the kind of human activities in public spaces. Different urban forms can have very different degrees of sustainability. Density is one of the urban form elements that have been research numerous times and proven to have an influence on the neighbourhood sustainability. Density is the most easily measured urban form element either at a macro level (city) or micro level (neighbourhood). This research discusses the impact of density on the micro scale through estimating its influence on access to local facilities. Through the use of household survey and supported by observation survey, this study findings on the impact of density on access and use of local facilities. The study concludes with establishing the findings of the survey to reflect and fit into the body of knowledge and how it would improve the guidelines and policy on social sustainability in improving the urban living as a whole.

scholarly journals People in City: The relation of urban park and the quality of life

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Hazlina Hamdan ◽  
Nurul Shakila Khalid ◽  
Nurul Faizah Baba
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
User Group ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The City

Well-designed of an urban park is one of the best ways to achieve the city sustainable development and contributes to the quality of life in many ways. Central to this argument is the claim that the variables need to be considered and thus, this research was conducted to assess the quality of urban park by empirically evaluating through behavioral competencies and psychological well-being from the model of Lawton’s Quality of Life. A quantitative research method was employed for the research with 138 respondents in Taman Lembah Bukit SUK, Shah Alam. Results confirm that the urban park provides the potential for psychological well-being, but it often underutilized and attract the aged of 19-50 years old of a user group.

The concept of subjective well-being: its origins an application in tourism research: a critical review with reference to China

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zengxian Liang ◽  
Hui Luo ◽  
Chenxi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Accumulation ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
The Subject

Purpose The subject of “well-being” has attracted a lot attention from tourism scholars, but differences and misuses in approach have meant that academic contributions and knowledge accumulation to the tourism literature remained relatively little. This paper aims to attempt to clarify the theoretical source of subjective well-being, and critically reflect on the problems existing in the study of well-being when applied to tourism. It is suggested that subjective well-being belongs to the category of “quality of life” and has multiple philosophical foundations and theoretical sources including theories of hedonism, expectation, happiness and various itemised lists of emotions. A hybrid research method is suggested when applying the concept to tourism.

scholarly journals Architectural design quality and social sustainability in building certification systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Lucia Oberfrancová ◽  
Martin Wollensak
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Quality Aspects

Abstract The main objective of the study is to examine to what extent the architectural design quality and social sustainability are taken into account in building certification systems. The following most commonly used building assessments in Europe (focus on Germany, Slovakia and Czech Republic) have been investigated: BREEAM, LEED, CESBA, LEVEL(s), DGNB, BNB, BNK, NaWoh, SBToolCZ and WELL. After extensive research of chosen certification systems and various sources on topics such as conditions of well-being, sociocultural indicators, assessment of social performance of sustainable buildings and design quality assessment, the main social and architectural design quality aspects were determined and used for further analysis and final evaluation. Studied aspects are divided into the following categories: user satisfaction and quality of life (building-related), sustainable and healthy lifestyle (building-related), architecture – design quality (building-related), innovation and social responsibility (external). The article contains a summary of results with overall evaluation and comparison of certification systems including weighting of studied categories in selected building assessments. Furthermore, indicators used in building certifications associated with the quality of life and the quality of architectural expression and their weighting are described and presented.

scholarly journals Investigation of the quality of life of patients with dental conditions: medical and social aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Georgy T. Aivazov ◽  
Anna V. Fomina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Leading Position

Problems on the quality of life of patients with diseases of the dentoalveolar apparatus are focused on medical and social aspects. Quality of life studies allow learning not only of the well-being of the patients but also of the disadvantages of various medical interventions in the field of dentistry. Depending on the scope of application, the concept of the quality of life can combine different categories and even systems. Dentistry occupies a leading position because of the scale of morbidities, so there is a close relationship between violations in the functions of the dental apparatus and functions of all body systems. The concept of the quality of life related to oral health is quite vague, which has led to the emergence of various definitions of quality of life related to oral health. Studies of the quality of life in dentistry are carried our using specialized questionnaires in connection with periodontal diseases and adentia, and authors note a close relationship between the absence of teeth and low quality of life. This article considers and analyzes the issue of the relevance of the quality of life associated with the incidence of oral diseases using various questionnaires, including both medical and social issues.

scholarly journals The partner’s perspective of the impact of pituitary disease: Looking beyond the patient

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 1687-1697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelie D Andela ◽  
Jitske Tiemensma ◽  
Adrian A Kaptein ◽  
Margreet Scharloo ◽  
Alberto M Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cushing's Disease ◽  
Pituitary Disease ◽  
Negative Beliefs ◽  
The Impact

People with pituitary disease report impairments in quality of life. The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of the pituitary condition on the lives of partners. Four focus groups of partners of people with pituitary disease (Cushing’s disease, non-functioning adenoma, acromegaly, prolactinoma) were conducted. Partners mentioned worries related to the pituitary disease and negative beliefs about medication, coping challenges, relationship issues, social issues and unmet needs regarding care. This study emphasizes the importance of not only paying attention to psychosocial well-being of people with pituitary disease but also to their partners.

Concepts of social sustainability based on social infrastructure and quality of life

Facilities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (11/12) ◽  
pp. 783-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Grum ◽  
Darja Kobal Grum
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainability Model

Purpose There is a lack of theoretical and empirical studies regarding concepts of social sustainability based on social infrastructure. The idea of understanding this paper is that quality social infrastructure leads to the general quality of people’s life in the built environment and that is rounded up to social sustainability. This paper aims to integrate these concepts into the network, hereinafter referred to as a social sustainability model. Design/methodology/approach The methodology used in this paper is desk research. The authors follow methodological steps in the building of conceptual network: setting up a research problem; choice of databases; reviewing the literature and categorizing the selected data; identifying and default conceptual definition; integrating the concepts; synthesis and making it all make sense; and assembly and validating the concept. Through that, a large volume of bibliographic materials was scanned, and a limited number of documents have been reviewed and critiqued. The documents have been selected from varied disciplines, including social infrastructure, quality of life, social sustainability, urban sociology, housing policy as among the articles. Findings The result is the model which represents the links between social infrastructure (utility equipment, public infrastructure, vital objects and fundamentals) and further between factors inside quality of life structure (users, quality of life, reflections). The result is the model which representing the links between social infrastructure (utility equipment, public infrastructure, vital objects and fundamentals) and further between factors inside well-being structure (users, quality of life, reflections). Research limitations/implications There is a potential risk of errors arising from the use of assumptions, limited desk reviews and data from secondary resources. Originality/value The authors portray the development of social sustainability model. Within this model, the authors can critically observe all levels within the existing built environment: user responses to the built environment, their satisfaction, social inclusion, health, etc. Within this model, they can observe the links between existing research, their frequency, capture, direction and not least to determine which areas have not been explored and where the lacks of research are. The conclusion outlines the framework and its main concepts of social sustainability based on social infrastructure and well-being, including their theoretical premises and components.

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES IN A GROUP OF INSTITUTIONALIZED AND NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Rupsa Chatterjee ◽  
Sadhan Das Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
General Health ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health State ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Significant Difference

The present study has been designed to investigate different psycho-social issues related to institutionalization amongst the elderly people. The present study aimed more specifically to highlight whether there is any difference with reference to their quality of life , coping with stress and psychological wellbeing between institutionalized and non-institutionalized widowed elderly individuals. A sample (n=120) consisting of two groups of elderly ( age 65-75) people classified in institutionalized (30 male , 30 female) and non-institutionalized (30 male , 30 female) were taken for the study. The participants were given self-reporting questionnaires to fill out and they rate their quality of life, coping their stress and psychological well-being. To assess the quality of life WHO-QUALITY OF LIFE BREF (1996) was selected as a tool. To assess the coping strategies with stress WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE (1985) by Folkman and Lazarus was used as a tool. To assess the psychological well being Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (2007) was used. General health questionnaire was used to assess the general health state of an individual. As per the demands of the collected data format, two- way ANOVA was suitable to be conducted for statistical analysis, for each of the three separate entities viz. quality of life, coping and well-being for the two groups of elderly individuals who varied in terms of institutionalization. Initially, the obtained result for quality of life showed a significant difference between two groups for physical health, psychological and environmental quality. Interestingly, gender difference did not affected quality of life only for the domain of psychological while the rest of them were significant. Coping as another variable in the present study, involved distancing, self-controlling, accepting responsibility, escape avoidance and positive reappraisal to be significant in terms of institutionalization. Gender difference , however , significantly affected only the accepting responsibility as coping strategy . Lastly, psychological well-being is more effective to be significant in terms of both institutionalization and gender variation.

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