Investigating the relationship between environmental quality, socio-spatial segregation and the social dimension of sustainability in US urban areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 102732
Author(s):  
Kyle D. Buck ◽  
J. Kevin Summers ◽  
Lisa M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Segregation ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Language in social reproduction: Sociolinguistics and sociosemiotics

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 43-81
Author(s):  
Patrizia Calefato
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
Roman Jakobson ◽  
New Type ◽  
General Linguistics ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper focuses on the semiotic foundations of sociolinguistics. Starting from the definition of “sociolinguistics” given by the philosopher Adam Schaff, the paper examines in particular the notion of “critical sociolinguistics” as theorized by the Italian semiotician Ferruccio Rossi-Landi. The basis of the social dimension of language are to be found in what Rossi-Landi calls “social reproduction” which regards both verbal and non-verbal signs. Saussure’s notion of langue can be considered in this way, with reference not only to his Course of General Linguistics, but also to his Harvard Manuscripts.The paper goes on trying also to understand Roland Barthes’s provocative definition of semiology as a part of linguistics (and not vice-versa) as well as developing the notion of communication-production in this perspective. Some articles of Roman Jakobson of the sixties allow us to reflect in a manner which we now call “socio-semiotic” on the processes of transformation of the “organic” signs into signs of a new type, which articulate the relationship between organic and instrumental. In this sense, socio-linguistics is intended as being sociosemiotics, without prejudice to the fact that the reference area must be human, since semiotics also has the prerogative of referring to the world of non-human vital signs.Socio-linguistics as socio-semiotics assumes the role of a “frontier” science, in the dual sense that it is not only on the border between science of language and the anthropological and social sciences, but also that it can be constructed in a movement of continual “crossing frontiers” and of “contamination” between languages and disciplinary environments.

scholarly journals The possibilities and limits of political contestation in times of ‘urban austerity’

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 2087-2106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crispian Fuller ◽  
Karen West
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
City Government ◽  
Discourse Theory ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Social Logics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

This paper seeks to provide a conceptual framework in which to examine the social practices of contemporary austerity programmes in urban areas, including how these relate to different conceptions of crisis. Of current theoretical interest is the apparent ease with which these austerity measures have been accepted by urban governing agents. In order to advance these understandings we follow the recent post-structuralist discourse theory ‘logics’ approach of Glynos and Howarth (2007), focusing on the relationship between hegemony, political and social logics, and the subject whose identificatory practices are key to understanding the form, nature and stability of discursive settlements. In such thinking it is not only the formation of discourses and the mobilisation of rhetoric that are of interest, but also the manner in which the subjects of austerity identify with these. Through such an approach we examine the case of the regeneration/economic development and planning policy area in the city government of Birmingham (UK). In conclusion, we argue that the logics approach is a useful framework through which to examine how austerity has been uncontested in a city government, and the dynamics of acquiescence in relation to broader hegemonic discursive formations.

scholarly journals CORRELATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND POVERTY FARMERS IN ACEH

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saifuddin Yunus ◽  
Suadi Zainal ◽  
Fadli Jalil ◽  
Cut Maya Aprita Sari
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose of the study: This study tried to examine the correlation between social capital and the poverty level of farmers in Aceh. It was linked to the uneven agricultural development of some rural areas in Aceh had caused the poverty rates in villages are higher than in the urban areas. Hence the social capital is important as other capitals in development and become the energies for the development and decreases the rate of poverty. Methodology: This research used a quantitative method by distributing the questionnaire to 300 respondents in Aceh Tamiang, Pidie Jaya and Aceh Tengah, Indonesia. The data analyzed by using the Spearman correlation with the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences to determining the relationship between two variables; social capital and poverty in farmers. Main Findings: This study found that there is a positive and significant correlation between social capital and the level of poverty. Famers who have a higher stock of social capital are found to be lower in the poverty rate. Applications of this study: The finding of this study is useful for the government of the Aceh government to explore and strengthen farmers' social capital to empowering their economies. It would be relevant to decreasing the poverty rate according to farmers in Aceh. Novelty/Originality of this study: The case of poverty in Aceh was widely explained by the numbers of the researcher. But there is no recent publication that has explained the relationship between poverty and social capital in Aceh. Therefore a strong level of social capital will be able to significantly reduce poverty in Aceh.

scholarly journals RELEVANCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN KAMPUNG ARRANGEMENT IN KAMPUNG PISANG, MAKASSAR, INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Risma Ranreng ◽  
Hanny Wahidin Wiranegara ◽  
Yayat Supriatna
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Condition ◽  
Good Strategy ◽  
Impact Study ◽  
The Social

Improving poor conditions of the kampung in urban areas can be solved without evictions. Eviction is not a good strategy as it will eliminate the uniqueness of kampung characteristics. <strong>Aims:</strong> This study was aimed to find out the relevance of social capital in kampung arrangement and also to understand the most influential element of the social capital and its role on the arrangement of kampung in Kampung Pisang.  <strong>Methodology and results:</strong> The study investigated the elements of social capital that affect the activities in every phase in kampung arrangement process. This was done through the analysis of data resulted from the questionnaire and interview surveys on the residents of Kampung Pisang. The result showed the most influential element of social capital is the social network in participation variable. <strong>Conclusion, significance and impact study:</strong> Participation as an element of social capital plays a major role in kampung arrangement in Kampung Pisang, Makassar city in Indonesia. By participation, the relevance of social capital in kampung arrangement is developing people’s knowledge about the environmental quality and using it in the improvement of physical environmental condition. This paper showed that kampung arrangement could be done by using social capital to hinder evictions.

scholarly journals Miedo ante la muerte y calidad de vida en adultos mayores

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Tirso Duran-Badillo ◽  
Maria Aurelia Maldonado Vidales ◽  
Ma de la Luz Martínez Aguilar ◽  
Gustavo Gutierrez Sánchez ◽  
Hermelinda Ávila Alpirez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Environmental Dimension ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Objetivo: Conocer la relación entre el miedo a la muerte y calidad de vida de los adultos mayores. Material y Método: Estudio correlacional en adultos mayores. La muestra fue de 99 adultos mayores, se utilizó la Escala original de Collet-Lester de Miedo a la Muerte y al Proceso de Morir y el Cuestionario WHOQOL-BREF. Resultados: No se encontró relación en la escala global del miedo ante la muerte y el proceso de morir con la calidad de vida. Se observó relación negativa entre el miedo a la propia muerte y la dimensión física de la calidad de vida (p<.05) y en el miedo al propio proceso de morir con la dimensión ambiental de la calidad de vida (p<.05). Se encontró relación positiva entre el miedo a la muerte de los otros y la dimensión social de la calidad de vida (p<.05). Conclusiones: A menor miedo a la propia muerte mayor calidad de vida en la dimensión física, a menor miedo al propio proceso de morir mayor calidad de vida en la dimensión ambiental y a mayor miedo a la muerte de otras personas mayor calidad de vida en la dimensión social. Objective: Know the relationship between the fear of death and the quality of life ofolder adults.Materials and Method: Correlational study in older adults. The sample was 99 older adults. The original Collet-Lester Scale of Death Fear and the Dying Process and the WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaire were used.Results: No relationship found on the global scale of Death Fear and the Dying Process with the quality of life. A negative relationship was observed between the fear of own death and the physical dimension of the quality of life (p<.05), and the fear of the process of dying with the environmental dimension of quality of life (p<.05). Positive relationship was found between the fear of the death of others and the social dimension of quality of life (p <.05).Conclusions: A lesser fear of one's own death higher quality of life in the physical dimension, a lesser fear of the process of dying, greater quality of life in the environmental dimension and the greater the fear of the death of other people, the greater the quality of life in the social dimension.

Could the Creative Class be a Factor in Scottish Rural Development?

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Slee ◽  
Jon Hopkins ◽  
Nico Vellinga
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Creative Class ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Direction Of Causation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reviews the applicability of Florida's creative class concept to rural Scotland. It builds on recognition that environmental quality is a powerful attractant to businesses and in-migrants in Scotland, although to date no Scottish analysts of rural regeneration have used Florida's terminology or ideas to any significant degree. This is in spite of compelling evidence that, with uncontroversial modifications to the definition of the creative class, his analysis of the relationship between the presence of creative class members and growth can be confirmed in rural North America. The paper explores some of the challenges of the creative class hypothesis, including defining membership. It recognises some of the difficulties encountered in trying to ascertain the direction of causation with respect to the creative class: are members attracted to areas by the demand for employment or because of the social and environmental qualities of particular places? The paper also recognises that creative class ideas may not resonate especially strongly with endogenous (i.e. internally originating) development ideas, which are more rooted in strong place-based communities as vectors of growth than mobile incomers. The paper highlights three main areas of research to address these questions.

Urban Transformation and Identity in Samsun, Turkey: A Future Outlook

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-35
Author(s):  
Derya Oktay
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
High Rise ◽  
The Social ◽  
Heterogeneous Quality ◽  
Modern Turkey

In the last few decades, the increasing urban population and heterogeneous quality, the expansion of urban areas, the intensification of developments within existing cities, the continued proliferation of the high rise and other intensive building types, the deterioration of both natural and cultural resources, and the results of the recent struggles for international capital as secure and favorite places has been threatening the image and identity of cities more than ever. In this context, the concepts of transformation and identity, which in turn reflect on urban sustainability, need to be rein-tegrated into the agenda of planners and designers. As cities are always changing and evolving in response to social, economic and political forces, the urban environment has to be considered in a time-based perspective identifying the changes in the local context. In line with these, this paper searches for urban identity in the case of samsun, a symbolic city which has played an important role on the development of modern Turkey, where transformations are dramatic. As the general understanding and the majority of the literature have been restricted to the perspective of form and other physical issues, and neglected to consider the social dimension of environment, which in turn brings about standardized ‘urban design guide' or ‘make-up' type solutions, this will enable the paper to have a holistic framework dealing with all aspects of transformation and provide the reader with a broad-based and innovative perspective towards the vision of cities with place identity.

scholarly journals Topographies of the afterlife: Reconsidering infant burials in medieval mortuary space

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Hausmair
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
Infant Baptism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Interpretative Framework

Across societies, deaths which take place in early infancy often trigger distinctive responses in burial practices, signifying the ambivalent social status of those who died before they really lived. This paper focuses on burial practices in medieval Central Europe pertaining to children who died before, during or shortly after birth. It discusses the relationship between medieval laity, ecclesiastic power and social space, using three medieval cemeteries in Switzerland and Austria as examples. By integrating considerations of medieval practices of infant baptism, afterlife topography and social theories of space, a methodological and interpretative framework is outlined and employed for approaching burials of early-deceased infants, the social dimension of related local burial practices, and processes of power negotiation between medieval laypeople and church authorities.

Accessibility Measures and the Social Evaluation of Urban Structure

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1013-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Black ◽  
M Conroy
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Travel Patterns ◽  
Social Evaluation ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Physical Accessibility ◽  
Numerical Index

The measurement of accessibility and travel patterns in urban areas is described. The methodology presented includes graphical measures of physical accessibility, a numerical index of accessibility that is consistent with graphical measures, residents' accessibility weighted by transport availability, and the relationship between accessibility and travel behaviour. Some empirical results are presented for access and travel to male and female jobs in Sydney, with the use of data collected for the 1971 Census of Population and for the Sydney Area Transportation Study. The consequences of some alternative arrangements of land use and plans to improve public transport on residents' accessibility are investigated. It is argued that accessibility measures are a useful aid to planners and policymakers in the social evaluation of urban structure.

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