Measuring the Built Environment for Aging in Place: A Review of Neighborhood Audit Tools

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-194
Author(s):  
Har Ye Kan ◽  
Ann Forsyth ◽  
Jennifer Molinsky
Keyword(s):  
Search Strategy ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Aging Populations ◽  
Boolean Search ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Community Practitioner

What audit tools are available to assess neighborhood suitability for aging in place? Drawing on theories from environmental gerontology, the article outlines physical and social environmental characteristics influencing aging. Eight research audit tools and three community/practitioner tools were identified using a Boolean search strategy. They emphasize walkability and the physical attributes of places. Areas for further development include addressing specific features related to aging, a wider range of environments, additional physical and social dimensions, and conducting audits using technologies and participatory processes to better incorporate aging experiences. For planners, these audit tools raise awareness of how environments can better support aging populations.

Health Promotion and Wellness in Aging

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-28
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Campos de Sousa Faria
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aging And Health ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Psychological View ◽  
Five Axes

The older population is growing and living longer than ever. That is why we must create more and more services suitable for this age group, so that it can grow old with quality of life. In order to better understand their needs and the type of intervention which can be implemented in the community to protect the health and wellbeing in this age group, from the age of 65, the authors have sought to identify and understand the synergies they can establish between health promotion and wellness in aging. To take this task forward, they focused their attention on five axes: principles of health promotion, social representations of aging, the focus on gender in the analysis of aging and health, empowering and wellbeing of older adults, and healthy aging in place. In this work they start from a bio-psycho-social-environmental view of aging and present the contributions of the psychological view for promoting health in aging. At the end, a reflexive synthesis will be carried out on the topics covered and suggestions will be presented to improve the health and wellbeing of aging in place.

scholarly journals Accounting and accountability in the Anthropocene

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bebbington ◽  
Henrik Österblom ◽  
Beatrice Crona ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Jouffray ◽  
Carlos Larrinaga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Accounting Practice ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to interrogate the nature and relevance of debates around the existence of, and ramifications arising from, the Anthropocene for accounting scholarship. Design/methodology/approach The paper’s aim is achieved through an in-depth analysis of the Anthropocene, paying attention to cross-disciplinary contributions, interpretations and contestations. Possible points of connection between the Anthropocene and accounting scholarship are then proposed and illuminated through a case study drawn from the seafood sector. Findings This paper develops findings in two areas. First, possible pathways for further development of how accounting scholarship might evolve by the provocation that thinking about the Anthropocene is outlined. Second, and through engagement with the case study, the authors highlight that the concept of stewardship may re-emerge in discussions about accountability in the Anthropocene. Research limitations/implications The paper argues that accounting scholarship focused on social, environmental and sustainability concerns may be further developed by engagement with Anthropocene debates. Practical implications While accounting practice might have to change to deal with Anthropocene induced effects, this paper focuses on implications for accounting scholarship. Social implications Human well-being is likely to be impacted if environmental impacts accelerate. In addition, an Anthropocene framing alters the understanding of nature–human interactions and how this affects accounting thought. Originality/value This is the first paper in accounting to seek to establish connections between accounting, accountability and the Anthropocene.

scholarly journals Positionality-Weighted Aggregation Methods for Cumulative Voting

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Takeshi Kato ◽  
Yasuhiro Asa ◽  
Misa Owa
Keyword(s):  
Consensus Building ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Normal Distributions ◽  
Aggregation Methods ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cumulative Voting ◽  
Majority Rules ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Further Development

Respecting minority opinions is vital in solving social problems. However, minority opinions are often ignored in general majority rules. To build consensus on pluralistic values and make social choices that consider minority opinions, we propose aggregation methods that give weighting to the minority's positionality on cardinal cumulative voting. Based on quadratic and linear voting, we formulated three weighted aggregation methods that differ in the ratio of votes to cumulative points and the weighting of the minority to all members, and assuming that the distributions of votes follow normal distributions, we calculated the frequency distributions of the aggregation results. We found that minority opinions are more likely to be reflected proportionately to the average of the distribution in two of the above three methods. This implies that Sen and Gotoh's idea of considering the social position of unfortunate people on ordinal ranking in the welfare economics, was illustrated by weighting the minority's positionality on cardinal voting. In addition, it is possible to visualize the number and positionality of the minority from the analysis of the aggregation results. These results will be useful to promote mutual understanding between the majority and minority by interactively visualizing the contents of the proposed aggregation methods in the consensus-building process. With the further development of information technology, the consensus building based on big data will be necessary. We recommend the use of our proposed aggregation methods to make social choices for pluralistic values such as social, environmental, and economic.

scholarly journals A Multiobjective Optimization Model of Production-Sourcing for Sustainable Supply Chain with Consideration of Social, Environmental, and Economic Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixiang Chen ◽  
Svenja Andresen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Multiobjective Optimization ◽  
Programming Model ◽  
System Optimization ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Supply Chain System ◽  
Social Metrics ◽  
Social Environmental

This paper incorporates the three pillars of sustainability—economic, environmental, and social dimensions—into a supply chain. A multiobjective programming model which jointly minimizes costs, emissions, and employee injuries in a supply chain is first constructed. Using the weighted-sum approach with weights setting by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the model is solved by normalization of the minima of the three objectives. A numerical example is conducted to test the model. The results show that it is indeed possible to integrate environmental and social metrics in supply chain system optimization. Multiobjective optimization can balance the social, environmental, and economic performance. This paper presents a new multidimension perspective for optimizing supply chain; it will inspire practitioners to change their decision ideas and improve supply chain sustainability.

scholarly journals Social pedagogy in modern times

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels Rosendal Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Further Development

The article identifies several key concepts used to describe and categorize social pedagogy. The first section of the paper establishes a framework for considering the diversity that characterizes the field, including reflection on social pedagogy’s theoretical, political and social dimensions. This is followed by a discussion based on a holistic understanding of the interaction between individuals and society, which leads to recognition of the profession’s tendency to present itself with a “Janus face.” The paper concludes by pointing out prospects for further development of social pedagogy in the dialectic between theory/research and pedagogical practice.

scholarly journals An Approach to Sustainability Management across Systemic Levels: The Capacity-Building in Sustainability and Environmental Management Model (CapSEM-Model)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4910
Author(s):  
Annik Magerholm Fet ◽  
Haley Knudson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
System Complexity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Further Development

A toolbox for assessing the environmental impacts of processes, products and services has been gradually developed over the last 30 years. The tools and methods place attention on a growing holistic concern to also consider stakeholders’ views connected to impacts of the entire life cycle of products. Another change is the gradual increase in consideration of the economic and social dimensions of sustainability since the 1990s. This paper presents this development using two interlinked models that illustrate the changes from the scopes of time and system complexity. The two initial models are further merged into one, the Capacity-building in Sustainability and Environmental Management model (the CapSEM-model), which presents organizations a systemic way to transition to sustainability, seen from the scopes of system complexity and performance complexity. The CapSEM-model attempts to integrate the different dimensions of systems and of methodologies and their contribution to increased environmental and sustainability performance. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are further mapped onto the model as an example of how they can be useful in the transition to sustainability. The model is, therefore, a conceptualization and needs further development to specify accurate level boundaries. However, it has proven to be helpful for organizations that struggle to find a systematic approach toward implementing sustainability. This is described through a brief example from the manufacturing industry.

scholarly journals Exploring the urban hydrosocial cycle in tourist environments

2014 ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Ridolfi
Keyword(s):  
Political Ecology ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Urbanization Process ◽  
Urban Political Ecology ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Water Flows ◽  
Fundamental Part ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The City

This contribution attempts to examine first how different theoretical and methodological perspectives from Geography and environmental sciences explore water flows and their physical and social dimensions in the city, as well as their changes in response to the emerging urban complexities and challenges. Using in particular the framework provided by Urban Political Ecology, I look at how the physical and social dimensions of water flows unfold and influence the urbanization process and, in turn, are influenced by urbanization. In the second part, attention is paid to urban coastal areas of the Mediterranean as candidate laboratories of analysis under urban political ecology since they are subject to rapid processes of social environmental change in which water plays a fundamental part. Case studies included to examine physical and social dimensions of water flows include heritage towns (Venice) and mass tourism resorts (Benidorm).

scholarly journals ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015: analyse the relationship between these management systems standards and corporate sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila dos Santos Ferreira ◽  
Camila Fabrício Poltronieri ◽  
Mateus Cecílio Gerolamo
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Two of the main standards of management systems known worldwide have undergone revision recently, namely: the ISO 9001 (Quality Management System) and the ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System). The new versions were published in September, 2015. In view of the changes which have taken place, the aim of this study is to analyse the relationship between these management systems standards with corporate sustainability. To achieve this objective, first the corporate sustainability requirements were identified based on the Corporate Sustainability Index, Ethos Indicators and the Global Reporting Initiative. The dimensions of corporate sustainability were divided into the following: social, environmental, economic, socio-environmental, socio-economic, economic-environmental and economic-social-environmental. Afterwards, two matrices were constructed for each standard in order to relate their requirements with the corporate sustainability ones. In the first round of analysis, matrices were sent to two specialists in the areas studied and then the results were compared. Relationships were classified as strong, weak or null. They identified some divergences among the answers from the experts. In order to solve the doubts, the second round of consultation was held with three experts. After receiving the experts´ responses, their responses was calculated through mode the Consolidated Relationship Matrices were built based on the consolidated responses from the experts. The ISO 14001:2015 showed a strong relationship with the environmental, social, socio-environmental, socio-economic, economic-environmental and economic-environmental-social dimensions and null with the economic dimension. Regarding the ISO 9001:2015, it can be observed that most of the sustainability requirements grouped into socio-economic and economic-environmental-social dimensions showed a strong relationship with the standard. The social and economic-environmental dimensions presented a weak relationship and in the environmental and economic dimensions there was a null relationship. The socio-environmental dimension presented weak and null relationships. It can be concluded that the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards contribute to corporate sustainability, however, they alone do not ensure that all the requirements of the sustainability recommended by the Corporate Sustainability Index, Ethos Indicators and Global Reporting Initiative will be achieved.

Surrogacy: An international comparative analysis of the fundamental legislative principles of Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana M Sylkina ◽  
Nurlaiym K Mynbatyrova ◽  
Zhuldyz B Umbetbayeva ◽  
Gulmira K Shulanbekova ◽  
Dana U Baitukayeva
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Individual Regulation

In contemporary societies, the use of assisted reproductive technologies has become increasingly widespread, justifying the need for proper legal regulation of the relevant relationships. The purposes of the article are to analyse the nature the content of the phenomenon of surrogacy, to assess the current legislation of Ukraine in this area and to produce a comparative analysis with the legislation of other states. The aim is to formulate recommendations and outline prospects for further development of national legal regulation of surrogacy relationships. Within the framework of this research, the regulatory matrix and individual regulation of surrogacy were subjected to a comparative analysis within the context of ensuring the rights and freedoms of those citizens implementing surrogacy. This assisted in revealing medical and social dimensions of the legal relations of surrogacy, determining their purpose, considering the specifics of concluding a surrogacy agreement and reviewing the legal status of subjects.

scholarly journals SUSTAINABILITY BUSINESS MODELS IN MILK PROCESSING. CONSIDERATIONS BASED ON THE POLISH EXPERIENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Grochowska ◽  
Iwona Szczepaniak
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Polish Experience ◽  
Production Stages ◽  
Further Development

The objective of this paper was to present the activities undertaken in selected dairy plants in Poland as part of sustainability business models to address and reduce food losses in economic, environmental and social dimensions. Therefore, a case study method was used in three dairy plants of different production volume and structure, as well as in ten agricultural holdings supplying these plants with raw milk. The study indicates that in the last two decades of modernization, Polish dairy plants have aligned their operations with the sustainability business model focused on maximizing material and energy efficiency. This is evidenced by such activities as the optimal use of resources at different production stages, lower water and energy consumption and reduced emissionsof pollutants. Opportunities for further development of dairy companies lie in activities consistent with other sustainability business models which are not only technological, but also social and organizational in nature. Their implementation may provide new sources of competitive advantages for companies in the era of growing competition. This is true not only for the dairy industry but also for other agri-food sub-sectors.

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