scholarly journals COMBINED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Kunttu ◽  
Minna Räikkönen ◽  
Teuvo Uusitalo ◽  
Teppo Forss ◽  
Josu Takala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Impact Assessment ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Housing Investments

A method combining economic evaluation and social impact assessment creates information that can be applied when making decisions about a new tenement building or renovation of existing buildings. The aim of the economic evaluation is to ensure that economic aspects are adequately considered and investment is realizable from a monetary point of view. Social impact assessment reveals intangible pros and cons related to an investment or investments to be considered. This paper presents a framework that combines economic and social aspects and supports decision making related to affordable housing.

Social Impact Assessment as Evaluation Research

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Errol Meidinger ◽  
Allan Schnaiberg
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Social Impact Assessment

Environmental and social impact assessment of cultural heritage restoration and its application to the Uncastillo Fortress

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1297-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Mohaddes Khorassani ◽  
Anna Maria Ferrari ◽  
Martina Pini ◽  
Davide Settembre Blundo ◽  
Fernando Enrique García Muiña ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Impact Assessment

scholarly journals Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of Optimized Post-Tensioned Concrete Road Bridges

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicent Penadés-Plà ◽  
David Martínez-Muñoz ◽  
Tatiana García-Segura ◽  
Ignacio J. Navarro ◽  
Víctor Yepes
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle Stage ◽  
Social Impact Assessment ◽  
Weighting Method ◽  
Ecoinvent Database ◽  
The Social ◽  
Post Tensioned

Most of the definitions of sustainability include three basic pillars: economic, environmental, and social. The economic pillar has always been evaluated but not necessarily in the sense of economic sustainability. On the other hand, the environmental pillar is increasingly being considered, while the social pillar is weakly developed. Focusing on the environmental and social pillars, the use of methodologies to allow a wide assessment of these pillars and the integration of the assessment in a few understandable indicators is crucial. This article is structured into two parts. In the first part, a review of life cycle impact assessment methods, which allow a comprehensive assessment of the environmental and social pillars, is carried out. In the second part, a complete environmental and social sustainability assessment is made using the ecoinvent database and ReCiPe method, for the environmental pillar, and SOCA database and simple Social Impact Weighting method, for the social pillar. This methodology was used to compare three optimized bridges: two box-section post-tensioned concrete road bridges with a variety of initial and maintenance characteristics, and a pre-stressed concrete precast bridge. The results show that there is a high interrelation between the environmental and social impact for each life cycle stage.

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