In recent years, sustainability has gained importance across the world. However, the social aspect of the concept has been explored the least. A trend leads towards cities targeting population growth. Densification is often seen as a tool to accommodate for a growing population in a rather sustainable way. This case study focusses on evaluations of Umeå Municipality’s population goal and densification, and on understanding the social sustainability of such strivings. Aiming to explore emotions, attitudes, and beliefs towards the population goal and densification, the study is based on three research questions, concerning: 1) the response towards the population goal and densification in Umeå; 2) the association of beliefs about social capital and equity in the neighborhood and the response towards the population goal and densification; and 3) the relationship between beliefs and emotions evoked by densification and the attitude towards densification. A web survey was carried out investigating people’s responses to the population goal and densification in Umeå, aiming to better understand the social sustainability of such strivings. In this study, social capital and equity were used as indicators for social sustainability. The literature suggests that the influence of density on social equity is predominantly positive, whereas the influence on social capital is ambiguous. More generally, the relationship between densification and social sustainability is seen as complex and context dependent. The survey indicates attitudes towards the population goal being neutral, and towards densification slightly negative. Moreover, it has been found that beliefs concerning the neighborhood influence the perception particularly of densification. Finally, this study shows that emotions play an important role when it comes to the acceptance of densification.

This research applies an archaeological lens to an inner-city master planned development in order to investigate the tension between the design of space and the use of space. The chosen case study for this thesis is Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV), located in inner city Brisbane, Australia. The site of this urban village has strong links to the past. KGUV draws on both the history of the place in particular along with more general mythologies of village life in its design and subsequent marketing approaches. The design and marketing approach depends upon notions of an imagined past where life in a place shaped like a traditional village was better and more socially sustainable than modern urban spaces. The appropriation of this urban village concept has been criticised as a shallow marketing ploy. The translation and applicability of the urban village model across time and space is therefore contentious. KGUV was considered both in terms of its design and marketing and in terms of a reading of the actual use of this master planned place. Central to this analysis is the figure of the boundary and related themes of social heterogeneity, inclusion and exclusion. The refraction of history in the site is also an important theme. An interpretive archaeological approach was used overall as a novel method to derive this analysis.

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) plays an important role in the integration process of international students who spend their study abroad period in a new country. ESN community in Kalmar in Sweden has Facebook groups for every semester which spread the hospitality through the local ESN members, also called as ‘hosts’, for the new members who can be called either ‘guests’, ‘tourists’, ‘exchange students’ or ‘freemovers’. The previous literature in tourism regarding social life online has emphasised the user-generated content on travel-related online communities on social media and ‘mobility turn’ that is an emerged topic in social sciences and has put social into travel and has thus forced researches to come up with new mobile methods to study online communities. Despite the fact that the word ‘social’ seems to be everywhere, social sustainability has been somewhat overlooked research area particularly in terms of online communities. This thesis project aims to fill this gap in the tourism literature and seeks to find out what social sustainability means in a context of online communities. Social sustainability forms the conceptual framework of the thesis and discusses the hosts and guests paradigm connecting it to online environments. The empirical material was collected by using qualitative methods including online survey distributed on ESN Kalmar Facebook groups and netnography concerning the ESN Kalmar online communities on Facebook. In addition to a theoretical contribution, the thesis project makes a methodological addition since netnography is still underutilised method among tourism scholars. These methods provided comprehensive data both from subjective and objective perspectives. The data was analysed by thematic analysis under the themes of social support, well-being and friendships, which were found to be connected to socially sustainable communities in the literature. The results found that online communities benefit from offline meetings that make the relationships between the community members stronger and thus create trust among the members. The role of the hosts and their local knowledge in the online community was proven vital in making guests to feel welcome, cared and supported during their study abroad period. However, the socially sustainable online community requires interaction and hospitality from both parties. Social sustainability of an online community can be disrupted if the community members are not cooperating and being open enough. Besides the local importance of the study in developing ESN Kalmar’s online community dynamics by emphasising the role of social sustainability, the results can be applied to discussions of internet behaviour in general. Also, the study provides help for communities where the roles between the hosts and guests are constantly “on move”.

This paper presents an expert system to monitor social sustainability compliance in supply chains. The system allows to continuously rank suppliers based on their risk of breaching sustainability standards on child labor. It uses a Bayesian network to determine the breach likelihood for each supplier location based on the integration of statistical data, audit results and public reports of child labor incidents. Publicly available statistics on the frequency of child labor in different regions and industries are used as contextual prior. The impact of audit results on the breach likelihood is calibrated based on expert input. Child labor incident observations are included automatically from publicly available news sources using text mining algorithms. The impact of an observation on the breach likelihood is determined by its relevance, credibility and frequency. Extensive tests reveal that the expert system correctly replicates the decisions of domain experts in the fields supply chain management, sustainability management, and risk management.

This paper will investigate both modern and potential future methods of data collection and analysis. The research was conducted through qualitative research practices such as an autoethnographic recounting of a personal privacy scare on a mobile device, personal interviews regarding the individual’s own online data, and observed reactions to relevant instances regarding for instance surveillance apps. This research was done while considering a wide breadth of texts and articles relevant to the question of what things like dataveillance look like today, how they affect our lives and how they may take form in the future. This research finally culminates in the form of a short film in which these topics are framed in a speculative and somewhat more dystopian near future scenario

This thesis explores the historic preservation projects in two cities: Suzhou, China, and Pasadena, California, United States. The purpose of investigating the strategies and policies used in each of the historic districts is to discuss whether preservation strategies applied in both cases could represent historic authenticity. The first two chapters focus on the project plan of the two historic districts. By evaluating the preservation policies at both national and regional level, histories of the districts, and approaches adopted by two cities, this thesis discerns the different perceptions of “authenticity” in preservation strategies in two countries. The next part of the thesis compares the two historic districts in terms of their distinctive focuses on preservation approaches. I, therefore, conclude that even though both cases have been deemed as successful models of preservation projects in each country, both historic district has demonstrated different levels of insufficient protection in culture and social sustainability.

What impact do social media have on mental well-being and how can design become a tool for increasing awareness among users? To interact on social media means to find new ways of seeking a sense of belonging, of being part of a society that can validate our existence and attribute value to what we decide to share. But what happens when there is a gap separating the ways in which we create value and sense of selfworth online and offline? How does it impact our mental well-being and the capacity to become a productive element of our society? Like Me is a speculative design project that explores the gap between the virtual and the real, while researching how it impacts our mental well-being and sense of self-worth in society. This Bachelor’s thesis delves into this topic through design methods and visual communication, resulting in a short fictional film about a speculative scenario. The aim of this research is to raise a discussion about embracing what is to come, finding a new sense of awareness to improve our impact on social sustainability. KEYWORD

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / An aspiring golfing destination has emerged along South Africa‟s Garden Route in the Western Cape, the town of Knysna. Also known as the oyster of the Garden Route, Knysna has blossomed with development over the past years and attracted investors, developers and residents across international borders. Rapid urbanization and development have interrupted the social sustainability of the town‟s local community and as this trend continues so too does the fragmentation of its social sustainability. This research has placed its focus on Knysna‟s biggest local employers and one of the strongest tourist attractions, namely the golf developments. However this research investigates the perceptions of Knysna‟s community towards these elitist establishments, illustrating that Knysna‟s biggest contributors to employment and tourism revenue, may just be the greatest threat to its social sustainability.

Sustainability has been a theme explored in multifactor analysis interpretations. Among the various dimensions and aspects that are part of this concept complexity, there is the need for better understanding the social related implications. This research seeks to analyze the social sustainability from the perspective of Agribusiness Local Productive Arrangement’ stakeholders, social settings that are structured favoring collective results. The theoretical framework focuses on literature concerning Local Production Arrangements, Stakeholders’ Theory and Social Sustainability. The qualitative approach exploratory research was carried out in the Milk Productive Arrangement of Santana do Livramento, RS in four steps: The first step involved the LPA characterization through secondary data such as records, regulations, documents, minutes of meetings, websites and Graduation Research Projects. The second stage aimed to identify LPA’ stakeholders through the snowball technique. In the third stage semi-structured interviews were conducted, associated with free observation in order to differentiate and categorize the LPA’ stakeholders and analyze social sustainability in the arrangement through content analysis with subsequent categorization of sustainability for analysis. In the fourth stage the results and conclusions were presented. The categories set out in the research analysis comprehend Capital as: natural, economic, physical, human and social. The LPA is characterized by the emergence of its organization because it was not created on based on LPA’s Public Policy but it surged from its stakeholders’ perceived necessity, which led to its entry into LPA’s Public Policies. Were identified 26 stakeholders which were classified highlighting in governance the role of research, education and extension institutions, municipal and federal agencies, Santana do Livramento Milk Producers Cooperative, Technical Service Providers Cooperative. Milk producers are stakeholders with great interest, but its power is considered latent concerning the LPA because many of them are unaware of the LPA and only participate in the annual seminar held by him “Directions of Dairy Basin”. Related to natural capital the concern of interviewed stakeholders lies with the risks that the soybean crop may lead to the use of chemicals affecting human and animal health, and poses a risk to the pampa biome. Regarding the economic capital the production and transport costs and the low value of milk are adamant. The main claim on physical capital is the infrastructure; particularly the precarious state of roads jeopardizes the production and milk transport, reflecting the final price. As well as the les than enough supervision to fresh milk, sold at higher prices. Regarding human capital, according to the stakeholders, it showed improvement as trained agents resulted in milk quality improvement. The social capital highlighted innovation, communication and conflict as relevant points in the study. / A sustentabilidade tem sido um tema explorado em análises e interpretações multifacetadas. Dentre as várias dimensões e aspectos que são inseridos na complexidade de seu conceito, destaca-se a necessidade de compreensão a respeito das suas implicações para o social. Esta investigação busca analisar a sustentabilidade social na perspectiva dos stakeholders em Arranjos Produtivos Locais do Agronegócio, configurações sociais que se estruturam em prol de resultados coletivos. O referencial teórico concentra-se na literatura sobre arranjos produtivos locais, teoria dos stakeholders e sustentabilidade social. A pesquisa exploratória de abordagem qualitativa foi realizada no Arranjo Produtivo do Leite de Santana do Livramento, RS em quatro etapas: A primeira etapa compreendeu a caracterização do APL por meio de dados secundários como: registros, regulamentos, documentos, atas de reuniões, websites e trabalhos de conclusão de curso. A segunda etapa da pesquisa buscou identificar os stakeholders do APL por meio da técnica snowball (bola de neve). Na terceira etapa foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas e observação livre com o objetivo de diferenciar e categorizar os stakeholders do APL e analisar a sustentabilidade social no arranjo por meio de análise de conteúdo com consequente categorização da sustentabilidade para fins de análise. Na quarta etapa foram apresentados os resultados e considerações. As categorias estabelecidas na pesquisa para fins de análise compreendem os capitais: natural, econômico, físico, humano e social. O APL caracteriza-se pela emergência de sua organização, pois não foi criado em função da política pública para APLs e sim de uma necessidade percebida pelos seus stakeholders, o que levou ao seu ingresso em políticas públicas para APLs. Foram identificados 26 stakeholders os quais foram classificados destacando-se na governança o papel das instituições de pesquisa, ensino e extensão, órgãos públicos municipais e federais, Cooperativa de Produtores de Leite de Santana do Livramento, Cooperativa de Assentados de Santana do Livramento, Cooperativa de Prestação de Serviços Técnicos. Os produtores de leite são os stakeholders com grande interesse, porém seu poder é considerado latente em relação ao APL pois muitos desconhecem o APL e apenas participam do seminário anual promovido por ele “Rumos da Bacia Leiteira”. Referente ao capital natural a preocupação dos stakeholders entrevistados recai sobre os riscos que a cultura da soja pode acarretar, se não trabalhada de forma adequada, podendo afetar a saúde humana e animal, e representando um risco ao bioma pampa. A preocupação quanto ao capital econômico recai sobre os custos de produção e transporte e o baixo valor do leite. A principal reivindicação referente ao capital físico é a infraestrutura, principalmente o estado precário das estradas que dificulta a produção e escoamento do leite e acaba refletindo no preço do mesmo e a pouca fiscalização quanto ao leite vendido in natura a preços mais altos. Referente ao capital humano, segundo os stakeholders, apresentou melhora, pois capacitação dos agentes resultou em melhora na qualidade do leite. O capital social destacou a inovação, comunicação e conflitos como pontos relevantes no estudo.

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