This case study is dealing with a new city district in Uppsala and its potential for social interaction asking: how can visions regarding social development in Uppsala be implemented on the Field of Rosendal through its public spaces? The question is answered by using a territorial approach interviewing informants in the entire city being active in meeting places, concerning their view on social meetingplace and furthermore by analysing the zoning plan of the Rosendal area, mapping what public spaces that are planned, The study shows that Rosendal has great potential both in being in a strategic postition and having many types resources in the area, above all many green areas. The study however suggest that Rosendal needs to develop more public spaces with few threshholds such as limitating costs, opening hours and degree of specialisation of the place and safeguarding the cultural heritage that there is.

<p>Given the threats of climate change along with limited natural resources, colleges and universities are in a position to role model sustainable practices and provide opportunities for students to learn how to live more sustainable lives. Campus housing departments are well positioned to implement sustainability education programs for their residential students. Residential college students are often less motivated to engage in sustainable living behaviors because they perceive minimal control over their living environment and are not held accountable for their resource consumption. This study evaluated the effect the No Impact Jack Sustainable Living Certificate program had on promoting and sustaining behavior change in residential college students. The program design applied the theory of planned behavior, which uses reported behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, and control beliefs to predict behavioral intention for performing the target behaviors. This study identified barriers and motivations for engaging in sustainable living behaviors, as perceived by first year residential students, alongside the testing of certain Community Based Social Marketing strategies including public commitment, social norms, and incentives. The No Impact Jack program was most successful in helping participants maintain their current behaviors and affirming their motivations for engaging in sustainable behaviors in the context of a new and slightly more challenging living environment. Those who participated in the No Impact Jack program were less susceptible than the other research participants to the perceived barriers (control beliefs) encountered in this new environment. Participation in the No Impact Jack program helped them learn more about sustainable living behaviors in the college environment and the certificate on the door provided additional motivation for holding themselves accountable to the commitment they made. The results provided direction on what type of education and programmatic outreach to provide to residential college students in order to facilitate and maintain desired behavior changes. </p>

In a world of development and scarce resources sustainable development has been presented as an approach of dealing with our issues of welfare. Economic, environmental and social aspects are incorporated in the approach in order to solve the problems of today. While sustainable development is pervaded in policies and planning of nations and communities, the three aspects of it have all specific definitions which are to be applied, some aspects are well defined whilst others are not yet fully determined. The purpose of this qualitative study is to highlight the social aspect of sustainable development. The social sustainability is assessed by investigating how a municipality in Sweden meets the variables of social sustainability established by the Swedish government. It investigates the structure plans of a community south of Stockholm, Haninge Municipality. It seeks to understand how the municipality implements social sustainability in practice to solve the issues of the alienated residential area Jordbro. By using a method of interpretation of texts in form of governmental documents of social sustainability, municipal structure plans together with incorporated interviews with locals and an internship at the municipality house of Haninge, the study gives a comprehensive understanding of social sustainability in Stockholm and issues which the municipality is to deal with. It indicates that social sustainability is taking a smaller role in the structure planning documents of the municipality, and it also indicates a lack of interaction and incorporation of locals. Furthermore the study suggests some solutions to the problems of social sustainability.

Universities are places where advanced education be taught, and also where pinner thoughts be conceived. Explorations and innovations in every field are spontaneous and highly encouraged, so does in field of Sustainable Architecture. Correspondingly, campus buildings should be considered as a carrier of knowledge, which can enlighten occupants in certain extents. Can the design of a Living Laboratory on Campus of the University of Texas at Austin facilitate student architectural sustainable explorations and innovations and contribute to campus sustainability socially and environmentally through the operation of interactive interchangeable building system? Specifically focusing on the University of Texas at Austin, this Master Design Study attempts to utilize a design process of a campus living laboratory to answer the questions above. It considered the lab as a platform for students to public their sustainable ideas and works, and get initial feedback from the occupants thereby. It would be especially benefit for university education and also for professional practice of students. / text

This practicum examines the challenges encountered during the development process of slow growth cities. Specific consideration is given to the social realm and the challenges of encouraging socially sustainable development within the slow growth context. A comparative approach to the research was taken. Two case studies were examined. The first study examined the development process of the City of Vancouver. Specific consideration was given to the policies, processes and techniques used in Vancouver to encourage social sustainability. The second study examined the City of Winnipeg. The City of Winnipeg was the focus of the practicum. Lessons from the City of Vancouver were extracted and compared to the City of Winnipeg experience. The end result was a series of recommendations of how the City of Winnipeg could more successfully encourage social sustainability through development.

This practicum examines the challenges encountered during the development process of slow growth cities. Specific consideration is given to the social realm and the challenges of encouraging socially sustainable development within the slow growth context. A comparative approach to the research was taken. Two case studies were examined. The first study examined the development process of the City of Vancouver. Specific consideration was given to the policies, processes and techniques used in Vancouver to encourage social sustainability. The second study examined the City of Winnipeg. The City of Winnipeg was the focus of the practicum. Lessons from the City of Vancouver were extracted and compared to the City of Winnipeg experience. The end result was a series of recommendations of how the City of Winnipeg could more successfully encourage social sustainability through development.

This thesis is an exploration of how artificial lights are used to create atmospheres in a space, andhow they enhance an individual’s well-being. The focus here is placed on students in Sweden,specifically those who live in one-room apartments. Students typically do not invest much intheir lights yet being in Scandinavia, artificial lighting is used to compensate for the lack ofdaylight hours. As such, the lights they have will impact how they go about their day.A light is designed using product design methods to respond to the research question: “to whatextent can a versatile light source alter the atmosphere of a student’s space to enhance their wellbeing?”As the research is situated in Sweden, aspects of the Scandinavian lighting culture will beexamined and implemented in the design. The student’s well-being will be assessed through thetheory of subjective well-being, specifically how it can be enhanced through perceived control.The light design also aims to be socially sustainable, focusing on how individuals’ well-being canbe improved through lighting. The design also attempts to tackle inequalities by showing it canbe made of cheap and accessible materials, as well as being professionally manufactured. Thecheaper version is to ensure students with lower incomes can access the same quality of light asothers, where the light will create a similar atmosphere. Finally, the concept of social lighting isdefined in the context of this thesis. It concentrates on designing the light based on interviewswith students and emphasising the relationship between a student and their apartment.Through interviews and photos, a design brief was formed to understand what type of lightstudents use in their apartment and what they were looking for. After a series of iterations, afinal design was obtained and created. One version was made professionally in metal by BelidLighting. Another was made out of thick card and paper clips, materials easily accessible tostudents. The models were tested by students in their home for two nights, after which aninterview took place to obtain impressions and feedback on the design.It was concluded that a versatile light source altered the atmosphere of a student space toenhance their well-being to a certain extent. This was due to people’s existing relationship withlights, where they don’t generally interact beyond switching them on and off. Nonetheless,participants enjoyed making their own lamp, and found the lamp design quite unique. Thishelped maintain their subjective well-being.

Flertalet studier har visat att social hållbarhet inte har fått samma uppmärksamhet som ekologiskoch ekonomisk hållbarhet vilket bland annat kan bero på att begreppet inte har en klar definitionoch att många dimensioner inkluderas. Trots det står den sociala dimensionen högt upp påagendan i Sverige och samhällsplaneringen anses vara en utav de processer som kan bidra till ettmer hållbart samhälle. Det finns dock ett behov av att arbeta mer systematiskt för socialhållbarhet genom att använda olika metoder och verktyg i praktisk samhällsplanering. Syftet med studien är att undersöka utmaningar för social hållbarhet i stadsplanering samt vilkaverktyg som används för att bemöta utmaningarna. Vidare är syftet att undersöka och utvärderahur social hållbarhet hanteras i projektet Älvstaden i Göteborg, samt hur deras arbete kanförbättras. Metoderna som används i studien är kvalitativa – en litteraturstudie genomfördes föratt undersöka utmaningar och verktyg för social hållbarhet och semistrukturerade intervjuerutfördes med tjänstepersoner inom projektet Älvstaden för att undersöka deras arbete med socialhållbarhet. Resultatet från litteraturstudien visar att det finns flera komplexa utmaningar och hinder försocial hållbarhet i stadsplanering. Människans livskvalitet och behov bör vara utgångspunkten,det finns en brist på helhetssyn, systemtänk, samverkan och deltagande. Dessutom finns det enrumslig uppdelning i städerna och litteraturen ser även att sambandet mellan social och ekologiskhållbarhet inte hanteras tillräckligt. Vidare visar resultatet att de verktyg som används för socialhållbarhet i stadsplanering är sociala konsekvensanalyser, stadsrums-och stadslivsanalyser,checklistor och indikatorer, certifieringssystem, analys av ekosystemtjänster samtmedborgardeltagande. Utmaningarna för social hållbarhet är komplicerade och det somverktygen tillhandahåller täcker inte in alla aspekter. Det krävs troligtvis mer än specifikaverktyg och många frågor kan istället behöva hanteras på en politisk nivå. Verktyg kan dock varatill hjälp för att analysera, diskutera och synliggöra sociala frågor. Projektet Älvstaden i Göteborg är Nordens just nu största stadsutvecklingsprojekt och däranvänds bland annat ett verktyg för att mäta kvalitet och social hållbarhet genom mätbaraindikatorer. Indikatorerna är baserade på Vision Älvstaden och utgår från tre olika strategier.Intervjustudien visar att social hållbarhet definieras på lite olika sätt inom projektet och fleramenar att det är ett svårdefinierat begrepp. Intervjudeltagarna anser dock att det är ett viktigtbegrepp att arbeta med och att verktyg är nödvändiga. Det verktyg som används inom projektetanses vara bra då det visar en visuell bild av resultatet, men behöver utvecklas i vissa delar för atttäcka in fler aspekter. / Several studies have shown that social sustainability has not received the same attention asecological and economic sustainability, which may be due to the fact that the concept does nothave a clear definition and that many dimensions are included. Despite this, the social dimensionis high up on the agenda in Sweden and urban planning is considered one of the processes thatcan contribute to a more sustainable society. There is however a need to work moresystematically for social sustainability by using different methods and tools practically in urbanplanning. The purpose of the study is to investigate challenges for social sustainability in urban planningand which tools are used to address the challenges. Furthermore, the purpose is to investigate andevaluate how social sustainability is handled in the project Älvstaden in Gothenburg, and howtheir work can be improved. The methods used in the study are qualitative - a literature studywas conducted to investigate the challenges and tools for social sustainability and semistructuredinterviews were conducted with people within the project Älvstaden to investigatetheir work on social sustainability. The results of the literature study show that there are several complex challenges and obstaclesfor social sustainability in urban planning. The human quality of life and needs should be thestarting point, there is a lack of a holistic view, system thinking, collaborations and participation.In addition, there is a spatial division in the cities and the literature also shows that theconnection between social and ecological sustainability is not sufficiently addressed.Furthermore, the results show that the tools used for social sustainability in urban planning aresocial impact assessments, urban space analyses, checklists and indicators, certification systems,analysis of ecosystem services and civic participation. The challenges of social sustainability arecomplicated and what the tools provide does not cover all aspects. It is probably required morethan specific tools to meet the challenges and many issues may need to be handled at a politicallevel. However, tools can help to analyse, discuss and make social issues more visible. The project Älvstaden in Gothenburg is the Nordic region's largest urban development project atthe moment and there, among other things, a tool for measuring quality and social sustainabilitythrough measurable indicators are used. The indicators are based on a vision for the project withthree different strategies. The interview study shows that social sustainability is defined indifferent ways among the participants and several believe that it is a difficult concept. Theinterviewees mean, however, that it is an important concept to work with and that tools arenecessary. The tool used within the project is considered to be good as it shows a visual image ofthe results, but needs to be developed in certain parts to cover more aspects.

Masonry construction is labor-intensive. Processes involve little to no mechanization and require a large number of crews made up of workers with diverse skills, capabilities, and personalities. Relationships among crews are tight and very dependent. Often crews are re-assembled and the superintendent is responsible for assigning workers to crews and allocating crews to different tasks to maximize workflow. This dynamic environment can influence the motivation of workers and impose pressure and stress on them. Workers, unlike other resources, have their own needs and requirements beyond the financial compensation for their work. Workers place a great value on requirements such as certainty about work assignments, matching assignments to career development goals, and work satisfaction. If managed properly, workers may bring considerable benefits to both the project and the contractor. A project that links workers to career goals not only allows contractors to develop more qualified staff for its future projects, but also gives the worker opportunities for career growth and development. Additionally, job satisfaction and efficiency increases from suitable worker assignment and consideration of tasks. Therefore, the study of sustainable labor management practices is of interest in masonry construction and other labor-intensive industries. A mixed-integer programming (MIP) model enables the integration of workers needs and contractor requirements into the process of labor allocation. Furthermore, the model can be used to quantify strategies that maximize productivity, quality of work, and the well-being of workers. Developing such a model is a necessary task. To plan and manage masonry construction, the contractor has to take into account not only multiple workers with different characteristics but also rules for crew design and makeup and project requirements in terms of personnel needs. Providing an analytical description of all the needs and requirements is challenging. Therefore, to determine labor management practices that indeed maximize production and maximize workers satisfaction, the model needs to realistically represent the realities in masonry construction sites and staffing practices, while remaining computationally manageable such that optimization models can be derived. This dissertation proposes a decision support system (DSS) for sustainable labor management in masonry construction that takes into consideration information on workers and job characteristics with the intention of assisting decision makers in allocating crews. Firstly, semi-structured interviews were conducted with masonry practitioners to gather perspectives on labor requirements, rules for crew design, and drivers for crew makeup. Secondly, a model that incorporates realities was implemented. The model supports masonry contractors and superintendent in the challenging process of managing crews, that is, to determine the composition of each crew and the allocation of crews to maximize productivity and workflow while considering workers’ preferences and well-being. With the DSS, project managers and superintendents are not only able to identify working patterns for each of the workers but also optimal crew formation and investment and labor costs. Data from real case study is used to compare the schedule and allocation on the site with the one proposed by the model. The comparison shows the model can optimize the allocation of crews to reduce the completion time to build the walls while maximizing the utilization of masons and outlining opportunities for concurrent work. It is expected that the DSS will help contractors improve productivity and quality while efficiently managing masonry workers in a more sustainable way. The contributions for the masonry industry are two-fold. Firstly, the proposed model considers a set of rules that masonry practitioners typically use to design crews of masons and analytically captures the realities of masonry construction jobsites when managing labor. Secondly, it attempts to quantify and mathematically model the practices that contractors use for crew makeup and evaluate labor management allocation both in terms of contractor requirements and worker needs. Literature review indicates that the existing models for labor allocation have not taken into consideration masonry site realities. An optimization framework, which combines masonry site realities from the semi-structured interviews is proposed. The framework results in a MIP model that is used to solve a crew scheduling and allocation problem. The model is formulated to determine which masons are in a crew and to assign crews to the different walls in a project. Additionally, it is used to evaluate crew design strategies that maximize productivity.

Article / The vision of CUT as a sustainable university is to become a teaching, research and learning environment which maximizes and mainstreams environmental, economic and social sustainability in all its operations and educational activities. In driving this process, the university established a Sustainable Development Project to facilitate, oversee and report on the roll-out of this project.