16233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Tim Dixon, Social Sustainability, Berkeley Group Holdings
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Lecture 07 planning for social and cultural sustainability. Climate change has brought into sharp focus the environmental consequences of our lifestyles and the planning frameworks supporting them. Social sustainability matters because people, places and the economy matter as much as environmental issues. (dixon, 2011) In strengthening the social" in sustainable development: developing a conceptual framework for social sustainability in a rapid urban growth region in australia, Sustainable development," professor michael cuthill argues community based research provides a strong practice perspective of what social sustainability involves. This practical understanding, gained through firsthand experience, is helped by consideration of evaluation studies of large scale urban development projects: evaluation studies of urban development in the united kingdom and elsewhere by. Marina stott, neil stott and colin wiles (2009) have highlighted key lessons: Community development is an essential requirement in the creation of communities . Developing appropriate community infrastructure was identified as a core ingredient in achieving vibrant, cohesive and sustainable communities.
