Exploring the possibility of a systematic and generic approach to social sustainability
| Document type: | Journal Articles |
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| Article type: | Original article |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
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| Author(s): | Merlina Missimer, Karl-Henrik Robèrt, Göran Broman, Harald Sverdrup |
| Title: | Exploring the possibility of a systematic and generic approach to social sustainability |
| Journal: | Journal of Cleaner Production |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 10-11 |
| Pagination: | 1107-1112 |
| ISSN: | 0959-6526 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| URI/DOI: | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.024 |
| ISI number: | 000278173000020 |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Engineering - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap - avd. för maskinteknik) School of Engineering S- 371 79 Karlskrona +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.bth.se/ing/ |
| Authors e-mail: | Mis@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | There is a growing need to understand how existing concepts and tools for sustainability relate to each other and to a robust, trans-disciplinary systems perspective for sustainability. As a response, a group of scientists, including some of the authors, have developed a framework based on backcasting from sustainability principles over the last 20 years – the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD), also known as The Natural Step Framework. The intent of this study is to scrutinize the existing framework as regards its social dimension. The study demonstrates dichotomies and lack of robustness and proposes a way forward to make the social dimension of the FSSD more cohesive as well as operational. |
| Subject: | Sustainability\General |
| Keywords: | Sustainability principles, Social sustainability, Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, The Natural Step Framework, System analysis |
| Note: | Reprint submitted to Journal of Cleaner Production. Missimer, M., et al., Exploring the possibility of a systematic and generic approach to social sustainability, J Clean Prod (2010), doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.024 |
