Traditional | Emerging |
---|---|
Basic needs, including housing and environmental health | Demographic change (ageing, migration and mobility) |
Education and skills | Social mixing and cohesion |
Employment | Identity, sense of place and culture |
Equity | Empowerment, participation and access |
Human rights and gender | Health and safety |
Poverty | Social capitalb |
Social justice | Well being, happiness and quality of life |
↵aSource: Colantonio A, Dixon T. Measuring socially sustainable urban regeneration in Europe. Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University (2009)14 (reproduced with permission)
↵bSocial capital is defined by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as ’networks together with shared norms, values and understandings that facilitate co-operation within or among groups’