Social Sustainability in Metropolitan Areas: Accessibility and Equity in the Case of the Metropolitan Area of Valencia (Spain)

Abstract

By definition, sustainable development includes environmental, economic and social dimensions. Scholars have paid little attention to the latter, although greater interest has been seen in recent years due to the growing strength of the idea that development without equity is not development. Within this context, moreover, urban spaces present complex structures that make it difficult to address sustainable development goals without adequate territorial planning. The aims of the present article are twofold: to expound a conceptual line of thinking to define the social dimension of sustainability-while aware that it is inseparable from the other two-and to propose a simple measurement method based on the accessibility of public services. This method uses time-distance as the measure through which to understand socio-spatial equity. It is based on using GIS tools for a case study-in this case, the city of Valencia-and on the concept of spatial equity as the basis of social sustainability.

Enhancing Bank Loyalty through Sustainable Banking Practices: The Mediating Effect of Corporate Image

“…In recent times, the need for sustainability has led to the development of various innovative sustainable business approaches [5][6][7][8]. To be more precise, the issue of sustainability has been viewed from the social perspective [9][10][11], the technological perspective [12], and the organizational perspective [1,13,14]. Furthermore, eight archetypes have been categorized into three sustainable dimensions: technological, social and organizational dimensions [15].…”

Vulnerabilidad Territorial y Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Proximidad para las Personas Mayores en la Ciudad de Valencia.

“…La potencialidad del SIG depende de la calidad (exactitud locacional) de la información, por lo que la metodología propuesta podría modificarse dependiendo de la disponibilidad de datos más precisos. Por último, cabe señalar que ciertamente existen estudios de accesibilidad a otro tipo de servicios (Calvo et al, 2001, Alfonso et al, 2016, Cazacu et al, 2016, Rode et al, 2017, Pitarch-Garrido, 2018, Zazzi et al 2018, la mayor parte centrados en las formas de transporte; sin embargo, son relativamente escasos los artículos científicos centrados en la accesibilidad a los servicios y equipamientos dirigidos a las personas mayores (Nieto-Masot, et al, 2019), a pesar del reto que supone el envejecimiento de la población en las sociedades actuales más avanzadas, en particular en los espacios urbanos. Cabe destacar algunas de las aportaciones recientes puntuales como el análisis del caso de Bangkok (Srichuae et al, 2016), la accesibilidad a los espacios verdes y espacios públicos para la población mayor (Artmann, et al, 2017, Yung et al, 2016 y el estudio de la demanda de los servicios de salud en las ciudades canadienses (Shah, et al, 2016).…”

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