Social Sustainable Assessment Tool Development Approach

Atanda, Jubril Olakitan; Ozturk, Ayse

doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0121.v1

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“…There has been a recent shift towards the importance of social and cultural wellbeing of occupants in research regarding a green and sustainably built environment [24,26,[59][60][61]. However, there is a lack of direct focus in green building certification scheme guidelines to address this aspect and increase green buildings' performance in the general comfort of occupants and satisfaction dimensions [3,60].…”

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Eco-Cultural Design Assessment Framework and Tool for Sustainable Housing Schemes

2020

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Assessment tools such as BREEAM and LEED are widely used to assess physical indicators of building performance from the micro- to the mesoscale. However, the built environment represents both intangible and tangible sets of indicators that should be understood within its context. Therefore, this project proposes a prototype Eco-cultural design assessment framework and tool to enhance the process of sustainable housing development that meets the residents’ socio-cultural needs whilst avoiding unwanted environmental impacts. A qualitative research design approach was adopted. The tool was developed using data derived from interviews with 81 participants from two comparative case studies of vernacular and contemporary housing in Jordan. Results showed that indicators related to wellbeing and local culture were the most discussed by participants and were associated with sustainable architecture. The tool was designed to encapsulate these findings and evaluated for its completeness and usability by 38 architects from Jordan. Results indicate that participants had positive feedback, and they deemed the tool content useful and practical for integrating Eco-cultural design indicators within architectural practice in Jordan. The research outputs are novel and significant in that they translated qualitative socio-cultural indicators into tangible design guidelines that can be effectively incorporated into existing sustainable building assessment frameworks.

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Eco-Cultural Design Assessment Framework and Tool for Sustainable Housing Schemes

2020

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“…An eco-cultural approach requires the understanding of views, perceptions, experiences, feelings and beliefs of the inhabitants involved. A wholly quantitative approach often fails to fully explore these aspects (Amaratunga, Newton, Baldry, & Sarshar, 2002;Atanda & Öztürk, 2018). Few qualitative studies have used interviews with stakeholders (Alsubeh, 2013;Atanda, J.O.…”

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“…They argued that these historic structures provide a sense of place, local culture and tradition. Others like Atanda and Öztürk (2018); Al-Jamea (2014) presented the indicators as part of social sustainability. They interpreted cultural sustainability in the presence of cultural activity facilities and the artistic aspects of the human culture such as theatres, community centres and art schools building.…”

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Exploring the socio‐cultural sustainability of old and new housing: Two cases from Jordan

Qtaishat

Emmitt

Adeyeye

2020

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…Furthermore, the fear of accidents is the biggest barrier to walking and cycling, especially for children. The street is considered crowded in a way that hinders safe pedestrian crossing if vehicles are present at a particular location for more than the time needed for a pedestrian to cross the street at a walking speed of 1.39 m/s (Atanda and Öztürk, 2018).…”

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The Other Side of the Urban Densification ‘Coin’: Impacts on Social Sustainability in Redeveloped Urban Sprawled Communities in United Arab Emirates

Shekfa

Ahmed

2022

Future Cities and Environment

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Urban sprawl has been a persistent sustainability impediment caused by its associated low urban density that led to heavy reliance on private cars. To overcome this problem, urban densification, as a sustainable planning approach, has been widely advocated. Al Ain, one of the most affected cities by urban sprawl in the United Arab Emirates, has recently adopted an urban densification process through its Al Ain Plan 2030 and started applying it by 2010 in a pioneering redevelopment project in Bida Bin Ammar neighborhood. This research aims at studying the impacts of the applied urban densification measures and tools on social sustainability in this neighborhood. The research adopts a qualitative case study method utilizing field observations as the main source of primary data collection, while the analysis of CAD drawings, census data, land-use plans, and Google Earth maps forms a secondary source of data for this study. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that urban densification through its two applied measures, the Intensification and the Infill Development, have enhanced social sustainability in Bida Bin Ammar neighborhood but with various degrees of success for each of the social sustainability principle and indicators. While mixed use and accessibility principles have been partially enhanced in the study area, density, mobility, social capital, quality of life, sense of belonging, and safety and security have been weakly enhanced. Accordingly, a proposed set of guidelines have been initiated to inform decision-makers in the city, and maybe in other cities in the UAE and the Arabian Gulf region, to help them revise the applied urban densification process in a way that helps achieve more socially sustainable urban communities.

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Social Sustainable Assessment Tool Development Approach

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Eco-Cultural Design Assessment Framework and Tool for Sustainable Housing Schemes

Eco-Cultural Design Assessment Framework and Tool for Sustainable Housing Schemes

Exploring the socio‐cultural sustainability of old and new housing: Two cases from Jordan

The Other Side of the Urban Densification ‘Coin’: Impacts on Social Sustainability in Redeveloped Urban Sprawled Communities in United Arab Emirates

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