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Publications

H 1 Social sustainability - Concepts and benchmarks.

MC GUINN Jennifer, FRIES-TERSCH Elena, JONES Matthew, CREPALDI Chiara, MASSO Märt, LODOVICI Manuel Samek, DRUFUCA Serena, GANCHEVA Mariya, GENY Brittni

2020

138p.

This study looks at definitions and ways to measure and benchmark social sustainability and explores how the concept can be integrated into EU policy-making processes, giving concrete examples of how it is already used in policies and projects at national, regional and local level.

Despite its long history, social sustainability remains a fuzzy concept with no universal definition and might justifiably be seen as playing catch up to environmental sustainability in the popular imagination. Core themes concern human well-being and equity, access to basic needs, fair distribution of income, good working conditions and decent wages, equality of rights, inter-and intragenerational justice, access to social and health services and to education, social cohesion and
inclusion, empowerment, and participation in policy-making.

Study

transition to sustainability, social innovation, social cohesion

978-92-846-6521-1

English

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648782/IPOL_STU(2020)648782_EN.pdf

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