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Research into Social Sustainability
Research information about Social Sustainability and the organistaions who practise it.Links categorised by region...
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The Centre for Social Change at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) provides an overview on the research fields about social sustainability. All projects are described and links to further information about the Centre is available.
http://www.socialchange.qut.edu.au/research/centreprojec/
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The paper reports findings from a small social study about the experiences of a family who lived in “Research House”, Australia, for a two year period monitoring product performance and household economies in a sustainable house. [PDF] Article published in the Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society in 2005. Authors are Laurie Buys, Karen Barnett, Evonne Miller from Queensland University of Technology, and Chanel Bailey from the Research House Project.
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/sbs/ajets/journal/V3N1/pdf/
V3N1-4-Buys.pdf
Article published by the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 95-102. This paper investigates the prevalence and predictors of local community action to address environmental and water conservation in a drought-prone Australian community. The article is available online at no charge.
http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.41/prod.117
The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURi) explains current research areas and projects on a community level and therefore gives ideas about the issues social sustainability can involve. Navigational links to further pages of the institute.
http://www.ahuri.uq.edu.au/index.html?id=27337
Article published in the magazine SOLVE, a CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) review of scientific innovations for Australian industry, in February 2007, reporting on the Herbert River region of North Queensland. Since ten years the region exemplifies the benefits that emerge when governments, business, researchers and the wider community interact with a shared goal to make their home a better place. Links to other issues within the volume are provided.
http://www.solve.csiro.au/0207/article8.htm
Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) is a research team based at University of Sydney, developing leading-edge research and applications for environmental and broader sustainability issues, bringing together expertise in environmental science, economics, technology, and social science. The current research page features research topics with a menu to navigate.
http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/research/index.shtml
The Western Australian Council of Social Services (WACOSS) and its members share a vision of a socially just and sustainable Western Australian society where people care for each other and have access to the resources and opportunities necessary for their wellbeing. The organisation undertook research projects and the reports can be seen into via the links provided.
http://wacoss.org.au/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=
234&op=page
ARIES is the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability based at Macquarie University, Sydney. ARIES is primarily funded by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Its core business is to undertake research that informs policy and practice in Education for Sustainability across a range of sectors including: business and industry, school education, community education, further and higher education.
http://www.aries.mq.edu.au/
[PDF] The Finnish Forest Research Institute and the Finnish University of Oulu presents preliminary results obtained from a project concentrating on sustainable nature tourism in Northern Finland. To keep nature tourism at both ecologically and socially sustainable level, close cooperation between stakeholders, such as administrators, planner, researchers, and local people is required. Report is a working paper of the Finnish Forest Research Institute 2.
http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2004/mwp002-38.pdf
The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organisation for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. The Worldwatch Institute offers a unique blend of interdisciplinary research, global focus, and accessible writing that has made it a leading source of information on the interactions among key environmental, social, and economic trends. Our work revolves around the transition to an environmentally sustainable and socially just society—and how to achieve it. The homepage provides access to information and literature on sustainable society issues.
http://www.worldwatch.org/