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Aggregation and Measurement of Social Sustainability and Social Capital with a Focus on Human Health

In: Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics

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  • Andi H Widok

    (HTW Berlin)

  • Volker Wohlgemuth

    (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin), University of Applied Sciences)

Abstract

This paper addresses theoretical differences between the perceived content of social sustainability and different socially attributed capital stocks, as for example, rather transaction oriented so called social capital, human capital or societal capital. It does so, by mapping different aspects from existing capital approaches to social sustainability, in order to resolve theoretical misconceptions. In addition, the review is intended to highlight different approaches for the measurement and aggregation of social aspects. Consequently the balance within sustainability approaches is addressed and strengthened by elaborating ways to formalize the social perspective. Furthermore, technical solutions considering the resulting impact assessment of social aspects are discussed and in order to demonstrate the significance of the presented ideas, an own application of a threshold based aggregation method, in a manufacturing simulation software, is presented.

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  • Andi H Widok & Volker Wohlgemuth, 2017. "Aggregation and Measurement of Social Sustainability and Social Capital with a Focus on Human Health," Progress in IS, in: Volker Wohlgemuth & Frank Fuchs-Kittowski & Jochen Wittmann (ed.), Advances and New Trends in Environmental Informatics, pages 263-273, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:prochp:978-3-319-44711-7_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44711-7_21
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