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Our work on community dynamics 'Social Lifes overvejelser omrking dynamikker i

(lokal)samfund' Realdania, Roundtable discussion, Part 1

13 March 2015

We continue to build and renew neighbourhoods that then fail to thrive as flourishing communities

Where are the people?

The first question: what is a community?

Source: Egan Review 2004

Belonging

Resilience

Social sustainability

Neighbourliness

Community dynamics

Resilience: Elephant & Castle shopping centre

Chicago heatwave July 1995

A story of the protective powers of social relationships

July 2012 & 13: workshops at University of Chicago: how can digital technology boost community resilience?

Neighbourliness: Aylesbury estate, Southwark

Belonging: Brixton Green deliberative workshops

Belonging feedback loops

Family & friends

Power & politics

Economy

Religion & civil society

Home, neighbourhood

& physical environment

Leisure & culture

Some questions for you Nogle spørgsmål til je

•  Does this description of community dynamics make sense in the Danish context?

•  Does the way that programmes are set up in marginalised communities take account of the positive role community dynamics can play?

•  Can this be useful for taking forward “Boligliv i balance”

Design for social sustainability Design for social bæredygtighed

Realdania, roundtable discussion. Part 2 13 March 2015

Belonging

Resilience

Social sustainability

Neighbourliness

Community dynamics

“A process for creating sustainable, successful places that promote wellbeing, by understanding what people need from the places they live and work.

Social sustainability combines design of the physical realm with design of the social world –

infrastructure to support social and cultural life,

social amenities, systems for citizen engagement and space for people and places to evolve.”

Source: Social Life (2012). Design for Social Sustainability: a framework for creating thriving communities.

Voice and Influence

Space to Grow

Social and Cultural Life

Amenities and Social Infrastructure

Connection to local and

regional economy

Green building,

environmental innovation, incentives

for pro-environmental

behaviour

Our social sustainability framework

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We have developed a social sustainability measurement framework for The Berkeley Group

Empire Square Imperial Wharf

Knowle Village The Hamptons

2014: benchmarking the Aylesbury estate, Southwark

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We have just finished a social sustainability toolkit for Sutton Council in South London

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Working in Malmö 2012-13: putting people at the centre of placemaking in Lindängen

We have learnt that social sustainability is…

A valuable tool for thinking differently about place

Not fully covered by existing frameworks

A way of bringing in concepts that challenge conventional views Capable of being understood, quantified & actioned

An evolving field internationally.

social-life.co nicola.bacon@social-life.co @SL_Cities

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