GEOG 256 1nd Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture II Risks of Natural Hazards III Mitigation IV Floods V Fire VI Landslides Outline of Current Lecture VII The Five Capitals VIII The Four Core Arguments IX Links to Urban Form Current Lecture Social Sustainability The Five Capitals Manufactured capital Financial capital Social capital Human capital Natural capital The Four Core Arguments Our collective ability to solve problems and respond to challenges depends on social and human resources Our individual well being depends on social resources The political ability to address environmental issues depends on fair social development There s an ethical obligation to address social issues while addressing environmental ones Cuthill s 4 Elements of Social Sustainability Social justice and equity Social infrastructure Engaged governance Social capital These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Social Infrastructure Hard and soft systems and services that support social development and capabilities Hard school transit community centers Soft social services community building o Pre K education o Health education o The Snoqualmie Welcome Wagon story Social Justice and Equity Ethical foundation for sustainability that says we must consider those worse off or with unique needs also a political imperative Means providing for affordable healthcare housing childcare food education Means outreach on civic issues Means environmental justice Engaged Governance Means more involvement by citizens and stakeholders Some say its needed to offset the modern failures of representative democracy and the need for a wider range of ideas in decision making The Tucson Transportation Story Social Capital The glue that gives people the ability to work together and access the ideas and resources they need to solve problems shared sense of responsibility institutions networks of civic engagement relationships trust norms Links to Urban Form walkability Walkability walking social contact increased sense of community Links to Urban Form Spatial Mismatch Employment opportunities for low income people are located far away from the areas where they live making poverty worse o Commuting costs time getting to interviews being on time o Information about jobs fall with distance o Less incentive to search far away due to short term costs Links to Urban Form Affordable housing 20 million American families paid 50 of income for housing in 2010 17 of housing cost is energy in lower income families Warmth improves studying visiting relationships and health