Table 3: Social Aspects
| Author | Title | Description | Access |
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| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) | Website: Provides good information promoting the concept of using sustainable practices to create better houses. Includes practical information via links to the Healthy Housing and Sustainable Community Planning projects. | Online: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/about/whwedo/index.cfm (Canada) |
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| City Repair | The City Repair Project | Website: Practical information pertaining to a Portland, Oregon initiative formed by citizens who are aiming to create a more community-oriented and ecologically sustainable society. | Online: http://www.cityrepair.org/ (USA) |
| Foran B and Poldy F (2002) | Future Dilemmas: Options to 2050 for Australia’s population, technology, resources and environment | Website report: A technical report which explores the effect of three population scenarios on infrastructure, resource and environmental issues out to 2050. | Online: http://www.cse.csiro.au/research/Program5/publications/02-01.pdf (Australia) |
| Governments of Canada and Québec and United Towns Organisation (UTO) | MOST (Management of Social Transformations) Programme | Website: Describes the MOST project “Towards socially sustainable cities: building a knowledge base for urban management”. Using international case studies, the project looks at city management from a social sustainability perspective. | Online: http://www.unesco.org/most/ A text (The Social Sustainability of Cities, 2000) can be ordered from the site. (Canada) |
| Jonathan Rose Companies LLC | Rose-Network.Com | Website: Provides information using international case studies to highlight the development of diverse, mixed-use, transit-accessible, mixed-income communities or components focused on nodes of transportation. Contains useful resources pertaining to urban revitalisation and green building. | Online: http://www.rose-network.com/ (USA) |
| Population Connection | Kid Friendly Cities | Website: Provides material on how to make cities more friendly and healthy for children, including report cards on US cities. | Online: http://www.kidfriendlycities.org/2001/ (USA) |
| Putnam R D (2000) | Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community | Book: Examines how American citizens have largely abandoned the values that constitute basic neighbourliness to the point where civic malaise is increasing despite economic prosperity. Contains information suggesting how citizens can be ‘re-engaged’ and improve urban social capital. | Simon & Schuster (USA) |
| Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) | Website: Provides a gateway to resources about topics including urban growth, the built environment and the urban community. | Online: http://www.sosig.ac.uk (UK) |
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| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Active Living By Design | Website: Establishes and evaluates innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communications strategies. Contains a selection of tools for implementing such approaches plus access to extensive publications and links. | Online: http://www.activelivingbydesign.org (USA) |
