Social values and sustainable development: community experiences

Authors: Leal Filho, W., Shiel, C. et al.

Journal: Environmental Sciences Europe

Volume: 34

Issue: 1

eISSN: 2190-4715

ISSN: 2190-4707

DOI: 10.1186/s12302-022-00641-z

Abstract:

Background: This paper presents a review of the literature and trends related to social values and sustainable development and describes a set of case studies from a variety of community-based projects which illustrate the advantages that social values bring about as part of efforts to promote sustainability. Three approaches were used to develop this study: a bibliometric analysis of the topic “social values and sustainable development”, an analysis of case studies that concretely present community projects addressing social values and sustainability, and the development of a framework linking up bibliometric clusters and the cases studies. Results: While the bibliometric analysis revealed clusters where social values are strongly connected with sustainable development, the case studies indicated the lack of a common terminology and understanding of the relation between social values, sustainable development, and community-based projects. Conclusions: The study concludes by suggesting a set of measures that could be deployed to better take social values into account when planning policies or making decisions related to community projects.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/37397/

Source: Scopus