SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE – RENOVATION OF COLLECTIVE HOUSING.

Autor: Szitar-Sirbu, Mirela Adriana, Havasi, Brindusa Raluca, Popov, Miodrag
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Zdroj: International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences & Arts SGEM; 2019, Vol. 6, p353-360, 8p
Abstrakt: Around 60% of the urban population in Romania lives in blocks of flats made of prefabricated panels, built mostly between 1960 and 1990. Interventions on these buildings are a highly debated topic in order to achieve the 20-20-20 EU targets, but less discussed is the part that makes these interventions truly sustainable on long run. The study presented in this paper constitutes the part related to social sustainability conducted for a project that defines some alternative solutions for Timisoara. These proposals are based on the need to improve the urban quality in the neighborhood and to improve the living conditions and comfort of the existing apartments. In order to present the challenges of social sustainability, the introductory chapters of the study are dedicated to the CEN-TC and ISO standards related to building sustainability assessment and also to the specificity of the Romanian housing stock. The chapter that analyzes the local conditions of Timisoara offers a focused view. In order to define the local priorities from the social sustainability perspective a survey among the inhabitants of three typical neighbourhoods was conducted. Twenty parameters considered important from the social sustainability perspective were assessed by the inhabitants, thus providing data about the perception of the quality of life in these districts: eight features regarding the apartments, six features for the blocks of flats and six for the neighborhood. The results indicate different priorities for the retrofitting projects according to the problems present in the three neighbourhoods. The study proves that the social pillar of sustainable development is probably more important the ecological one when it comes to housing refurbishment and retrofitting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index