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- Abrahamsson, Lena, et al.
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How to Get a Social Licence to Mine
- 2015
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of the paper is to discuss socially sustainable development in the mining industry and the communities surrounding the mines. The discussions are based on results from a prestudy and literature review on mining and sustainable development conducted during 2013–2014 at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. ‘A social licence to mine’ is important for the mining industry, but the social dimension is a relatively underdeveloped dimension when it comes to sustainable development in general and the mining industry in particular, one reason probably being the lack of effective methods for capturing social impacts. The mining industry and the surrounding communities face many challenges that provide both possibilities and obstacles to socially sustainable development; eg aspects such as gender, work conditions and cultural aspects. For example, a strong mining workplace culture and community identity can createstrong cohesion but also lead to excluding certain groups, rejecting new ideas and reinforcing obsolete values. Other challenges include recruitment, as well as health and safety in relation to an increased use of fly-in-fly-out, contractors and automation of mining. Some challenges relate to the effects of fluctuations in the mining market. There is a lack of research that links attitudes, policies and activities within companies to their impact on the wider community, and vice versa. Future research should also include the development of methods and indicators for social sustainability relevant for mining – in other words: how do mining companies get ‘a social licence to mine’?
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- Abrahamsson, Lena, et al.
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Mining and Sustainable Development : Gender, Diversity and Work Conditions in Mining
- 2014
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Swedish mining companies and surrounding mining communities face many challenges when it comes to social sustainable development. For example, a strong mining workplace culture and community identity can create both strong cohesion but also lead to exclusion of certain groups, rejection of new ideas and reinforce traditional, masculine values. Other challenges include recruitment, as well as health and safety in relation to an increased use of contractors and automation of mining. The social dimension is relatively underdeveloped in studies of sustainable development in general and the mining industry in particular. This report reviews research on social sustainable development and mining with a special focus on (1) diversity of lifestyles, (2) gender, and (3) work conditions. Swedish and international research is reviewed and knowledge gaps are identified. All three areas of research can be regarded as relatively mature and they give important contributions to ourunderstanding of social sustainable development in relation to the mining sector even if they not always explicitly refer to it as such. There is a lack of research that links attitudes, policies and activities within companies to their impact on the wider society, and vice versa. Future research should also include the development of methods and indicators for social sustainability relevant for mining.
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- Abrahamsson, Lena, et al.
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Project: Mining and sustainable development - gender, diversity and work condition
- 2014
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Other publication (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Detta är ett delprojekt som handlar om den sociala dimensionen av hållbar utveckling (och då specifikt ”gender”, ”diversity” och ”work conditions”). Huvudprojektet "Mining and sustainable development" är en förstudie för att utveckla ett större forskningsprogram om hållbar utveckling i gruvindustrin. Förstudien gick under 2014 med finansiering från bl.a. LKAB. Patrik Söderholm (nationalekonomi) var projektledare. I arbetsgruppen ingick även Björn Öhlander, Frauke Ecke, Anders Widerlund, Roine Wiklund, Petter Hojem mfl.
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- Eliasson, Benitha, et al.
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Vägen från beroende – rak eller krokig? : uppföljning av mångbesökare inom missbruks- och beroendevård
- 2013
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Den här slutrapporten redovisar den uppföljning av Mångbesökareinom missbruks- och beroendevård som gjorts i Norrbotten mellanseptember 2011 och december 2013. Uppföljningen har genomförtsgemensamt av Kommunförbundet, FoU Norrbotten och Norrbottensläns landsting, i samarbete med Kriminalvården/Frivården.I uppföljningen analyseras tretton mångbesökares nyttjande av sjukvårdens,socialtjänstens samt Kriminalvårdens/Frivårdens resurserunder ett år. Syftet med uppföljningen är tredelat. För det första ärsyftet att kartlägga och följa upp mångbesökares nyttjande av olikatyper av vård- och stödinsatser, vilket sker genom en journal- och aktgranskning.I kartläggningen ingår även en kostnadsberäkning. För detandra är syftet att undersöka mångbesökares uppfattning om och upplevelseav vården och stödet samt om det bemötande som de har fåttfrån de olika organisationerna. Här utgör intervjuer den huvudsakligainsamlingsmetoden. För det tredje är syftet att identifiera och arbetamed de systembrister som framkommer i uppföljningen. En viktig deli arbetet med systembrister är de fokusgrupper vi träffat. Deras erfarenheterutgör en viktig del i uppföljningens resultat.Till mångbesökare räknas personer med missbruk eller beroende somunder en tolv månaders period har besökt landstingets akutsjukvård(den somatiska eller psykiatriska) minst fyra gånger eller som har vårdatsminst fyra gånger på en av landstingets vårdavdelningar.Urvalet av mångbesökare gjordes vid Länsgemensam psykiatri ochMoB-enheten. Det innebar att drygt hälften av mångbesökarna hadebåde missbruk eller beroende och psykiatrisk problematik (samsjuklighet).I den här rapporten redovisas dessa mångbesökares nyttjandeav vård- och stödresurser, till exempel sluten- och öppenvård frånsjukvården, insatser från socialtjänsten och Kriminalvården/Frivården.Dessutom redovisas kostnader för dessa insatser.Det centrala i analysen utgör fallstudierna som ger en helhetsbild avindividernas vård och stöd, samt deras upplevelser under ett år. Sexfallstudier presenteras, med fyra män och två kvinnor i olika åldrarmellan 20-60 år. Olika typer av missbruk (drog- och alkoholmissbruk,blandmissbruk, missbruk av läkemedel) illustreras. Dessa personerföljs under ett års tid via medicinska journaler, socialtjänstens akter,Kriminalvårdens/Frivårdens handlingar samt intervjuer. Två fallstudiergjordes på mångbesökare som hade fått särskilda former av stöd,Case managers samt substitutionsbehandlingen LABO. För att än merlyfta fram brukarperspektivet gjordes en extra fallstudie där intervjumaterialettilläts ha tyngdpunkten på mångbesökares och närståendesupplevelse av vården och stödet. Samtliga fallstudier har illustreratsmed ett flödesschema och kompletterats med en kostnadsanalys.
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- Johansson, Tim, et al.
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Revealing Social Values by 3D City Visualization in City Transformations
- 2016
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In: Sustainability. - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 8:2
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Social sustainability is a widely used concept in urban planning research and practice. However, knowledge of spatial distributions of social values and aspects of social sustainability is required. Visualization of these distributions is also highly valuable, but challenging, and rarely attempted in sparsely populated urban environments in rural areas. This article presents a method that highlights social values in spatial models through 3D visualization, describes the methodology to generate the models, and discusses potential applications. The models were created using survey, building, infrastructure and demographic data for Gällivare, Sweden, a small city facing major transformation due to mining subsidence. It provides an example of how 3D models of important social sustainability indices can be designed to display citizens’ attitudes regarding their financial status, the built environment, social inclusion and welfare services. The models helped identify spatial variations in perceptions of the built environment that correlate (inter alia) with closeness to certain locations, gender and distances to public buildings. Potential uses of the model for supporting efforts by practitioners, researchers and citizens to visualize and understand social values in similar urban environments are discussed, together with ethical issues (particularly regarding degrees of anonymity) concerning its wider use for inclusive planning.
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- Lindberg, Malin, Professor, 1978-, et al.
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Co-Creative Place Innovation in an Arctic Town
- 2020
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In: Journal of Place Management and Development. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1753-8335 .- 1753-8343. ; 13:4, s. 447-463
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose – The purpose of the study is to shed light on co-creative approaches for place innovation in an Arctic town, based on the relocation of Kiruna’s city center in northern Sweden. Three cases of co-creative innovation processes in Kiruna are investigated and compared: an R&D project about local perceptions and visions of attractive urban environments, an R&D project about norm-creative design principles for inclusive and attractive urban design, and an R&D project about cross-industrial synergies for city center attractiveness.Design/methodology/approach – The study’s research design encompasses a comparative and participatory approach. The comparative approach implies investigation and comparison of three cases of co-creative innovation processes in Kiruna. The participatory approach implies joint development of new knowledge by researchers and local actors. The data consists of participatory observations of workshops and qualitative interviews with local actors.Findings – The study reveals that the studied processes have harnessed the city center relocation as an opportunity to make Kiruna more attractive to residents and visitors, by employing the co-creative approaches of Living Lab, Now-Wow-How and Norm-creative design. These approaches have enabled experts and local actors to jointly identify excluding patterns and norms in the relocation process, and to envision inclusive and attractive (re-)configurations and (re-)conceptualizations of the future Kiruna.Research implications – The results add to the academic strand of inclusive urban transformation, by providing insights into co-creative approaches for re-imagining an Arctic town in times of industrial and social change. New insights are provided regarding how the geographical, industrial and cultural identity of an Arctic town can be harnessed to envision new configuration, content and communication that is attractive and accessible for a diversity of residents and visitors. Practical implications – The results highlight the potential to harness Arctic and rural characteristics in the promotion of urban attractiveness and public wellbeing, especially when combined with co-creative identification and transformation of excluding norms and patterns.Originality/value – The results provide new insights into how co-creative approaches may facilitate innovative and inclusive renewal of towns and cities in the Arctic and beyond.
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