A Model for Measuring and Assessing Social Sustainability: Ankara Dikmen Valley Case Study

Abstract

During the transformation of cities, the concept of sustainability has been incorporated into political discourse. Due to the emphasis on environmental and economic aspects of sustainability in urban interventions, issues of social inequality, insufficiency, insecurity, social exclusion, and a lack of social unity have been highlighted. Since the primary purpose of urban interventions is to improve the spatial structure, enhancing and maintaining social structure is essential in ensuring spatial sustainability. This paper focuses on measuring and assessing social sustainability before and after urban interventions. This paper presents a model that defines the key issues and criteria of social sustainability, the objectives and sub-objectives for achieving social sustainability, and the indicators to measure and evaluate them. The universal model is based on a holistic approach that can be applied to all urban areas and scales.