Social and Climate (In-)Equality Perspectives within the SDGs: Introducing the Inequality and Poverty Assessment Model for a Sustainable Transformation of Housing

In this paper, we bring issues of inequality as a cross-cutting principle to all SDGs with a critical perspective on power relations, exemplified through the relevant social question of housing. For this purpose, we have developed the inequality and poverty assessment model (IPAM), a systematic appr...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-11, Vol.14 (23), p.15869
Main Authors: Bukowski, Meike, Kreissl, Katharina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affordable housing
Climate change
Commodification
Cross cutting
Demonstrations & protests
Dwellings
Econometric models
Economic aspects
Economic research
Energy efficiency
Environmental aspects
Environmental equity
Environmental justice
Equality
Green buildings
Housing
Inequality
Land use
Land use management
Literature reviews
Mixed methods research
Poverty
Power
Research design
Social aspects
Social exclusion
Sustainable development
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Summary:In this paper, we bring issues of inequality as a cross-cutting principle to all SDGs with a critical perspective on power relations, exemplified through the relevant social question of housing. For this purpose, we have developed the inequality and poverty assessment model (IPAM), a systematic approach for streamlining problems and solutions within the SDG-framework in an inequality-sensitive way, serving as a guideline to screen topics for five dimensions of social and environmental justice: (a) distribution, (b) procedure and participation, (c) fairness in climate and environmental adaptation, (d) legitimacy and (e) recognition. Following a mixed-methods research design with expert interviews, stakeholder workshops, document analysis and an extensive literature review, we identify areas of concern, such as the interlinkage of energy efficient, affordable and climate-friendly housing, and elaborate on strategies and policy recommendations to support affordable and sustainable housing, in the specific context of urban (in)equalities in Austria. We recommend three sets of measures on the (I) De-commodification of housing by remunicipalisation, (II) De-commodification by spatial and building planning and regulated land use and (III) Strategies for more inclusive housing.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su142315869