Thanx
Armando. I was wondering what social capital is
myself...
Larry
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Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Social Capital and MaptitudeHi Bob.Social Capital is a concept used mainly by sociologists and other researchers working on social equity, poverty, civil engagement and similar issues to refer to a social group4s potential to achieve mutual benefits through cooperative meansThe following paper is cosnidered to be the one that pushed the concept up into the poltical and research agenda a few years ago: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/assoc/bowling.htmlIn Europe it has been used for shaping political decissions on social welfare, health and housing for more a decade now, specially inthe UK. I understand that the push is strong in the US too.Non for profit organizations are using it as an indicator for focussing their efforts and evaluating their programs.The concept includes a number of geographic dimensions, but, as far as I am aware of, these dimensions have not been fully operationalized yet. Mapping and quantification of social capital are still in their infancy. There is a field wide open for research on (and opportunities for) GIS applications here.Cheers,Armando
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Subject: Re: [Maptitude] Social Capital and Maptitude
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On 1 Aug 2005 at 19:05, Armando Scalise wrote:
> Has anyone on this list been involved in applying GIS, and Mpatitude
> in particular, to research on social capital?
>
What is "Social capital?"
Bob
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