This editorial addresses social infrastructure in relation to urban planning and localisation, drawing together the themes this thematic issue on “Localizing Social Infrastructures: Welfare, Equity, Community.” Having contextualised infrastructure, we present each of 12 contributions by theme: (a) consequences localisation for individuals, (b) preconditions localising landscape, (c) long-term s...

As environmental criteria become more and more important for the energy systems operation and planning, this paper proposes a method that can support the decision makers in future electricity systems planning. The evaluation of future electric power transmission investment plans is based on a social welfare analysis when the external costs of production are internalized. The social benefit can ...

In this paper we argue for the importance of capturing and representing deliberation in participatory planning practices. We discuss the concept of deliberation in planning theory, and argue for a paradigm that puts deliberation at the centre of public participation to planning decision. We argue that in order to enable effective participation, the normally ephemeral deliberation process needs ...

AIMS AND METHOD To develop a scale to measure social satisfaction in people with substance use disorders and to test its psychometric properties. The rationale is that social satisfaction is more universal and relevant to treatment planning than assessing social problems. The new Social Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ) was derived from an existing social problems questionnaire and validation wa...