Abstract
On 2016 the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda officially came into force proposing that Governments can work to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all. This study aims to analyze the contribution of Residential Elderly Care Center – RECC to promote SD along with social support in urban centers of megacities. Considering that the current scenario presents: longer life expectancy and increasing numbers of older people; the growing presence of women in the market and the hierarchy of companies making more and more difficult for them to stay at home as well as the failure of public care structure to respond adequately to citizens’ demands new business models are welcome. While the families are getting smaller which removes potential caregivers within them, conversely mobility issues among peripheral areas and public institutions are increasing. Large arrangements for caring can be useful in some contexts, but generally, require commuting from home to the support structure and new public and private investments. The potential reduction of human daily dislocations could improve the environment and life quality in megacities in many aspects: decreasing vehicles CO2 emissions, pollution and the volume of traffic; giving practicality to everyday life of families with dependent members of care and generating new opportunities of small business. In addition, this new residential structures employment might reduce the need to shift the caregivers themselves to their work place, strengthen community bounds and not require immobilization of new properties of the exclusive use for Care centers in highly urbanized areas. The methodology used in this paper is based in the exploratory-descriptive and bibliographical-documentary method. Results of the study are corroborated by a series of complementary research of the authors. Conceptual step-by-step flowchart to assist an entrepreneur to open a RECC is described.
Highlights
AND PROBLEM STATEMENT The growing concern over the environmental degradation started a series of meetings along the XX century
The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment occurred at Stockholm (1972) considered the need for a common outlook and principles to inspire and guide the world in the preservation and enhancement of the human environment
Captained by the United Nations (UN) the relationship between the economy and the environment was incorporated to politic debates at Eco-Rio 92 conference, the Kyoto Protocol (1997), and Rio 2012 placing on many countries agenda how to deal with socioenvironmental issues
Summary
AND PROBLEM STATEMENT The growing concern over the environmental degradation started a series of meetings along the XX century. Captained by the United Nations (UN) the relationship between the economy and the environment was incorporated to politic debates at Eco-Rio 92 conference, the Kyoto Protocol (1997), and Rio 2012 placing on many countries agenda how to deal with socioenvironmental issues Despite all these events and consequent global agreements signed in recent decades, in order to ratify the commitment for Sustainable Development (concept that comes with the publication of the Brundtland Report 1987- WCED, 1991) several studies and proposals have been presented in the last decades, intended to protect and enhance the well-being of both present and future generations, by promoting sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, creating greater opportunities for all, reducing inequalities, raising basic standards of living, fostering equitable social development and inclusion, and promoting integrated and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems in urban areas. The methodological approach for this study was descriptive and exploratory, qualitative basis from bibliographic and documentary research on the themes: sustainable development, carbon footprint and environmental aspects, urban centers, mobility, changing in age structure and population pyramid, quality of life, social inclusion, Entrepreneurship and public policy. In this study the hypothetical-deductive method was adopted (DANE, 1990), where theories, concepts, data and empirical results from the literature were presented interactively, to justify the relevance of the proposal considering the upcoming issues
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