Assessing Sustainability of local production system s: A proposal based on socio-ecological resilience and collaboration

WEHBE M B; R A SEILER; A M VIANCO; MENDOZA, M.A; A M BARONIO; A. TONOLLI

GSDR 2015 Brief

ONU

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2015

Sustainability and resilience are considered the base for reaching a balanced functioning of socio-ecologicalsystems, facing internal conditions and external shocks. However, there is no agreement on how to get a good measure of both concepts to allow for managing local production systems in that sense. In this Brief a methodology for assessing sustainability of production systems asresult of a two-year research is presented. The possibility for applying this methodology rests on a collaborative process between science and policy to improve resilience, and therefore sustainability of local production systems.