INVESTIGADORES
FRANCO Ada Judith
artículos
Título:
Experiences and participatory tools for evaluation of sustainability of local development projects.
Autor/es:
MANRIQUE S.; FRANCO J.
Revista:
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Editorial:
European Center of Sustainable Development
Referencias:
Lugar: Roma; Año: 2015 vol. 4 p. 1 - 12
Resumen:
The Sustainability measuring is the strongest conducting force for the discussion of SustainableDevelopment (SD). A reliable measuring tool is a prerequisite for the assessment sustainability theprocesses, alternatives or systems. In Salta, Argentina, the bioenergy systems (energy systems basedon biomass) could be implemented but it is necessary to define the baseline, in order to be able tomonitor changes of the system as a whole. We build a simple and replicable methodology to estimatethe level of sustainability ? from a framework locally and participating defined- of the CentralRegion (system or unit of analysis), and test how this level of sustainability could improve or worsenfrom the implementation of an bioenergy project. By means of a multidimensional analysis and thecalculation of indexes, a current image diagnosis was obtained. This image was observed then in thepotential future evolution, if bioenergy systems are implemented in the zone. The failings and theimbalances of the system are clearly identified, and therefore, allow focus towards the dimensionsand variables that need to implement policies and corrective instruments. The methodologydeveloped could be used to test other projects for the region or to be retrofitted with new variablesin other regions.