From Indicators to Policies: Open Sustainability Assessment in the Water and Sanitation Sector
| Autor: | Maria Eugenia Hernandez, María Soledad Rodriguez-Alvarez, Christian Brannstrom, Martín Alejandro Iribarnegaray, María Laura Gatto D'andrea, Lucas Seghezzo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Index (economics)
Sanitation Geography Planning and Development lcsh:TJ807-830 lcsh:Renewable energy sources Management Monitoring Policy and Law OPEN SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 [https] Environmental Sustainability Index WATER AND SANITATION Sustainability organizations SALTA lcsh:Environmental sciences lcsh:GE1-350 WASSI sustainability indicators Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry open sustainability assessment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Environmental resource management Oceanografía Hidrología Recursos Hídricos Citizen journalism Salta SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS lcsh:TD194-195 Transparency (graphic) Sustainability Management system water and sanitation business CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp 14537-14557 (2015) Sustainability Volume 7 Issue 11 Pages 14537-14557 CONICET Digital (CONICET) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas instacron:CONICET |
| Popis: | A water and sanitation sustainability index (WASSI) was developed and estimated in four cities of the province of Salta, in northern Argentina. The index was built with nine descriptors and fifteen indicators that covered all essential aspects of the sustainability of local water and sanitation management systems. Only one of the cities studied obtained a sustainability value above the acceptability threshold adopted (50 of 100 points). Results indicate that the water company needs to address some environmental and social issues to enhance the sustainability of the systems studied. The WASSI was conceptually robust and operationally simple, and could be easily adapted to the case studies. The index can be followed and updated online on a web site specially developed for this project. This website could be useful to promote participatory processes, assist decision makers, and facilitate academic research. According to local stakeholders, a more open sustainability assessment based on sustainability indices and supported by virtual tools would be relevant and highly feasible. It would help decision makers improve the sustainability and transparency of water and sanitation management systems, and promote more sustainable water policies in the region and beyond. Fil: Iribarnegaray, Martín Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional; Argentina Fil: Gatto D'andrea, María Laura. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional; Argentina Fil: Rodriguez Alvarez, Maria Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional; Argentina Fil: Hernandez, Maria Eugenia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional; Argentina Fil: Brannstrom, Christian. Texas A&M University; Estados Unidos Fil: Seghezzo, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Departamento de Física. Instituto de Investigaciones en Energia No Convencional; Argentina |
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