Systems Analysis Framework for Selecting Sustainability Assessment Models: A Proposal to Support the Sugarcane Ethanol Case in the State of São Paulo
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https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2018v7i3.p177-213Keywords:
Sustainability Evaluation, Bioethanol, System Approach, EnergyAbstract
In Brazil, the sugarcane ethanol has presented extent prominence as biofuel. Then, postulating sustainability for this activity is an essential, difficult but important challenge. With the options range of assessment tools available, this research focused on how these complex issues are considered in the selection of valuation models process as well as how these models are chosen and proposed. For the search was conducted a contextual analysis, identified intervention points for the sugarcane ethanol system, identified critical issues involved in the sustainability concept and its assessment, and was ranked attributes for systemic criteria. The research concluded that there hasn´t been an adequate linkage between the analysis models and their selection, harming the operational sustainability and evaluation. So, the analytical and systemic framework proposed for model selection of sustainability assessment, can contribute to the decision-making process and the formulation and / or evaluation of public policies aimed for the sector's sustainability.
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SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) 2015. Bioenergy & Sustainability: Bridging the Gaps. Edited by GM Souza, RL Victoria, CA Joly, LM Verdade. Scientific, São Paulo.
Scott J 2000. Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. SAGE Publications.
Simon HA 1962. The Architecture of Complexity. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 106 (6):467–82.
Solé R, Goodwin B 2000. Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. Basic Books, New York.
Souza HJ 2009. Como Se Faz a Análise de Conjuntura. Vozes, Petrópolis.
Stattman SL, Hospes O, Mol APJ 2013. Governing Biofuels in Brazil : A Comparison of Ethanol and Biodiesel Policies. Energy Policy 61:22–30.
Tayra F 2006. Capital Natural e Graus de Sustentabilidade Visões de Mundo e Objetivos Conflitantes. Pensamento & Realidade. Revista Do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados Em Administração-FEA, 100–118.
Turner RK 2006. Sustainability Auditing and Assessment Challenges. Building Research and Information.
Vasconcellos M 2003. Pensamento Sistêmico. O Novo Paradigma Da Ciência. Papirus Editora, São Paulo.
Wiek A, Binder C, Scholz RW 2006. Functions of Scenarios in Transition Processes. Futures 38(7):740-66.
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GOMES, Priscila Rodrigues; FERNANDES, Valdir; MALHEIROS, Tadeu Fabrício. Systems Analysis Framework for Selecting Sustainability Assessment Models: A Proposal to Support the Sugarcane Ethanol Case in the State of São Paulo. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 3, p. 177–213, 2018. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2018v7i3.p177-213. Disponível em: https://revistas.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/3000. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.
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