Pub Date : 2017-11-26DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088112
Gabriela Klier, Tomás Emilio Busan, Federico Martín di Pasquo, Paula Blois, Christian Federico Francese, G. Folguera
The environmental issue has been considered a 'starting point' for certain epistemological transformations that aim at rethinking the way of performing science and interpreting the nature-society relationship. In this paper, we will explore controversial disputes in the natural science field through the analysis of a particular case study: the socio-environmental issues (SEIs) in the Argentinean Gran Chaco. Analysing the relation between scientific problems and SEIs and the traditional scientific approximations, our conclusions point that environmental issues arouse challenges to the sciences, to the way they are thought of, situated and built. They make manifestation of the idea that it is crucial to recover the 'for what' of the scientific practice, building a science that dialogues with other voices and with a starting point in local and situated problems.
{"title":"Natural sciences and environmental issues: a contribution from the philosophy of environmental sciences","authors":"Gabriela Klier, Tomás Emilio Busan, Federico Martín di Pasquo, Paula Blois, Christian Federico Francese, G. Folguera","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088112","url":null,"abstract":"The environmental issue has been considered a 'starting point' for certain epistemological transformations that aim at rethinking the way of performing science and interpreting the nature-society relationship. In this paper, we will explore controversial disputes in the natural science field through the analysis of a particular case study: the socio-environmental issues (SEIs) in the Argentinean Gran Chaco. Analysing the relation between scientific problems and SEIs and the traditional scientific approximations, our conclusions point that environmental issues arouse challenges to the sciences, to the way they are thought of, situated and built. They make manifestation of the idea that it is crucial to recover the 'for what' of the scientific practice, building a science that dialogues with other voices and with a starting point in local and situated problems.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"255"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088112","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45365658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-11-26DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088125
L. Cortizo, N. Scelsio, Sergio Perotti, J. Martegani, Laura Maria Isabel Lopez
Tannery is an industry that generates wastewater characterised by high levels of organic matter, chrome, dissolved solids, sulphides and high salinity. The aim of this work was to evaluate at laboratory scale, the decrease of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and salinity from effluents from tanning sheepskins, using physical chemical methods in primary treatment, and bioreactor and wetlands for secondary and tertiary treatment, respectively. Effluents were collected from tanning processes of sheepskins carried out on the Center of Research and Technology on leather tannery plant, La Plata, Argentina. Conventional primary treatments selecting coagulants and flocculants were employed. For secondary treatment, batch bioreactors were designed, and the maximum COD removal was 60-70%. For the tertiary treatment, wetlands at laboratory scale were employed. In this test wetlands were filled with granite stone, with and without the plant Sarcocornia perennis, and COD decreased on average by 64% additional and chlorides concentration decreased by around 15%.
{"title":"Performance evaluation of aerobic reactor and Sarcocornia perennis to reduce the COD and chloride of effluents from tanning sheepskins","authors":"L. Cortizo, N. Scelsio, Sergio Perotti, J. Martegani, Laura Maria Isabel Lopez","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088125","url":null,"abstract":"Tannery is an industry that generates wastewater characterised by high levels of organic matter, chrome, dissolved solids, sulphides and high salinity. The aim of this work was to evaluate at laboratory scale, the decrease of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and salinity from effluents from tanning sheepskins, using physical chemical methods in primary treatment, and bioreactor and wetlands for secondary and tertiary treatment, respectively. Effluents were collected from tanning processes of sheepskins carried out on the Center of Research and Technology on leather tannery plant, La Plata, Argentina. Conventional primary treatments selecting coagulants and flocculants were employed. For secondary treatment, batch bioreactors were designed, and the maximum COD removal was 60-70%. For the tertiary treatment, wetlands at laboratory scale were employed. In this test wetlands were filled with granite stone, with and without the plant Sarcocornia perennis, and COD decreased on average by 64% additional and chlorides concentration decreased by around 15%.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.088125","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47019569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-11-26DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10008937
A. A. Pérez, M. Fajardo, S. Farías, A. M. Strobl, S. Camarda, B. Garrido, Fiorella Alassia
Mussels are bioaccumulative organisms that are used to monitor marine environments. The levels of 19 metals and metalloids were determined in Mytilus edulis platensis in three sites of the San Jorge Gulf: Bahia Solano (BS), Punta Maqueda (PM) and Km 3 (KM3). The limit values of contaminants As: 16; Cd: 3.7; Cu: 10; Ni: 3.4; Pb: 3.2 and Zn: 200, in μg/g dry weight, were not reached in the sampling sites, except for Cd in PM. The principal component analysis (PCA) showed a relationship between PM and high levels of Cd, between KM3 and high levels of Al, Cu, Pb and Zn, and between BS and high levels of Be, B, Sr and Ag. These results have contributed to the establishment of the state of situation in the spring of 2010 for 19 elements, which could be used in future studies of monitoring and assessment of the environmental risk owing to metal and metalloid contamination in the coasts of Argentine Patagonia.
{"title":"Metals and metalloids in mussels from the Argentine Patagonia","authors":"A. A. Pérez, M. Fajardo, S. Farías, A. M. Strobl, S. Camarda, B. Garrido, Fiorella Alassia","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10008937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10008937","url":null,"abstract":"Mussels are bioaccumulative organisms that are used to monitor marine environments. The levels of 19 metals and metalloids were determined in Mytilus edulis platensis in three sites of the San Jorge Gulf: Bahia Solano (BS), Punta Maqueda (PM) and Km 3 (KM3). The limit values of contaminants As: 16; Cd: 3.7; Cu: 10; Ni: 3.4; Pb: 3.2 and Zn: 200, in μg/g dry weight, were not reached in the sampling sites, except for Cd in PM. The principal component analysis (PCA) showed a relationship between PM and high levels of Cd, between KM3 and high levels of Al, Cu, Pb and Zn, and between BS and high levels of Be, B, Sr and Ag. These results have contributed to the establishment of the state of situation in the spring of 2010 for 19 elements, which could be used in future studies of monitoring and assessment of the environmental risk owing to metal and metalloid contamination in the coasts of Argentine Patagonia.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48730251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-08-31DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007150
O. M. Isinkaye, J. I. Agbi, Y. Ajiboye, R. Obasi
Heavy metals and natural radionuclides in sediments of Awara and Osse reservoirs, Ondo State, Nigeria have been measured using X-ray fluorescence and γ-ray spectrometry techniques. Heavy metals detected in the two reservoirs include K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Ba, Pb and Th. The average concentrations of the measured heavy and trace metals in the sediment of Awara dam vary as Fe>K>Ca>Mn>Ti> Sr>Cr>V>Rb>Zn>Ni>Cu while those of Osse dam vary as Ba>K>Fe>Ca> Mn>Sr>Ti>V>Rb>Cr>Zn>Ni>Th>Pb>Cu. Geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor evaluation of potentially toxic heavy metal contents in both reservoirs revealed that the two reservoirs are uncontaminated with hazardous heavy metals. Naturally occurring radionuclides (40K and 232Th) detected in the two reservoirs show values that are higher than their mean crustal value, while 226Ra is lower than the world mean crustal value. There is little or no ecological or radiological risk associated with the sediment of the two reservoirs.
{"title":"Assessment of environmental and radiological health hazards due to heavy metals and radionuclides contents in utility water reservoirs' sediments","authors":"O. M. Isinkaye, J. I. Agbi, Y. Ajiboye, R. Obasi","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007150","url":null,"abstract":"Heavy metals and natural radionuclides in sediments of Awara and Osse reservoirs, Ondo State, Nigeria have been measured using X-ray fluorescence and γ-ray spectrometry techniques. Heavy metals detected in the two reservoirs include K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Ba, Pb and Th. The average concentrations of the measured heavy and trace metals in the sediment of Awara dam vary as Fe>K>Ca>Mn>Ti> Sr>Cr>V>Rb>Zn>Ni>Cu while those of Osse dam vary as Ba>K>Fe>Ca> Mn>Sr>Ti>V>Rb>Cr>Zn>Ni>Th>Pb>Cu. Geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor evaluation of potentially toxic heavy metal contents in both reservoirs revealed that the two reservoirs are uncontaminated with hazardous heavy metals. Naturally occurring radionuclides (40K and 232Th) detected in the two reservoirs show values that are higher than their mean crustal value, while 226Ra is lower than the world mean crustal value. There is little or no ecological or radiological risk associated with the sediment of the two reservoirs.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41670561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-08-31DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007152
A. Salibián
New methodologies are being designed to describe and study the toxicity profiles of environmental compartments as well as their impacts on their biotic communities. Classical toxicology is enriched with suborganismic and subcellular techniques, which allow a detailed knowledge of the effects and mechanisms of action of the toxicants in the ecosystemic compartments. These advances have been achieved with contributions from the Omic Sciences, which allowed a more detailed evaluation of the structural and functional changes provoked by the toxics. Thus, toxicogenomics was structured, which with the help of bioinformatics, is recognised as complementary to the information provided by toxicology. More recently, toxicogenomics was associated with ecotoxicology, contributing to a more detailed understanding and interpretation of the adverse environmental impacts of anthropic origin in the context of a new subdiscipline (ecotoxicogenomics). These advances will also contribute to the design of new environmental regulatory protocols.
{"title":"New strategies in ecotoxicology and toxicogenomics","authors":"A. Salibián","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007152","url":null,"abstract":"New methodologies are being designed to describe and study the toxicity profiles of environmental compartments as well as their impacts on their biotic communities. Classical toxicology is enriched with suborganismic and subcellular techniques, which allow a detailed knowledge of the effects and mechanisms of action of the toxicants in the ecosystemic compartments. These advances have been achieved with contributions from the Omic Sciences, which allowed a more detailed evaluation of the structural and functional changes provoked by the toxics. Thus, toxicogenomics was structured, which with the help of bioinformatics, is recognised as complementary to the information provided by toxicology. More recently, toxicogenomics was associated with ecotoxicology, contributing to a more detailed understanding and interpretation of the adverse environmental impacts of anthropic origin in the context of a new subdiscipline (ecotoxicogenomics). These advances will also contribute to the design of new environmental regulatory protocols.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47403504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-08-31DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007145
A. Venturino
The search for early and sensitive biomarkers pointing to toxic effects of contaminants over organisms has led the state-of-the-art to the molecular mechanisms of signalling, target and response. The trial to obtain more specific biomarkers of response to toxicants was, in general, biased by the finding of multiple crosstalks between signalling and the transcription factor regulation on gene expression. Molecular biomarkers of toxicity generally show higher sensitivity and precocity in the response, whereas classical biomarkers such as cholinesterases in organisms exposed to anticholinesterasic agents may show 'inconsistent' responses. The use of non-model aquatic organisms, in general, defies the application of commercially available antibodies and implies the design of primers for gene expression studies from model species sequences. The application of transcriptomics has opened a new way to gene annotation and for the design of adequate molecules as tools for the research in new biomarkers in autochthonous species.
{"title":"Toxicogenomics: new strategies for ecotoxicology studies in autochthonous species I. A glade in the entangled path towards the 'fingerprint' of environmental impact?","authors":"A. Venturino","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007145","url":null,"abstract":"The search for early and sensitive biomarkers pointing to toxic effects of contaminants over organisms has led the state-of-the-art to the molecular mechanisms of signalling, target and response. The trial to obtain more specific biomarkers of response to toxicants was, in general, biased by the finding of multiple crosstalks between signalling and the transcription factor regulation on gene expression. Molecular biomarkers of toxicity generally show higher sensitivity and precocity in the response, whereas classical biomarkers such as cholinesterases in organisms exposed to anticholinesterasic agents may show 'inconsistent' responses. The use of non-model aquatic organisms, in general, defies the application of commercially available antibodies and implies the design of primers for gene expression studies from model species sequences. The application of transcriptomics has opened a new way to gene annotation and for the design of adequate molecules as tools for the research in new biomarkers in autochthonous species.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46472509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-08-31DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007149
Carolina M. Aronzon, G. Svartz, C. P. Coll
The toxicities of endosulfan and diazinon were comparatively analysed on the early development of the South American toad, Rhinella arenarum. Pesticides varied greatly in their effects on survival, with concentration-, time- and stage-dependent sensitivity. Endosulfan was 227 times more toxic than diazinon. The larval period was the most sensitive for both pesticides (LC-504 h: 0.01 mg L-1 and 1.92 mg L-1 for endosulfan and diazinon, respectively). Endosulfan toxicity increased 587 and 60 times from acute to chronic exposure in treatments with embryos and larvae, respectively, while diazinon toxicity increased about four and five times, respectively. Both pesticides caused important neurotoxic effects expressed as behavioural disturbances. Risk evaluation assessed by hazard quotient (HQ) was over 1, the level of concern (LOC), for both pesticides at chronic exposure periods and even at acute endosulfan exposure. Results obtained in the present study highlight that these pesticides should be considered potential threats for this species.
{"title":"Comparative toxicity of endosulfan and diazinon on the embryo-larval development of the South American toad, Rhinella arenarum","authors":"Carolina M. Aronzon, G. Svartz, C. P. Coll","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007149","url":null,"abstract":"The toxicities of endosulfan and diazinon were comparatively analysed on the early development of the South American toad, Rhinella arenarum. Pesticides varied greatly in their effects on survival, with concentration-, time- and stage-dependent sensitivity. Endosulfan was 227 times more toxic than diazinon. The larval period was the most sensitive for both pesticides (LC-504 h: 0.01 mg L-1 and 1.92 mg L-1 for endosulfan and diazinon, respectively). Endosulfan toxicity increased 587 and 60 times from acute to chronic exposure in treatments with embryos and larvae, respectively, while diazinon toxicity increased about four and five times, respectively. Both pesticides caused important neurotoxic effects expressed as behavioural disturbances. Risk evaluation assessed by hazard quotient (HQ) was over 1, the level of concern (LOC), for both pesticides at chronic exposure periods and even at acute endosulfan exposure. Results obtained in the present study highlight that these pesticides should be considered potential threats for this species.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49657683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-08-31DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007146
D. Ceschin
The emerging field of ecotoxicogenomics aims to combine large-scale approaches to study the responses of organisms to a toxicant. A holistic vision of gene and protein expression in response to toxic exposure contributes to the identification of cellular components, signalling pathways and novel mechanisms of action/response. Native species are preferential for evaluating the impact of contaminants generated by anthropic action. However, biomonitoring using autochthonous species (non-model organisms) is difficult owing to a deficiency of molecular biology data and analytical tools. Our experience in the study of biomarkers in the South American toad Rhinella arenarum revealed many difficulties of finding antibodies or designing probes for it. We performed a transcriptomic study in R. arenarum exposed to two organophosphorus pesticides. We determined that there are specific patterns of gene expression for each organophosphate tested. Thus, a transcriptome approach for biomarker screening seems to be helpful in defining specific gene expression behaviour for a given toxicant.
{"title":"Toxicogenomics: new strategies for ecotoxicology studies in autochthonous species II. The 'omic' era in non-model species. Transcriptome analysis for biomarker screening","authors":"D. Ceschin","doi":"10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007146","url":null,"abstract":"The emerging field of ecotoxicogenomics aims to combine large-scale approaches to study the responses of organisms to a toxicant. A holistic vision of gene and protein expression in response to toxic exposure contributes to the identification of cellular components, signalling pathways and novel mechanisms of action/response. Native species are preferential for evaluating the impact of contaminants generated by anthropic action. However, biomonitoring using autochthonous species (non-model organisms) is difficult owing to a deficiency of molecular biology data and analytical tools. Our experience in the study of biomarkers in the South American toad Rhinella arenarum revealed many difficulties of finding antibodies or designing probes for it. We performed a transcriptomic study in R. arenarum exposed to two organophosphorus pesticides. We determined that there are specific patterns of gene expression for each organophosphate tested. Thus, a transcriptome approach for biomarker screening seems to be helpful in defining specific gene expression behaviour for a given toxicant.","PeriodicalId":14036,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Environment and Health","volume":"8 1","pages":"213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42008656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-08-31DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10007153
Irene Calesini
This paper deals with Fagioli's human birth theory and its implications on mental health. The first relevance of his theory lies in the discovery and formulation that human life and psychic activity begin at birth, with the reaction of the biological matter to light, an inanimate reality which is absent in the foetal condition. The dynamics that this theory demonstrates is common to all human beings as it represents the physiology of birth, in which body and mind arise together. Since his first book 'Death Instinct and Knowledge' (1972), Fagioli stated that mental illness is not a condition men are destined to, but rather a pathology that can be treated and cured through psychotherapy. Mental illness is a disease affecting the irrational, non-conscious dimension, determined by a deficiency of affection in early human relationships. This psychotherapeutic approach could provide new perspectives and possibilities for healthcare services and prevention policies.
本文论述了法焦利的人类出生理论及其对心理健康的启示。他的理论的第一个相关性在于发现和公式化，即人类的生命和心理活动始于出生，伴随着生物物质对光的反应，这是胎儿状态下不存在的无生命现实。这一理论所展示的动力学对所有人类来说都是共同的，因为它代表了出生的生理学，身体和思想在其中共同产生。自1972年出版的第一本书《死亡本能与知识》（Death Instinct and Knowledge）以来，法焦利就指出，精神疾病不是人类注定要患的疾病，而是一种可以通过心理治疗治愈的病理。精神疾病是一种影响非理性、无意识维度的疾病，由早期人际关系中缺乏情感决定。这种心理治疗方法可以为医疗服务和预防政策提供新的视角和可能性。
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Pub Date : 2017-05-05DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2017.10004794
Cristina Simone, M. Calabrese
Globalisation exacerbates the need to conceive sustainable and shared solutions to the dramatic environmental, social and economic issues at a local level, i.e., for a specific territory. Satisfying this need asks for a decision-making processes awareness of the specific environmental, social and economic features of the territory itself. The paper starts debating the challenge to linking effectiveness and efficiency with a viable sustainability at a local level (par. 1); then, after discussing the vision of the territory in the economic literature (par.2), the work firstly offers deeper insights in understanding the complex nature of the territory according to the viable system approach (VSA) (par. 3) and secondly it proposes a new model, the ConsulCubo VSA, helpful to support the decision-makers facing the increasing challenge of an effective, efficient and sustainable management of territory (par 4); final remarks are then discussed and fully debated (par. 5).
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