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Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research
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Towards a multidimensional framework to assess the social and ecological fit of institutional arrangements for private protected areas
Publication . Iannuzzi, Giulia; Mourato, João; Santos, Rui
Private protected areas (PPAs) are considered a promising governance conservation tool to complement public-run
protected areas. Despite their promotion in national and international environmental agendas and increased
adoption worldwide, there has been little research on the overarching implications of their implementation. This
paper introduces a framework to explore the suitability of the institutional arrangements of PPAs to enhance nature
conservation whilst meeting societal needs. To do so, we draw on the literature on socio-ecological systems
incorporating insights from critical perspectives on agency and power. The resulting conceptual approach pinpoints
the interplays between the ecological and social systems, providing a systemic perspective which underpins an
interdisciplinary diagnostic framework. This draws on the concepts of social and ecological fit and integrates
contributions from the literature on good governance; fine-tuning good governance principles to suit PPAs. We
outline a multi-tiered tool for assessing PPAs. This is a first step to comprehensively addressing the match of PPAs’
institutional models with the ecological and social dimensions of complex systems.
Exploring energy poverty in urban and rural contexts in the Era of climate change: a comparative analysis of European countries and Israel
Publication . Dokupilová, Dušana; Stojilovska, Ana; Palma, Pedro; Gouveia, João Pedro; Paschalidou, Eleftheria G.; Barrella, Roberto; Feenstra, Marielle; Horta, Ana; Sánchez-Guevara, Carmen; Kádár, József; Tesanovic, Majda; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Hamed, Tareq Abu
This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and its manifestation at rural and urban scales across selected European countries and Israel. The study examined 31 locations in eight countries with diverse geo‐graphical and economic backgrounds: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, North Macedonia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, and Israel. The article aims to understand how winter energy vulnerability in rural and urban locations in these countries could be identified using selected energy poverty indicators and how it evolves under the influence of climate change. A set of sociodemographic, infrastructural, and economic variables, combined with climate analysis, were se‐
lected and assessed fortheir impact on energy poverty. We found that energy poverty in most countries depends significantly on location and regional development. Due to a combination of factors influencing energy poverty, rural households tend to be more vulnerable. Furthermore, climate change consequences will likely leave rural areas more likely to experience energy poverty in the future.
City integrated water-energy-food futures – CitySelfy project and stakeholders co-creation process
Publication . Dias, Luís; Vales, Ana Margarida; Seixas, Júlia; Truninger, Monica; Graça, João
Urban areas are major consumers of water, energy, and food (WEF). In 2015, Cascais municipality's water, energy, and food imports dependence was 68%, 86.6%, and 85.9%, respectively. This high dependence on external resources induces indirect WEF system pressure and poses risk to the municipality's long-term resilience.The CitySelfy project aims to analyse if WEF self-sufficiency at local scale can be a promoter of sustainability. The project includes participatory methodology, engaging local stakeholders in the conceptualization and exploration of prospective scenarios for the municipality's WEF systems. The first project stakeholder workshop highlighted a strong potential in achieving local WEF self-sufficiency. Throughout the process participants suggested avariety of solutions, such as rainwater harvesting, minimizing household food waste, and the establishing cohesive communities on integrated local WEF resources.This co-creation process facilitated the definition of detailed scenario narratives, which in turn will subsequently frame the modelling scenario development. This assessment will be crucial to identify the most viable and sustainable strategies for achieving self-sufficiency in WEF in Cascais.
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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UIDB/04085/2020