Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) of landfills - a systemic approach: theoretical considerations
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T1 - Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) of landfills - a systemic approach
T2 - theoretical considerations
AU - Lang, Daniel Johannes
AU - Scholz, Roland W.
AU - Binder, Claudia R.
AU - Wiek, Arnim
AU - Stäubli, Beat
PY - 2007/11/1
Y1 - 2007/11/1
N2 - Implementing sustainable development (SD) requires operationalizing this rather vague guiding principle in a socio-technological context. This paper refers to a notion of SD that stresses approaching SD from a systemic perspective. We first present the Function-Structure-Context Framework to appraise if and how systemic characteristics are considered in assessments. The latter framework includes a functional, structural, and contextual dimension, as well as the interdependencies of these dimensions. We then analyze four currently applied landfill assessment methods with respect to this framework: i.e., MCEA (Modified Cost Effectiveness Analysis), LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), RA (Risk Assessment), and TVA (Swiss Technical Ordinance Waste). With respect to the analyzed methods, we can reveal that each of them focuses on specific systemic dimensions in its assessment step, whereas none refers to the whole range of dimensions and interdependencies of the framework presented. We then propose the so-called Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) as an alternative comprehensive SD assessment approach, which has the potential to integrate the results of the other methods for achieving a systemic SD assessment.
AB - Implementing sustainable development (SD) requires operationalizing this rather vague guiding principle in a socio-technological context. This paper refers to a notion of SD that stresses approaching SD from a systemic perspective. We first present the Function-Structure-Context Framework to appraise if and how systemic characteristics are considered in assessments. The latter framework includes a functional, structural, and contextual dimension, as well as the interdependencies of these dimensions. We then analyze four currently applied landfill assessment methods with respect to this framework: i.e., MCEA (Modified Cost Effectiveness Analysis), LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), RA (Risk Assessment), and TVA (Swiss Technical Ordinance Waste). With respect to the analyzed methods, we can reveal that each of them focuses on specific systemic dimensions in its assessment step, whereas none refers to the whole range of dimensions and interdependencies of the framework presented. We then propose the so-called Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA) as an alternative comprehensive SD assessment approach, which has the potential to integrate the results of the other methods for achieving a systemic SD assessment.
KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication
KW - Sustainable development (SD)
KW - Systemic perspective
KW - Function-Structure-Context Framework
KW - Method comparison
KW - Modified Cost Effectiveness Analysis (MCEA)
KW - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
KW - Assessment (RA
KW - Sustainability Potential Analysis (SPA)
KW - Landfill management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2006.08.004
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 15
SP - 1628
EP - 1638
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
SN - 0959-6526
IS - 17
ER -