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A New Development Model for a More Sustainable, Resilient and Fairer world

A special issue of Pollutants (ISSN 2673-4672). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Systems and Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 October 2021) | Viewed by 15229

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Dr. Simona Loperte

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Italian National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis IMAA, Tito Scalo, Italy
Interests: energy system analysis; emission reduction strategies at local scale; environmental balance (DPSIR); sustainable development; resilience, interregional cooperation
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Dear Colleagues,

Covid 19 is upsetting our lives, exposing the fragility and all the limits of the current development model. This terrible pandemic has been highlighting  the need to drive a societal transformation toward a more sustainable, resilient and fairer world also for the next generation. It poses to all of us the challenge of rethinking sustainable pathways for our planet defining a new development model by transformative resilience. “Our common future” report (WCED 1987) sensed the need to introduce more efficient  and sustainable production models in the use of energy and resources, reducing pollution and minimizing risks to health and accidents. Adopting a multidisciplinary and holistic approach on all dimensions of sustainability, community resilience can be increased through a structural combination of environmental sustainability, territorial safety and climate change contrasting policies. The purpose of this special issue is to emphasize the scientific results that can support the implementation of this new development model to guide the transition towards real sustainable development in all its dimensions (economic, social, environmental and institutional). I would like to encourage you to submit to this Special Issue your original research papers, short communication of preliminary results, review articles or commentaries to stimulate the discussion on this topic. 

Dr. Simona Loperte
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable development model
  • transformative resilience
  • territorial and community resilience
  • multidisciplinary and holistic approach
  • environmental sustainability
  • climate change contrasting policies

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A Trans-Disciplinary and Integral Model of Participatory Planning for a More Sustainable and Resilient Basilicata
by Simona Loperte
Pollutants 2022, 2(2), 205-233; https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants2020015 - 7 May 2022
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This article focuses on the importance of a trans-disciplinary and participatory planning approach aiming at promoting a more resilient community. The COVID-19 outbreak is not just a health pandemic, but also a compound crisis in a globalized world, which emphasizes the need for, [...] Read more.
This article focuses on the importance of a trans-disciplinary and participatory planning approach aiming at promoting a more resilient community. The COVID-19 outbreak is not just a health pandemic, but also a compound crisis in a globalized world, which emphasizes the need for, and urgency of, an ecological transition towards a new development model. This paper presents the outcomes of a research experience aimed at implementing a new development model inspired by integral sustainability for a transformative resilience of Basilicata region (Southern Italy). The research approach was implemented according to a participatory planning methodology to overcome the significant impacts of the pandemic and guide the transition towards real, sustainable development in all its dimensions (economic, social, environmental, and institutional). Community engagement in a research partnership allowed stakeholders to benefit from collective wisdom, creating more meaningful findings in preparing the regional community to face the challenges of the ecological transition. Scientific support of the research was fundamental in supporting political decision making in identifying strategic actions for a more sustainable and resilient Basilicata in this delicate historical moment of awareness, where the future will depend on today’s choices. Full article
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Understanding Land Changes for Sustainable Environmental Management: The Case of Basilicata Region (Southern Italy)
by Giuseppe Cillis, Biagio Tucci, Valentina Santarsiero, Gabriele Nolè and Antonio Lanorte
Pollutants 2021, 1(4), 217-233; https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants1040018 - 28 Nov 2021
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Sustainable land management is one of the key actions for the achievement of objectives set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, land represents a fundamental resource to address issues of climate change, biodiversity preservation, maintaining ecosystem services, and at the [...] Read more.
Sustainable land management is one of the key actions for the achievement of objectives set by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, land represents a fundamental resource to address issues of climate change, biodiversity preservation, maintaining ecosystem services, and at the same time ensuring shared prosperity and well-being. Therefore, it is necessary to activate strategies to monitor changes in land use and land cover in order to evaluate strategies for proper management. To do this, the new open source geospatial analysis tools and the increasing availability of remote sensed open data can allow the activation of methodologies for monitoring changes in land use and land cover in order to provide data usable in other research areas or, for example, to implement a decision support system for environmental sustainability. In this study, a GIS approach based on open remote sensing data has been used to perform a spatial analysis of land cover changes within the Basilicata region (Southern Italy) that is spatially expeditious yet accurate. The results showed a very evident land transformation with important repercussions on the environmental components. The ease of use of techniques makes this methodology replicable in other territory and can be used as a preliminary approach to sustainable development model. Full article
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The Cultivation of Industrial Hemp as Alternative Crop in a Less-Favoured Agricultural Area in Southern Italy: The Pignola Case Study
by Antonio Satriani, Antonio Loperte and Simone Pascucci
Pollutants 2021, 1(3), 169-180; https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants1030014 - 10 Aug 2021
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Industrial hemp cultivation has the potential to be an environmentally friendly and highly sustainable crop and it can fit well in crop rotation practices to increase soil fertility. For this study, two commercial varieties of industrial hemp with low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content were [...] Read more.
Industrial hemp cultivation has the potential to be an environmentally friendly and highly sustainable crop and it can fit well in crop rotation practices to increase soil fertility. For this study, two commercial varieties of industrial hemp with low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content were used to test its reintroduction chance in the study area and to evaluate its response in terms of yield with respect to the soil and drought conditions of the area. During the vegetative period, non-invasive measures of the soil’s water status were performed using Watermark probes and ground penetrating radar. In addition, hemp crops vigour monitoring was performed by means of Sentinel 2 multispectral optical remote sensing data. In the absence of precipitation and/or irrigation, and with high consumption of soil water by the hemp crop due to evapotranspiration, the crop has completed its cycle thanks to its resistance to water stress conditions. From the soil water and satellite monitoring results, there is a good agreement with the field results in terms of water stress and its effects on crop vigour. This study contributes to a better understanding of the possibility of hemp crop reintroduction in areas where water deficit occurs, which could open up the opportunity for selecting hemp crop cultivars that can be grown under different agro-ecological conditions and are also of great commercial interest for decision makers involved in sustainable crop management and in the reduction of fertilizers and pollutants released into the environment. Full article
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Reviewing the Crop Residual Burning and Aerosol Variations during the COVID-19 Pandemic Hit Year 2020 over North India
by Manoj Hari, Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Bhishma Tyagi and Ravikant Kaushik
Pollutants 2021, 1(3), 127-140; https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants1030011 - 1 Jul 2021
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The north Indian states of Haryana and Punjab are believed to be the key sources of air pollution in the National Capital Region due to massive agricultural waste burning in crop harvesting seasons. However, with the pandemic COVID-19 hitting the country, the usual [...] Read more.
The north Indian states of Haryana and Punjab are believed to be the key sources of air pollution in the National Capital Region due to massive agricultural waste burning in crop harvesting seasons. However, with the pandemic COVID-19 hitting the country, the usual practices were disrupted. COVID-19 preventive lockdown led to restricted vehicular and industrial emissions and caused the labours to leave the agricultural business in Haryana and Punjab. With the changed scenario of 2020, the present study investigates the variations in air quality over the Haryana and Punjab, and their relative impact on the air quality of Delhi. The work attempts to understand the change in agricultural waste burning during 2020 and its implication on the local air quality over both the states and the transported pollution on the national capital Delhi. The study utilises in-situ data for the year 2019–2020 with satellite observations of MODIS aqua/terra for fire counts, aerosol optical depth (AOD) and back-trajectories run by the hybrid single-particle Lagrangian integrated trajectory model (HYSPLIT). Full article
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Active and Passive Sustainability: Measuring the Anti-Fragility of Territories
by Giuseppe Notarstefano
Pollutants 2022, 2(2), 172-179; https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants2020013 - 1 May 2022
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Sustainability is a paradigm of generative action if combined with the principle of antifragility. This contribution, adhering to a transdisciplinary approach, proposes a reinterpretation of the principles of the 2030 Agenda, orienting them towards a community-building model. Sustainability can be seen as passive [...] Read more.
Sustainability is a paradigm of generative action if combined with the principle of antifragility. This contribution, adhering to a transdisciplinary approach, proposes a reinterpretation of the principles of the 2030 Agenda, orienting them towards a community-building model. Sustainability can be seen as passive (care) and active (custody), determining paths to be activated at the territorial level. Sustainability is a communitarian learning path measured by one’s antifragility capacity. The effectiveness of the Agenda is linked to the dissemination and accountability of the challenges contained in the 17 objectives. The local scale is perhaps the most suitable for activating this process. However, this requires a strengthening of the anti-fragility of communities and organizations, which must be more capable of recognizing and reducing vulnerabilities and weaknesses. A promising field of application is that of impact assessment, to be reworked in the light of the antifragility approach. Full article
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