Modeling the bio-refinery industry in rural areas: A participatory approach for policy options comparison

Lopolito, Antonio; Nardone, Giorgio; Prosperi, Maurizio; Sisto, Roberta; Stasi, Antonio Di

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.09.010

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“…in individual income or public budgets. But concurring with previous studies (Lopolito et al, 2011), we find that while economic incentives show a high level of connectivity within the network, the scenario analysis suggests that it can also lead to undesired impacts such as an increase in air pollution (see detailed results in Table A1). In other words, the energy system is unlikely to undergo a process of transformation towards sustainability through economic incentives alone.…”

Section: Optimising Sustainability Transitionssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Fairweather (2010) used FCM in combination with other semi-quantitative techniques (i.e. Q methodology) to analyse and compare how dairy farmers think their farms work, and, Lopolito et al (2011) used FCM to draw up policy options for the development of biorefineries in rural areas. Giordano and Vurro (2010) applied the method in analysing alternative risk management strategies regarding drought management in Italy while Wildenberg et al (2010) gathered the results of six case studies in different European countries and used FCM from the perspective of landscape modelling.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Use of fuzzy cognitive maps to study urban resilience and transformation

Olazabal

Pascual

2016

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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Use of fuzzy cognitive maps to study urban resilience and transformation

Olazabal

Pascual

2016

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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“…The use of biomass to produce energy is only one form of renewable energy that can be utilized to reduce the impact of energy production and be used on the global environment at low cost, if the facilities for energy production from biomass are located as close as possible to the main forested or agricultural areas. This renewable energy has garnered particular interest in recent years due to the progressive depletion of conventional fossil fuels . Moreover, the moderate sulfur and GHG emissions associated with the use of biomass for energy production respond to the growing pressure of government policies about achievement of better environmental sustainability of power generation processes in terms of air pollution control.…”

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A GIS‐based model to estimate citrus pulp availability for biogas production: an application to a region of the Mediterranean Basin

Valenti

Chinnici

Cascone

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Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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In recent years, biogas from biomasses has increasingly been considered a feasible alternative to energy from fossil fuel. The utilization of biomasses obtained from citrus processing for juice extraction is being investigated for energy purposes, as a biofuel or organic matrix for bioethanol or biogas extraction, besides for the extraction of high added‐value by‐products and animal feed. In citrus producing areas, uncertainty often exists as to the amount of processed product and, therefore, correct planning of the use of ‘citrus pulp’ for energy purposes has not yet been carried out. The objective of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution of the citrus fruit production area and the amount of processed citrus in order to quantify the citrus pulp available for biogas production. It could contribute to build an information base suitable for multi‐criteria analysis aimed at finding optimal locations for biogas plants and increasing their number in a territory. The GIS‐based methodology, which was applied to the case study of citrus pulp production in Sicily, included official statistics data and information derived from specific surveys and the computation of indicators regarding citrus‐producing areas, citrus production, processed production, and the amount of citrus pulp obtained. The results showed that the index that describes the level of availability of citrus pulp for biogas production is suitable to provide information on the potential production of citrus pulp in the different areas of the whole territory analyzed. Furthermore, the total amount of available citrus pulp corresponded theoretically to 15,204,775.8 Nm3 biogas. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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“…Involving local communities in disaster risk reduction techniques can surely enhance their collective capacity to cope with climatic extremes (Wilhite 2002). Participatory modelling using fuzzy cognitive maps are increasingly being used in planning and decision-making (Vliet et al 2009;Lopolito et al 2011;An 2012;Jetter and Kok 2014). Understanding people's perception about the impact of drought on their livelihood assets gives a clear vision of the most impacted sectors and aids planning adaptation with regard to developing drought resilient livelihoods.…”

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Pathways for drought resilient livelihoods based on people’s perception

Singh

Chudasama

2016

Climatic Change

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Drought is among the most dreaded threats as far as natural disasters are concerned wielding, as it does, a significant impact on ecosystems, people's livelihoods, and the socioeconomic development of a country. A significantly large geographic area of India happens to be drought prone. In order to understand people's response to the impacts of drought and their coping strategies, it is crucial to understand their perceptions. Studies investigating community perceptions relevant to drought impacts and concomitant adaptive behaviours are rare in India. This paper documents communities' perceptions of impacts of drought on their livelihood assets and adaptation practices. It does this with the help of the fuzzy cognitive mapping approach in the Mahabubnagar district of India's Telangana state. In order to develop pathways for drought resilient livelihoods we ran simulations for future drought scenarios with various bundles of adaptation strategies enabling us to evaluate their effectiveness in providing resilience against drought. The study also tested the suitability of various activation rules and transformation functions, used for running simulations. Incorporating stakeholders' perceptions, knowledge and beliefs about impacts of droughts, and engaging them in the process of developing drought resilient livelihoods is expected to fine-tune the drought related policy-making.

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Modeling the bio-refinery industry in rural areas: A participatory approach for policy options comparison

Cited by 38 publications

References 26 publications

Use of fuzzy cognitive maps to study urban resilience and transformation

Use of fuzzy cognitive maps to study urban resilience and transformation

A GIS‐based model to estimate citrus pulp availability for biogas production: an application to a region of the Mediterranean Basin

Pathways for drought resilient livelihoods based on people’s perception

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