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Life Cycle Analysis and Sociocultural Impact for a Sustainable Nexus Design

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Abstract

The eradication of multidimensional poverty remains the primary objective of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this context, the Sustainable Community Project (SCP, UNESCO) aims to develop demonstrative pilot projects to identify comprehensive development success models in small isolated communities. This article explores the importance of applying, in addition to CLEWs tools, Lifecycle analysis to the technologies to be implemented. Similarly, special emphasis is placed on the crucial need to incorporate appropriate qualitative social studies, particularly ethnography, at all project steps. The results show the importance of conducting a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) during the formulation of the development master plan to select the most appropriate technologies in terms of life time with respect to the environmental and economic context. Under the sociocultural impact, the involvement of the local community in each decision-making is unavoidable in order to ensure the success of this project, as well as to guarantee its sustainability.

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Metadata
Title
Life Cycle Analysis and Sociocultural Impact for a Sustainable Nexus Design
Authors
Mahamat Habib Bechir
A. Mannelli
A. López Agüera
Copyright Year
2021
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_71