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Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Tool: Case Study of Green Biorefineries in Danish Agriculture
In this work, a novel, dynamic sustainability assessment tool is presented and validated in a case study. This tool combines two methods—system dynamics (SD) and temporal soil carbon modelling. The case study for sustainability analysis of Danish agriculture and green biorefineries supply chains in Denmark is used. The development of the Danish agriculture sector is simulated and assessed in relation to the ecosystem’s carrying capacity until 2050, defined as 1.4 livestock units per hectare. The results show that under the current development, the agriculture sector would exceed this carrying capacity shortly after 2030. The results obtained from the dynamic sustainability assessment tool show a more precise and less optimistic projection of future development than the assessment using constant soil carbon modelling values only. The study, therefore, suggests that the use of the temporal aspects in the sustainability assessment should be included and further developed. ; Contribution of E. Dace to this study was supported by the ERDF Post-doc project No.1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/528 "Decision Support Tool for an Integrated Food Waste Valorisation System (DeSTInation)". The revision by L. Timma was supported by the ERDF Post-doc project 1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/520 "Holistic computing within socio-technical systems to design energy efficiency policy tool (HOTSPOT)".
Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Tool: Case Study of Green Biorefineries in Danish Agriculture
In this work, a novel, dynamic sustainability assessment tool is presented and validated in a case study. This tool combines two methods—system dynamics (SD) and temporal soil carbon modelling. The case study for sustainability analysis of Danish agriculture and green biorefineries supply chains in Denmark is used. The development of the Danish agriculture sector is simulated and assessed in relation to the ecosystem’s carrying capacity until 2050, defined as 1.4 livestock units per hectare. The results show that under the current development, the agriculture sector would exceed this carrying capacity shortly after 2030. The results obtained from the dynamic sustainability assessment tool show a more precise and less optimistic projection of future development than the assessment using constant soil carbon modelling values only. The study, therefore, suggests that the use of the temporal aspects in the sustainability assessment should be included and further developed. ; Contribution of E. Dace to this study was supported by the ERDF Post-doc project No.1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/528 "Decision Support Tool for an Integrated Food Waste Valorisation System (DeSTInation)". The revision by L. Timma was supported by the ERDF Post-doc project 1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/520 "Holistic computing within socio-technical systems to design energy efficiency policy tool (HOTSPOT)".
Dynamic Sustainability Assessment Tool: Case Study of Green Biorefineries in Danish Agriculture
Timma, Lelde (author) / Dace, Elina (author) / Kristensen, Troels (author) / Trydeman Knudsen, Marie (author) / Mai-Lis Andersen, Heidi
2020-09-09
oai:zenodo.org:4020514
Sustainability 12(7389)
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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