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Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing
In this paper; for research and innovation projects without environmental goals; a procedure is proposed to operationalize the anticipation and reflexivity of environmental concerns in the initial phases. By using the expert knowledge of specialists; we have first conducted a study to identify the g...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277852/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32443831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103600 |
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author | Monsonís-Payá, Irene Gómez-Navarro, Tomás García-Melón, Mónica |
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description | In this paper; for research and innovation projects without environmental goals; a procedure is proposed to operationalize the anticipation and reflexivity of environmental concerns in the initial phases. By using the expert knowledge of specialists; we have first conducted a study to identify the general environmental topics relevant in any kind of research and innovation project not addressing the environment. In a second phase; a strategy is proposed to rank order the topics in terms of environmental relevance by means of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. To illustrate it; the case of Information and Communication Technologies for Active and Healthy Ageing is used because of its increasing importance; and because normal environmental targets are not considered. Results show that; in this case; the most relevant topic to be considered is the primary energy consumption by sources; followed by hazardous solid waste and consumption of non-renewable and scarce materials. According to the experts; these should be the main issues to be considered regarding the environmental sustainability of the outputs of such research and innovation projects. In conclusion; this paper contributes to a better understanding of how to promote a wider integration of environmental sustainability in research and innovation when environmental goals are not initially included. |
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spelling | pubmed-72778522020-06-12 Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing Monsonís-Payá, Irene Gómez-Navarro, Tomás García-Melón, Mónica Int J Environ Res Public Health Article In this paper; for research and innovation projects without environmental goals; a procedure is proposed to operationalize the anticipation and reflexivity of environmental concerns in the initial phases. By using the expert knowledge of specialists; we have first conducted a study to identify the general environmental topics relevant in any kind of research and innovation project not addressing the environment. In a second phase; a strategy is proposed to rank order the topics in terms of environmental relevance by means of the Analytic Hierarchy Process. To illustrate it; the case of Information and Communication Technologies for Active and Healthy Ageing is used because of its increasing importance; and because normal environmental targets are not considered. Results show that; in this case; the most relevant topic to be considered is the primary energy consumption by sources; followed by hazardous solid waste and consumption of non-renewable and scarce materials. According to the experts; these should be the main issues to be considered regarding the environmental sustainability of the outputs of such research and innovation projects. In conclusion; this paper contributes to a better understanding of how to promote a wider integration of environmental sustainability in research and innovation when environmental goals are not initially included. MDPI 2020-05-20 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7277852/ /pubmed/32443831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103600 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Monsonís-Payá, Irene Gómez-Navarro, Tomás García-Melón, Mónica Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing |
title | Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing |
title_full | Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing |
title_fullStr | Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing |
title_full_unstemmed | Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing |
title_short | Anticipating Environmental Burdens in Research and Innovation Projects—Application to the Case of Active and Healthy Ageing |
title_sort | anticipating environmental burdens in research and innovation projects—application to the case of active and healthy ageing |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277852/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32443831 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103600 |
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