Applicazione di strumenti e metodi per la gestione ambientale di un territorio vasto - Sviluppo di un sistema di gestione ambientale in un ente pubblico secondo lo schema europeo EMAS e analisi di un sistema energetico territoriale

Environmental Management includes many components, among which we can include Environmental Management Systems (EMS), Environmental Reporting and Analysis, Environmental Information Systems and Environmental Communication. In this work two applications are presented: the developement and implementation of an Environmental Management System in local administrations, according to the European scheme "EMAS", and the analysis of a territorial energy system through scenario building and environmental sustainability assessment. Both applications are linked by the same objective, which is the quest for more scientifically sound elements; in fact, both EMS and energy planning are oftec carachterized by localism and poor comparability. Emergy synthesis, proposed by ecologist H.T. Odum and described in his book "Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Environmental Decision Making" (1996) has been chosen and applied as an environmental evaluation tool, in order complete the analysis with an assessment of the "global value" of goods and processes. In particular, eMergy syntesis has been applied in order to improve the evaluation of the significance of environmental aspects in an EMS, and in order to evaluate the environmental performance of three scenarios of future evolution of the energy system. Regarding EMS, in this work an application of an EMS together with the CLEAR methodology for environmental accounting is discussed, in order to improve the identification of the environmental aspects; data regarding environmental aspects and significant ones for 4 local authorities are also presented, together with a preliminary proposal for the integration of the assessment of the significance of environmental aspects with eMergy synthesis. Regarding the analysis of an energy system, in this work the carachterization of the current situation is presented together with the overall energy balance and the evaluation of the emissions of greenhouse gases; moreover, three scenarios of future evolution are described and discussed. The scenarios have been realized with the support of the LEAP software ("Long Term Energy Alternatives Planning System" by SEI - "Stockholm Environment Institute"). Finally, the eMergy synthesis of the current situation and of the three scenarios is shown.

Cuidados, Género y Cultura de Paz. Presupuestos teóricos y percepciones en el sistema educativo andaluz.

La presente tesis doctoral titulada “Cuidados, Género y Cultura de Paz. Presupuestos teóricos y percepciones en el sistema educativo andaluz” tiene por objeto conocer, analizar y visibilizar los cuidados que se dan en el sistema educativo andaluz. En esta investigación se pretende evidenciar, tomar conciencia y prestigiar los cuidados desde cualquier ámbito y área y en cualquier relación intra e interpersonal, así como la urgente necesidad de su praxis y reparto de los mismos en el mundo privado y público desde cualquier disciplina y espacio. En nuestra investigación partimos de diferentes enfoques teóricos y metodológicos como los Estudios de las Mujeres y de Género, la Investigación para la Paz y la ética del cuidado que nos han permitido conocer y avanzar sobre los diferentes resultados, conclusiones y limitaciones acerca de los cuidados. A nivel metodológico, esta investigación se ha llevado a cabo a través de una metodología cualitativa interpretativa y etnográfica que nos ha facilitado describir, interpretar, reflexionar sobre nuestro objeto de estudio. Hemos elegido este enfoque metodológico porque se adapta a nuestras necesidades de información y comprensión. Este estudio se desarrolló en cuatro centros educativos de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria con diferentes realidades socioeconómicas, culturales y territoriales. En ellos se llevaron a cabo observaciones, entrevistas, talleres, registro de diario y grupos de discusión, con el propósito de conocer la percepción que tenía del cuidado el conjunto de la comunidad educativa y cómo desarrollaban las prácticas de cuidados.