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Economia circular na construção: O caso dos Açores
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É indubitável, que o planeta Terra enfrenta atualmente uma enorme batalha, a luta pela sua própria existência, pelo menos, uma existência como hoje temos conhecimento e que tanto nos encanta. Ademais, se nada for feito relativamente à forma como cuidamos dele, inevitavelmente, dentro de alguns anos, o resultado final será não termos um planeta que possamos chamar de nossa casa.
Daqui resulta a necessidade da exploração do conceito de economia circular, procurando depreender as suas vantagens e desvantagens e, estrategicamente, desenhar modelos com vista à criação de sistemas que contribuem para o desenvolvimento sustentável.
Presentemente, o sector da construção é responsável por um elevado consumo de recursos e energia e também por uma elevada produção de resíduos, sendo imperativo a implementação do modelo de economia circular, confluindo para melhorar a sustentabilidade neste sector de atividade.
No caso concreto dos Açores, dada a sua reduzida dimensão territorial e devido à sua insularidade e isolamento, onde se evidencia uma maior escassez de recursos e dependência energética, faz ainda mais sentido, a adoção do modelo de economia circular no sector da construção, estimulando-se assim a presença da circularidade dos resíduos, contribuindo, por um lado, para melhorar a sustentabilidade ambiental, e por outro, permitir gerar vantagens económicas e sociais.
Neste sentido, o tema a explorar na dissertação será o conceito de economia circular, sendo que, a metodologia a utilizar, terá a sua sustentação teórica na recolha criteriosa e exaustiva de elementos que permitem o estabelecimento dos modelos, princípios, objetivos e vantagens e desvantagens, tendo em vista a sua aplicabilidade no sector da construção da Região Autónoma dos Açores.
ABSTRACT: It is undoubted, that the planet Earth currently faces a huge battle, the struggle for its own existence, at least, an existence as we know today and that so enchants us. Moreover, if nothing is done about how we care for it, inevitably, within a few years, the end result will be that we don't have a planet we can call our home. This results in the need to explore the concept of circular economy, seeking to understand its advantages and disadvantages and, strategically, to design models with a view to creating systems that contribute to sustainable development. At present, the construction sector is responsible for a high consumption of resources and energy and also for a high production of waste, and it is imperative to implement the circular economy model, converging to improve sustainability in this sector of activity. In the specific case of the Azores, given its small territorial dimension and due to its insularity and isolation, where there is evidence of a greater scarcity of resources and energy dependence, it makes even more sense to adopt the circular economy model in the construction sector, thus stimulating the presence of the circularity of waste, contributing, on the one hand, to improve environmental sustainability, and on the other hand, to generate economic and social advantages. In this sense, the theme to be explored in the dissertation will be the concept of circular economy, and the methodology to be used will have its theoretical support in the careful and exhaustive collection of elements that allow the establishment of models, principles, objectives and advantages and disadvantages, in view of its applicability in the construction sector of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
ABSTRACT: It is undoubted, that the planet Earth currently faces a huge battle, the struggle for its own existence, at least, an existence as we know today and that so enchants us. Moreover, if nothing is done about how we care for it, inevitably, within a few years, the end result will be that we don't have a planet we can call our home. This results in the need to explore the concept of circular economy, seeking to understand its advantages and disadvantages and, strategically, to design models with a view to creating systems that contribute to sustainable development. At present, the construction sector is responsible for a high consumption of resources and energy and also for a high production of waste, and it is imperative to implement the circular economy model, converging to improve sustainability in this sector of activity. In the specific case of the Azores, given its small territorial dimension and due to its insularity and isolation, where there is evidence of a greater scarcity of resources and energy dependence, it makes even more sense to adopt the circular economy model in the construction sector, thus stimulating the presence of the circularity of waste, contributing, on the one hand, to improve environmental sustainability, and on the other hand, to generate economic and social advantages. In this sense, the theme to be explored in the dissertation will be the concept of circular economy, and the methodology to be used will have its theoretical support in the careful and exhaustive collection of elements that allow the establishment of models, principles, objectives and advantages and disadvantages, in view of its applicability in the construction sector of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
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Dissertação de Mestrado, Ciências Económicas e Empresariais, 18 de julho de 2024, Universidade dos Açores.
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Economia Circular Desenvolvimento Sustentável Sector da Construção Vantages Açores
Citation
Amaral, Roberto Carlos de Melo. (2024). "Economia circular na construção: O caso dos Açores". 61 p. (Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Económicas e Empresariais). Ponta Delgada: Universidade dos Açores, 2024. Disponível em http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/8612