Dealing with complexity – Integrating LCA, ERA and ESA to assess human impacts and benefits on the biosphere

Authors

  • Cesare Sposito University of Palermo (Italy)
  • Giuseppe De Giovanni University of Palermo (Italy)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/1412023

Keywords:

life cycle assessment, environmental risk assessment, ecosystem services assessment, integration, holistic and systemic approach

Abstract

How we live, regardless of where this happens, impacts the biosphere and leads to chain reactions in different spheres that affect both nature and humans on a global scale: climate change, health risks, and loss of biodiversity all concur in a polycrisis condition that amplifies the state of uncertainty surrounding our future and the vulnerability of the entire ecosystem, especially since the design actions put in place do not address the cogent environmental issue systemically and holistically. With this in mind, the paper advocates for an integration of LCA, ERA and ESA, three analysis tools, to assess the totality of impacts and benefits of anthropogenic activities at different spatial and temporal scales by highlighting their strengths, limitations and critical issues, but also their objectives, survey methodologies, metrics and cause-effect pathways, critically reporting also on recent research which has attempted their combination.

 

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Received: 27/10/2023; Revised: 09/11/2023; Accepted: 11/11/2023

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Author Biographies

Cesare Sposito, University of Palermo (Italy)

Architect and PhD, he is an Associate Professor of Architecture Technology at the Department of Architecture. Founding member of Demetra Centro Documentazione e Ricerca Euro-Mediterranea (Ce.Ri.Med.) and the Italian Society of Architectural Technology (SITdA), he is the co-Director of Agathón | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design and Scientific Director of the editorial series Project | Essays and Researches. His main research focuses are environmental sustainability, innovative materials for architecture, nanomaterials, energy conservation in buildings, and the conservation process with a focus on protection systems for archaeological sites.
E-mail: cesare.sposito@unipa.it

Giuseppe De Giovanni, University of Palermo (Italy)

Architect, he is a Full Professor of Architecture Technology at the Department of Architecture. A member of the SITdA, he is the co-Director of Agathón and President of Demetra Ce.Ri.Med. and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the National Sustainable Architecture Institute (INSA). His research topics include studying traditional and innovative materials, temporary architecture in emergency, health and recreation, technological and domestic design of homes for the elderly with neurodegenerative diseases, and product design for Design for All.
E-mail: giuseppe.degiovanni@unipa.it

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Sposito, C. and De Giovanni, G. (2023) “Dealing with complexity – Integrating LCA, ERA and ESA to assess human impacts and benefits on the biosphere”, AGATHÓN | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, 14, pp. 12–39. doi: 10.19229/2464-9309/1412023.

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