Dynamic sustainability assessment tool: Case study of green biorefineries in Danish agriculture

Lelde Timma; Elina Dace; Troels Kristensen; Marie Trydeman Knudsen

doi:10.3390/su12187389

Dynamic sustainability assessment tool: Case study of green biorefineries in Danish agriculture

Lelde Timma (Corresponding Author), Elina Dace, Troels Kristensen, Marie Trydeman Knudsen

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	7389
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	12
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187389
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2020

Keywords*

Agriculture modeling
Biorefineries
Ecosystem carrying capacity
Impact assessment
Planetary boundaries
Sustainability assessment
System dynamics
Temporal aspects

Field of Science*

5.7 Social and Economic geography
5.9 Other social sciences

Publication Type*

1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

UN SDGs

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Dynamic sustainability assessment tool: Case study of green biorefineries in Danish agriculture

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