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Sustainable futures: from causes of environmental degradation to solutions

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais
datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Sociologia
datacite.subject.fosCiências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais
datacite.subject.sdg10:Reduzir as Desigualdades
datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climática
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Carla Sofia Ferreira
dc.contributor.authorAlves, Fátima
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-06T13:45:16Z
dc.date.available2026-01-06T13:45:16Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-09
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution influence the living experiences of the various members of communities that rely on agriculture, shaping the adaptation responses to those phenomena and actions towards sustainable development. This study aims to understand how members of rural communities in Morocco perceive the causes of environmental degradation and the solutions meant to support the reduction of the vulnerabilities by applying a sustainable development lens. To achieve those objectives, this empirical study collects qualitative data by conducting semi-structured interviews on the local population’s perceptions of environmental degradation causes and impacts, vulnerabilities, and solutions to adapt or cope with those impacts. The study includes a critical analysis of the proposals presented by the community members by addressing the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of their implications for development. The most common issue identified was water management, underscoring the water stress affecting several regions. However, several solutions presented would lead to further depletion of non-renewable water sources, which endangers the pursuit of genuinely sustainable development. The study’s conclusions highlight the importance of contextualising the communication and adaptation responses that address local perceptions, namely the low prevalence of perceptions attributing anthropogenic causes to environmental degradation, leading to sentiments of helplessness among members of the rural communities.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the R&D Unit Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People and the Planet (CFE), with reference UIDB/04004/2020, financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC); the Centre for Functional Ecology—Science for People & the Planet (CFE), TERRA Associate Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
dc.identifier.citationFernandes, C. S. F., Alves, F., & Loureiro, J. (2024). Sustainable futures: From causes of environmental degradation to solutions. Discover Sustainability, 5(63). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00242-1
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s43621-024-00242-1
dc.identifier.issn2662-9984
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/20652
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationUIDB/04004/2020
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://link.springer.com/10.1007/s43621-024-00242-1
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectEnvironmental degradation
dc.subjectSocial perceptions
dc.subjectSustainable development
dc.subjectMorocco
dc.titleSustainable futures: from causes of environmental degradation to solutionseng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue63
oaire.citation.titleDiscover Sustainability
oaire.citation.volume5
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person.familyNameAlves
person.givenNameFátima
person.identifier.ciencia-idF41D-6E75-A58D
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2600-8652
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