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The use of DPSIR framework to evaluate sustainability in coastal areas. Case study: Guanabara Bay basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The Guanabara Bay basin, SE Brazil, is shown as an experimental site to evaluate development and sustainability in coastal areas. We developed a Driver–Pressure–State–Impact–Response (DPSIR) framework in a practical context to integrate natural and socio-economic indicators. Sustainability reflects public policies towards the utilization of natural resources. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) included in DPSIR evaluates losses and benefits resulting from such policies. CBA has some limitations due to the difficulty of valuating environmental goods and services. Instead of valuating them we propose to combine sustainability indicators and defensive expenditures for the implementation of public policies. This approach agrees with the environmental conservation paradigm implicit in sustainable development. It allows an estimation of the physical natural capital depreciation (PNCD), by using it to correct the gross domestic product (GDP) of the study area, and demonstrating the present non-sustainable characteristics of the current policies applied to the area.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica Ambiental, Depto. de Geoquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n Centro, Niterói, CEP 24020-007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    E. D. Bidone

  2. Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Av. Abolição 3207, Fortaleza, 60165-081, Ceará, Brazil

    L. D. Lacerda

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Bidone, E.D., Lacerda, L.D. The use of DPSIR framework to evaluate sustainability in coastal areas. Case study: Guanabara Bay basin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reg Environ Change 4, 5–16 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-003-0059-2

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