Imperial College London
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Dr Rocio Diaz-Chavez

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Senior Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9338r.diaz-chavez Website

 
 
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Location

 

Weeks Building Room 507Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@inbook{Diaz-Chavez:2014:10.1007/978-3-319-03829-2_2,
author = {Diaz-Chavez, R},
booktitle = {Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-03829-2_2},
pages = {17--37},
title = {Indicators for socio-economic sustainability assessment},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03829-2_2},
year = {2014}
}
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TY  - CHAP
AB  - Indicators have been used to organize, monitor and assess information in different contexts. During the last twenty years indicators have gained more importance, being used to assess sustainability performance of different activities through the implementation of standards. This chapter explores the evolution of the use of socio-economic indicators and their applicability in a relatively new production area, that of biofuels. The use of indicators has been more focused on environmental issues and compliance with voluntary schemes. Socio-economic indicators have gained more attention as a result of concerns with production of biofuels in developing countries. A set of indicators is proposed to monitor the possible impacts (both negative and positive). It is suggested that monitoring may help initiatives at national, regional and local level and may be combined with voluntary performance schemes in order to promote a sustainable production of biofuels.
AU  - Diaz-Chavez,R
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-319-03829-2_2
EP  - 37
PY  - 2014///
SN  - 9783319038285
SP  - 17
TI  - Indicators for socio-economic sustainability assessment
T1  - Socio-Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Production
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03829-2_2
ER  -
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