Using the Impact-WEB_GIS Platform to Assess the Impacts of Environmental Sustainability Public Policies in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area

Eduardo Medeiros (), Bernardo Valente, Ricardo Pinto and Miguel Sales Dias
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Eduardo Medeiros: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, ESTBarreiro, Rua Américo da Silva Marinho, 2839-001 Lavradio, Portugal
Bernardo Valente: CIS-Iscte, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Avenida das Forças Armadas, Edifício Sedas Nunes, Sala 2W08, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Ricardo Pinto: Section One, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Miguel Sales Dias: ISTAR-IUL, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-16

Abstract: Urban environmental sustainability is a growing concern within the United Nations and the European Union’s ongoing policy agendas to fight climate change. This paper contributes to this debate by presenting the main impacts of the Operational Programme for Sustainability and Use of Resources (POSEUR 2014–2020) in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (NUTS II). The analysis was completed using the Impact-WEB_GIS platform, specially developed for this study, supported by a territorial impact assessment methodology. In addition to the production of general impact scores, five analytic dimensions were further analysed, supported by state-of-the-art (i) low-emissions economy, (ii) adaptation to climate change, (iii) risk prevention and management, (iv) environmental protection and (v) resource efficiency. At a strategic level, the research created awareness of the need to adjust regional policy to the region’s characteristics on environmental sustainability matters.

Keywords: sustainability; environmental impacts; public policies; Impact-WEB_GIS; POSEUR; Lisbon Metropolitan Area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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