Indicadores de sustentabilidade: uma sequencia metodologica para o progresso do desenvolvimento sustentável

Abstract

Sustainable Development (SD) has been widely debated by government and civil society in industrialized and developing countries. The matter gathers complex question that must be treated in a multidisciplinar way, given that the studies, the plans and the actions should happen in a wide and systemic context. This thesis aims to propose a methodology that verifies the process of any project towards sustainable development, making possible to discovery its limits by means of calculating its rate and degree of sustainability obtained by four scopes - environmental, social, economical and institutional indicators. The research was bibliographical, using the systemic method. To get to know the effectiveness of the proposal, there was an application in the Project "Cultivation os Red Algae!, in the city of Flecheiras, western coast of the state of Ceará. Environmental problemas, though common to all mankind, are experienced in different society-nature relationships, as different social groups are involved and temporal and spatial matters are unique for each group. So, the biggest challenge for SD is how to get sufficiency, scurity and good life for everyone (development) within rules and limits of the biophysical environment (sustainability). In this sense, the effectiveness identify the degree of sustainability which we aim and make possible a better knowledge of the society-nature relationship nowadays, and better actions for tomorrow.