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Comparative Sustainability Assessment: Rome, Italy and São Paulo, Brazil

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  • Filipe Pohlmann Gonzaga
  • Gianluca Floris

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Rome and São Paulo share many cultural similarities, there are in São Paulo metropolitan area (M.A.) 6 million people from Italian descendancy, being the Italian population in São Paulo M.A. bigger than Rome’s. This study develops a sustainability assessment (S.A.) to obtain a comprehensive framework to assess the sustainability performance of both cities, compare them and propose a solution. Five metrics on which based the S.A. were chosen according to the results of a survey with São Paulo and Rome residents. To validate the effectiveness of these indicators two focus groups were conducted, then the indicators were valued, and a Sustainability Solution Space was applied to identify their interactions. A Multi-Criteria Analysis was carried out to assess which of the cities has currently the highest performance in terms of sustainability. Rome had a higher sustainability ranking than Sao Paulo, nevertheless both cities should improve corruption scores to improve their ranking.

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  • Filipe Pohlmann Gonzaga & Gianluca Floris, 2023. "Comparative Sustainability Assessment: Rome, Italy and São Paulo, Brazil," Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 15(5), pages 1-1, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jsd123:v:15:y:2023:i:5:p:1
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