Geographic information system applied to sustainability assessments: conceptual structure and research trends
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2022
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The conceptual variations and divergences that permeate the debate on sustainability end
up directly reflecting the choice of sustainability assessment (SA) processes, providing different
methodological approaches. Among them, some researchers have pointed out challenges, but also
opportunities to use geospatial data, techniques, and tools as resources to be explored in sustainability
assessments. However, it was still unclear how geospatial tools have contributed in this context,
as well as their future potential. Thus, through bibliometric mapping, this research answers these
questions, through the identification of both the thematic fields of action of the geographic information
system (GIS) in SA as well as the emerging research areas in this domain of knowledge. For this, we
selected 1721 articles spanning 31 years (1990–2020). We observe that this is a subject of growing
interest, as more than 50% of all publications were published after 2015. The main results indicated
that, initially, the GIS supported sustainability assessments as a mapping tool associated mostly with
environmental issues, however, the evolution of the analysis potential, through data modeling, gives
rise to new application perspectives. This evolution takes place, in parallel, with the global discussion
on sustainability, where multidimensionality starts to play a leading role, and sustainability indicators
assume geographic positions.
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Sustainability, Sustainability assessment, Sustainability indicators, Geographic information system, Bibliometric analysis, Bibliometrix-biblioshiny
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OLIVEIRA, Victor Tomaz de; TEIXEIRA, Denilson; ROCCHI, Lucia; BOGGIA, Antonio. Geographic information system applied to sustainability assessments: conceptual structure and research trends. International Journal of Geo-Information, Basileia, v. 11, n. 11, e569, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/ijgi11110569. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/11/11/569. Acesso em: 7 out. 2024.