Monitoring brazilian local productive systems (APL) in the tourism sector: the (non) use of sustainability dimensions

Authors

  • Helena Araujo Costa Universidade de Brasilia
  • Donald R. Sawyer Universidade de Brasilia
  • Elimar P. do Nascimento

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v3i3.208

Keywords:

Tourism. Local productive systems (APL). Indicators. Sustainability. Monitoring.

Abstract

This paper presents a study on how sustainability indicators are used in order to monitor Brazilian local productive systems (APL) in tourism. APL are considered to be strategic policies for increasing sustainable development in local and regional scales through the integration among small firms. The research, based on secondary data, analyzed ten APL initiatives managed by Sebrae (Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises) available for public access in the project monitoring system called SIGEOR. Four categories were considered: data, interface, local and scope. The main conclusion is that APL monitoring instruments generally provide little support for the strategy of sustainability, since the objectives, results and indicators refer mostly to economic dimensions instead of including social, environmental, political or institutional aspects that are essential to sustainability.

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Author Biographies

Helena Araujo Costa, Universidade de Brasilia

Doutora em Desenvolvimento Sustentável pelo Centro de Desenvolvimento sustentável da Universidade de Brasília; Mestre em Turismo e Hotelaria pela Universidade do Vale do Itajai – UNIVALI; Administradora de Empresas pela Universidade de Brasília. Participante do Laboratório de Estudos de Turismo e Sustentabilidade (LETS/CDS/UnB).

Donald R. Sawyer, Universidade de Brasilia

Doutor em Sociologia pela Harvard University. Professor do CDS/UnB. Assessor do Instituto Sociedade, População e Natureza – ISPN.

Elimar P. do Nascimento

Sociólogo, Doutor em Sociologia pela Université de Paris V (René Descartes); Pós-doutor em Ciências Sociais pela EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris; Diretor do CDS/UnB e coordenador do Laboratório de Estudos de Turismo e Sustentabilidade (LETS/CDS/UnB).

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Published

2009-12-31

How to Cite

Costa, H. A., Sawyer, D. R., & Nascimento, E. P. do. (2009). Monitoring brazilian local productive systems (APL) in the tourism sector: the (non) use of sustainability dimensions. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v3i3.208

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2009): September/December

Section

Articles

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