A master thesis from Aalborg University
The Case Study of the MetroBus Mondego. A questionable case of Sustainable Infrastructures.
Author(s)
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2024
Submitted on
2024-06-03
Pages
67 pages
Abstract
Background: The MetroBus Mondego has been approved and it is so close to be concluded, but there was a lot of controversy surrounding the process of building the platforms where the vehicles are going to circulate, regarding the sustainability, the sustainable values, conceptualization of the terms sustainability and human values. Methods: I conducted my fieldwork with interviews, via Microsoft Teams, with the major responsible for the MetroBus Mondego, two citizens that representatives of environmentalist groups and citizen that does not have direct access to the MetroBus, but have been directly affected by it. I was not able to be present physically on site during the fieldwork, but I was able to collect information with people that are somehow connected to the MetroBus. Results: Accordingly to the empirical data gathered during the fieldwork period, I could point out that there were some lack of consideration for some the sustainable values, mainly regarding the Environmental Sustainability, but also some points associated with the Economical and Social Sustainability. There were also a lot of conflicts between citizens and the Municipality and planners regarding the human "Values" and the lack of "Communication" about the "Facts", which includes ethical and aesthetics considerations, from the Municipality. Conclusion: After the analysis and, subsequently, discussion of the empirical I have deducted the existence of lack of transparency and lack of consideration in certain points and values of sustainability during the management and planing of the building process of the infrastructure of the MetroBus Mondego. Afterwards, it was mentioned that there is a need for evaluating the numbers and functionality of the final product to see if it is actually sustainable.
Keywords
Sustainability ; Values ; Logic ; Ethics ; Transparency ; Infrastrucure ; Facts
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