Bruno Milanez

Bio: Bruno Milanez is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental justice & Public policy. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 53 publications receiving 511 citations. Previous affiliations of Bruno Milanez include Institute of Applied Economic Research & Lincoln University (New Zealand).

Marrying strands of ecological modernisation: A proposed framework

Abstract: To advance understanding of Ecological Modernisation (EM), we need to delineate the concept more precisely and to develop a more encompassing framework. Many definitions advanced by EM theorists are broad and vague, and so limit the analytical usefulness of the concept. Moreover, EM thinking has produced a range of, often competing, theoretical perspectives emphasising different aspects of EM. The authors propose a theoretical framework that, while encompassing elements of many existing perspectives, adopts a more precise definition of EM with preventative innovation at its core. The framework advanced includes policy, social and economic perspectives, clustered around actors, contexts and outcomes.

[Economic development axis and socioenvironmental conflicts generation in Brazil: challenges to sustainability and environmental justice].

Abstract: A realizacao da 1a Conferencia Nacional de Saude Ambiental, a ser realizada em dezembro de 2009, apresenta inumeros desafios ao campo da Saude Coletiva. Seus objetivos e eixos adotam conceitos-chave como desenvolvimento, sustentabilidade, processos de producao e consumo, a questao da democracia e das politicas publicas, revelando a abrangencia, a novidade e o forte carater interdisciplinar e intersetorial da Saude Ambiental. Ao resgatar e articular temas importantes para a Saude Coletiva, a conferencia aponta para a necessidade de refletirmos sobre os determinantes socioambientais da saude na atualidade, de forma a avancarmos na construcao de diretrizes e acoes de vigilância e promocao da saude. Este artigo discute as caracteristicas do modelo de desenvolvimento brasileiro, seus impactos e conflitos socioambientais e sanitarios. Usamos como referenciais teoricos e empiricos os acumulos provenientes dos campos da economia ecologica e da ecologia politica, assim como as experiencias de cooperacao junto a Rede Brasileira de Justica Ambiental e diversos movimentos sociais. Dois casos serao aprofundados, o do agronegocio e uso de agrotoxicos, e a expansao da cadeia siderurgica no pais. Ao final, elencamos alguns pontos para compor uma agenda da "crise" socioambiental.

Desastre da Samarco/Vale/BHP no Vale do Rio Doce: aspectos econômicos , políticos e socio ambientais

Abstract: 4. Cexbarra. Relatório Preliminar. (Comissão Externa do Rompimento de Barragem na R=região de Mariana MG/Câmara dos Deputados Federal, Brasília DF, 2015) 5. Kawaguti, L.. “Um tremor de terra pode ter destruído as barragens em Mariana?” BBC Brasil, 06/11/2015. Disponível online. 6. Bertoni E.. “Engenheiro que projetou barragem diz que alertou Samarco sobre risco”. Folha de S. Paulo, 16/01/2016. Disponível online. 7. Parreiras M.. “Samarco acelerou deposição de rejeitos na barragem de Fundão”. EM Notícias, 04/12/2015. Disponível online. 8. DNPM. Cadastro Nacional das Barragens da Mineração (Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral) Ministério de Minas e Energia. 2016. http://www.dnpm.gov.br/assuntos/barragens/arquivos-barragens/ BARRAGENS_PNSB_04_2014.pdf/view. 9. Força-tarefa, Avaliação dos efeitos e desdobramentos do rompimento da barragem de Fundão em Mariana-MG. (Secretaria de Estado de Desenvolvimento Regional, Política Urbana e Gestão Metropolitana Governo de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2016) 10. Embrapa, Avaliação dos impactos causados ao solo pelo rompimento de barragem de rejeito de mineração em Mariana, MG: Apoio ao plano de recuperação agropecuária (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, 2015) 11. Matos R.. “A tragédia do rio Doce a lama, o povo e a água”. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Belo Horizonte, 2016. 12. Ibama, Laudo Técnico Preliminar: Impactos ambientais decorrentes do desastre envolvendo o rompimento da barragem de Fundão, em Mariana, Minas Gerais. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brasília, Brasil, 2015) 13. ICM-BIO, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadeOfício no 22/2016-GABIN/PRESI/ICMBio (Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brasília, 2016) http://www.mpf.mp.br/es/sala-de-imprensa/docs/ doc-3_20160036149-1-ibama.pdf/view 14. Como noticiado pelo jornal Folha de S.Paulo e segundo a Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Barra Longa, quase seis meses depois, a prolongada estiagem vinha resultando no aumento expressivo dos casos de insuficiência respiratória, doenças de pele e diarreias. Marques, J. “Seis meses após tragédia, poeira de lama da Samarco invade cidade de MG”. Folha de S.Paulo, 26/04/2016. 15. (SMSM). O protocolo assistencial para abordagem ambulatorial e orientações sobre as ações de vigilância em saúde às vítimas do desastre ambiental decorrente do rompimento das barragens de rejeito da mineradora Samarco (Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Mariana) Prefeitura de Mariana/MG., 2015a). 16. (SMSM). Plano Municipal de planejamento e gerenciamento de ações de recuperação em saúde após o rompimento da barragem de rejeitos da Samarco em Bento Rodrigues, Mariana –MG (Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Mariana) Prefeitura de Mariana, (2015b) 17. MS. Informe especial Mariana/MG [Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde – 13/11/2015 (2015)] 18. Porto, M. F.S.. “A tragédia da mineração e do desenvolvimento no Brasil: o desafio para a saúde coletiva”. Cad. Saúde Pública, vol.32 (2), pp.1-3, 2016. DesAstre DA sAmArco/VALe/ BHp no VALe Do rio Doce: Aspectos econÔmicos, poLÍticos e socioAmBientAis

The European commission

Abstract: 2 1 The innovative transport systems and the CityMobil project 10 1.1 The research questions 10 2 The state of art in the field of automatic transport systems 12 2.1 Case studies and demand studies for innovative transport systems 12 3 The design and implementation of surveys 14 3.1 Definition of experimental design 14 3.2 Questionnaire design and delivery 16 3.3 First analyses on the collected sample 18 4 Calibration of Logit Multionomial demand models 21 4.1 Methodology 21 4.2 Calibration of the “full” model. 22 4.3 Calibration of the “final” model 24 4.4 The demand analysis through the final Multinomial Logit model 25 5 The analysis of interaction between the demand and socioeconomic attributes 31 5.1 Methodology 31 5.2 Application of Mixed Logit models to the demand 31 5.3 Analysis of the interactions between demand and socioeconomic attributes through Mixed Logit models 32 5.4 Mixed Logit model and interaction between age and the demand for the CTS 38 5.5 Demand analysis with Mixed Logit model 39 6 Final analyses and conclusions 45 6.1 Comparison between the results of the analyses 45 6.2 Conclusions 48 6.3 Answers to the research questions and future developments 52

Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.

Abstract: Impatti, adattamento e vulnerabilita Le cause e le responsabilita dei cambiamenti climatici sono state trattate sul numero di ottobre della rivista Cda. Approfondiamo l’argomento presentando il documento: “Cambiamenti climatici 2007: impatti, adattamento e vulnerabilita” votato ad aprile 2007 dal secondo gruppo di lavoro del Comitato Intergovernativo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Si tratta del secondo di tre documenti che compongono il quarto rapporto sui cambiamenti climatici.

The New Imperialism

Abstract: From a world history perspective, the most noticeable trend in the history of the late 19th century was the domination of Europeans over Non­Europeans. This domination took many forms ranging from economic penetration to outright annexation. No area of the globe, however remote from Europe, was free of European merchants, adventurers, explorers or western missionaries. Was colonialism good for either the imperialist or the peoples of the globe who found themselves subjects of one empire or another? A few decades ago, the answer would have been a resounding no. Now, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the more or less widespread discrediting of Marxist and Leninist analysis, and the end of the Cold War, political scientists and historians seem willing to take a more positive look at Nineteenth Century Imperialism. One noted current historian, Niall Ferguson has argued that the British Empire probably accomplished more positive good for the world than the last generation of historians, poisoned by Marxism, could or would concede. Ferguson has argued that the British Empire was a \" liberal \" empire that upheld international law, kept the seas open and free, and ultimately benefited everyone by ensuring the free flow of trade. In other words, Ferguson would find little reason to contradict the young Winston Churchill's assertion that the aim of British imperialism was to: give peace to warring tribes, to administer justice where all was violence, to strike the chains off the slave, to draw the richness from the soil, to place the earliest seeds of commerce and learning, to increase in whole peoples their capacities for pleasure and diminish their chances of pain. It should come as no surprise that Ferguson regards the United States current position in the world as the natural successor to the British Empire and that the greatest danger the U.S. represents is that the world will not get enough American Imperialism because U.S. leaders often have short attention spans and tend to pull back troops when intervention becomes unpopular. It will be very interesting to check back into the debate on Imperialism about ten years from now and see how Niall Ferguson's point of view has fared! The other great school of thought about Imperialism is, of course, Marxist. For example, Marxist historians like E.J. Hobsbawm argue that if we look at the l9th century as a great competition for the world's wealth and …

Globalizing regional development: aglobal production networks perspective

Abstract: Recent literature concerning regional development has placed significant emphasis on local institutional structures and their capacity to ‘hold down’ the global. Conversely, work on inter-firm networks – such as the global commodity chain approach – has highlighted the significance of the organizational structures of global firms’ production systems and their relation to industrial upgrading. In this paper, drawing upon a global production networks perspective, we conceptualize the connections between ‘globalizing’ processes, as embodied in the production networks of transnational corporations, and regional development in specific territorial formations. We delimit the ‘strategic coupling’ of the global production networks of firms and regional economies which ultimately drives regional development through the processes of value creation, enhancement and capture. In doing so, we stress the multi-scalarity of the forces and processes underlying regional development, and thus do not privilege one particular geographical scale. By way of illustration, we introduce an example drawn from recent research into global production networks in East Asia and Europe. The example profiles the investments of car manufacturer BMW in Eastern Bavaria, Germany and Rayong, Thailand, and considers their implications for regional development.

Conceptualizing a “Sustainability Business Model”:

Abstract: According to one perspective, organizations will only be sustainable if the dominant neoclassical model of the firm is transformed, rather than supplemented, by social and environmental priorities. This article seeks to develop a “sustainability business model” (SBM)—a model where sustainability concepts shape the driving force of the firm and its decision making. The SBM is drawn from two case studies of organizations considered to be leaders in operationalizing sustainability and is informed by the ecological modernization perspective of sustainability. The analysis reveals that organizations adopting a SBM must develop internal structural and cultural capabilities to achieve firm-level sustainability and collaborate with key stakeholders to achieve sustainability for the system that an organization is part of.