Open AccessAxes of a multidisciplinary model for sustainable innovation: Life transition after COVID-19
Author(s) -
Alma Hortensia Serafín Muñoz,
José Eduardo Vidaurri Aréchiga,
Ulises Emiliano Rodríguez Castrejón,
Teresita de Jesús Rendón Huerta Barrera,
L Puga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta universitaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2007-9621
pISSN - 0188-6266
DOI - 10.15174/au.2021.3099
Subject(s) - sustainability , multidisciplinary approach , standardization , harmony (color) , covid-19 , legislation , circular economy , work (physics) , perspective (graphical) , conceptual model , environmental economics , management science , business , political science , computer science , economics , engineering , sociology , medicine , social science , artificial intelligence , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , mechanical engineering , ecology , pathology , database , law , biology , art , visual arts
In the post COVID-19 era, the current sustainability model should be adjusted to the current life transition considering the lessons learned in this atypical era. The current sustainability model, which is composed of three axes: environment, economy, and society, seems insufficient. It should integrate the axes of health, from an environmental health perspective (not only anthropogenic), and legislation within a detailed analysis in the standardization towards a balanced trend in harmony with the environment. In addition, innovation is proposed as a transversal axis. Based on a detailed analysis of more than 400 published works on sustainability, this work proposes a new conceptual model centered on a multidisciplinary perspective, analyzing and integrating each of the proposed axes. This conceptual model represents a strategic correlation between each axis towards a sense of globalized benefit and an environmentally-friendly life transition, hence, respecting the health of the planet.