Jongsma, Sterre (2025) Evaluating Sustainability of Saline Aquaponics: Current Insights and Future Directions. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Global challenges of population growth, climate change, freshwater scarcity and soil salinization have led to increasing interest in the innovation of saline aquaponics. This food production system integrates aquaculture with hydroponics and utilizes saline water. Although evaluating environmental, economic and social sustainability of innovations is essential for identifying sustainable food production systems, there is a lack of focus on sustainability in current saline aquaponics literature. In the present study, considerations to sustainability of saline aquaponics and its evaluation were uncovered by employing a systematic literature review and expert interviews. Saline aquaponics displays a number of sustainability characteristics, such as its ability to reduce nutrient pollution, utilize saline water and realize social enrichment functions, and effectively responds to pressing trends of for example freshwater scarcity and a growing unsustainable aquaculture sector. The innovation presents a promising sustainable food production system, with increased potential if major sustainability challenges are addressed and research adopts a sustainability focus. The importance of adopting a holistic approach to sustainability and the importance of contextualizing sustainability were demonstrated for saline aquaponics. Based on the uncovered considerations, this research gives direction to sustainability evaluation of saline aquaponics in the future and presents a tailored sustainability evaluation framework.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Garzon Lopez, C.X. |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2025 09:32 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2025 09:32 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/610 |
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