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  "abstract": "Downscaling the Planetary Boundaries framework faces a paradox: purely biophysical approaches preserve scientific rigor but have little influence on local action. Doughnut Economics, which adds a social foundation to biophysical boundaries, has spread widely among European local governments since 2018. This article examines whether this additive socio-biophysical architecture maintains the systemic nature of the Planetary Boundaries framework, assessed through its absolute scope (binding thresholds) and its systemic function (a unifying goal). The analysis compares five European initiatives: one purely biophysical approach (Sud-Loire) and four Doughnut applications (Brussels-Capital, Amsterdam, Grenoble, Cornwall). The results reveal an operational dilemma. The purely biophysical approach better preserves this systemic nature, but its usual top-down quantification creates obstacles to local operationalization, or fails to remove them. Doughnut applications, more widely recognized locally, all dilute this systemic nature to a similar degree, despite contrasting resources and contexts. Three mechanisms account for this dilution: democratic trade-offs that favor tangible social goals, an economistic capture enabled by linking the social foundation to the Sustainable Development Goals, and an institutional selectivity shaped by administrative jurisdictions. The comparison supports the hypothesis of an architectural origin: juxtaposing two normative frameworks of different natures without an operational hierarchy tends to weaken the more restrictive of the two. The article also outlines an integrative architecture, in which the social dimension would derive from the transformations required to stay within biophysical boundaries, and a contextualization method that combines top-down conceptual rigor with bottom-up democratic construction.",
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      "name": "Guillaume Mandil"
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  "published": "2026-10-29",
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  "title": "Does the local application of Doughnut Economics distort the Planetary Boundaries framework? (Western Europe)",
  "title_text": "Does the local application of Doughnut Economics distort the Planetary Boundaries framework? (Western Europe)",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bnwbzb8snx318",
  "venue": "VertigO : La revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement",
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