Initial design process of the sustainability science ontology for knowledge-sharing to support co-deliberation

Kumazawa, Terukazu; Kozaki, Kouji; Matsui, Takanori; Saito, Osamu; Ohta, M.; Hara, Keishiro; Uwasu, Michinori; Kimura, Michinori; Mizoguchi, Riichiro

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“…Ontology Engineering is one of the base technologies in semantic web technology, where the internet is used to create a knowledge base that computers can deal with directly by means of adding metadata i.e., semantic information for computers, as annotations to information resources on the World Wide Web [12]. An ontology consists of concepts and relationships that are used to describe the target world.…”

Section: Development Of the Integrated Nexus Methodsmentioning

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Water-Food Nexus in Citarum Watershed, Indonesia

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Delinom

Martosuparno

et al. 2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Abstract. The water-food nexus is promoted as an approach to look at the linkages between water and food. The articles of Water's Special Issue "Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Large Asian River Basins" look at the applicability of the nexus approach in different regions and rivers basins in Asia. Citarum River was selected for the case of Indonesia study site of RIHN Waterfood Nexus Project with a focus on the Juanda/Jatiluhur dam as the downstream of the three large cascaded reservoirs and river estuary at the Jakarta Bay. As a result, there are a variety of interpretations for the nexus. These include three complementary perspectives that perceive nexus as an analytical approach, governance framework and emerging discourse. Secondly, nexus is a predominantly water-sector driven and water-centered concept. Evaluation of water quality of Citarum River and the increasing demands for water-food nexus revealed the critical status even at present condition that requires strategic decision to modify the water allocation policy to ensure human-environmental sustainability water security.

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Section: Development Of the Integrated Nexus Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water-Food Nexus in Citarum Watershed, Indonesia

Lubis

Delinom

Martosuparno

et al. 2018

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…Ontology engineering enables the description of super-sub, whole-part, and attribute relationships. The ontology engineering method has been utilized as a tool in environmental studies, such as the integrated assessment of agricultural systems [22], social ecological systems [23], sustainability science [24], and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [25] in international academic communities.…”

Section: General Description Of Ontology Engineeringmentioning

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“…The term ontology traditionally refers to a "theory of being" in philosophy, but in this discussion, it is used in the context of ontology engineering in the knowledge engineering field. In this section, we describe a social-natural system by updating ontology with a focus on sustainability and environmental science domains, as proposed by Kumazawa et al [24].…”

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Describing and Visualizing a Water–Energy–Food Nexus System

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Kumazawa

Kimura

et al. 2018

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The objective of this study is to describe a target water–energy–food (WEF) nexus domain world including causal linkages and trade-off relationships between WEF resources and their stakeholders, and to develop a WEF nexus system map as an interdisciplinary tool used for understanding the subsequent complexity of WEF nexus systems. An ontology engineering method, which is a qualitative method, was applied for the replicability of the WEF nexus domain ontology and the map, because ontology engineering is a method of semantic web development for enhancing the compatibility of qualitative descriptions logically or objectively. The WEF nexus system map has three underlying concepts: (1) systems thinking, (2) holistic thinking, and (3) an integrated approach at an operational level, according to the hypothesis that the chains of changes in linkages between water, energy, and food resources holistically and systemically affect the WEF nexus system, including natural and social systems, both temporally and spatially. This study is significant because it allows us to (1) develop the WEF nexus domain ontology database, including defining the concepts and sub-concepts of trade-offs relating to WEF for the replicability of this study; (2) integrate the qualitative ontology method and quantitative network analysis method to identify key concepts serving as linkage hubs in the WEF nexus domain ontology; and (3) visualize human–nature interactions such as linkages between water, energy, and food resources and their stakeholders in social and natural systems. This paper also discusses future challenges in the application of the map for a science–policy–society interface.

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“…We used Ontology Engineering in Obama City and Beppu City (see above), building on a set of questions defined for those contexts. Figure 4 displays a conceptual map focusing on water, generated from the SS-SESs ontology [33,34]. This map shows that agriculture, fisheries and human life are the hubs that connect water, energy and food.…”

Section: Ontology Engineeringmentioning

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Methods of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

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Burnett

Orencio

et al. 2015

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This paper focuses on a collection of methods that can be used to analyze the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. We classify these methods as qualitative or quantitative for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches. The methods for interdisciplinary research approaches can be used to unify a collection of related variables, visualize the research problem, evaluate the issue, and simulate the system of interest. Qualitative methods are generally used to describe the nexus in the region of interest, and include primary research methods such as Questionnaire Surveys, as well as secondary research methods such as Ontology Engineering and Integrated Maps. Quantitative methods for examining the nexus include Physical Models, Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA), OPEN ACCESSWater 2015, 7 5807Integrated Indices, and Optimization Management Models. The authors discuss each of these methods in the following sections, along with accompanying case studies from research sites in Japan and the Philippines. Although the case studies are specific to two regions, these methods could be applicable to other areas, with appropriate calibration.

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Initial design process of the sustainability science ontology for knowledge-sharing to support co-deliberation

Cited by 19 publications

References 21 publications

Water-Food Nexus in Citarum Watershed, Indonesia

Water-Food Nexus in Citarum Watershed, Indonesia

Describing and Visualizing a Water–Energy–Food Nexus System

Methods of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

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