The Pathways to Manage Air Pollution: An Ontological Assessment of The National Clean Air Programme 2019, India

Anilkumar, Munikrishnappa; Kashyap, Shwetmala; Mitra, Susanna Ghosh; Neogi, Devina; Ramaprasad, Arkalgud; Sanjeev, Anupama; Singai, Chetan; Sreeganga, S. D.; Thodika, Nibras K.

doi:10.18520/cs/v120/i8/1295-1302

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“…The ontology can make the 'elephant' visible. Studies on national healthcare policies [12][13][14][15][16], higher education policies [56], transboundary sharing of river water [11], and clean air policies [57] using ontologies provide evidence of the siloed, selective, sparse, segmented, and nonsystemic. They are siloed in that the emphases on the columns are severely unbalanced, selective in their choice of elements addressed, sparse in the overall coverage of elements and the attendant pathways, segmented attention to pathways, and because of all the above, inattentive to addressing the problem systemically.…”

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A Framework for Developing a National Research Strategy for Water Reuse

Ramaprasad,

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2024

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Water reuse is critical to national development, sustenance, and survival in this era of climate, demographic, and social changes. There is no systemic national approach to systematically addressing this challenge. This paper presents a framework and method to develop a national research strategy for water reuse. It presents an ontology of water reuse strategies that encapsulates the combinatorial complexity of the problem clearly, concisely, and comprehensively. Subsequently, it discusses the method to use the framework to develop a national strategy, adapt it through feedback and learning, and ultimately effect a revolutionary change in the strategy for water reuse.

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Section: Discussion-national Research Strategy For Water Reusementioning

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A Framework for Developing a National Research Strategy for Water Reuse

Ramaprasad,

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2024

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“…We further validated the dimensions and elements of the ontology based on a roundtable discussion with multiple experts actively working in the field of urban governance [39], including subject experts, bureaucrats, researchers, academicians, civil society members, and urban development practitioners. The purpose of the discussion was to gather feedback from stakeholders on urban governance issues and provide recommendations on the most important areas and methods for establishing effective and efficient urban governance structures, as well as improve coordination among various administrative functions.…”

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The Ontology of Urban Governance: A Framework for Pathways to Sustainable Urban Transition

Ghosh Mitra,

Chandra,

Ramaprasad

2024

Urban Science

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Evidence on urban governance has expanded but is fragmented and inadequate. It fails to articulate the complexity of urban governance in a way that would facilitate effective urban transitions. Using a conceptual-cognitive lens, this article describes a method to move away from governance solutions based on functional silos to those based on multidimensional, sustainable systems. Based on a combination of concepts from public policy, governance, public administration, and urban service management, it frames the problem of urban governance as a comprehensive conceptual-cognitive map of the domain. The study validates the framework through expert feedback and the mapping of the literature on urban governance in India between 2018 and 2020. The monad map and theme map emphasise the ontology’s applicability as a methodological tool for evidence generation. The analysis reveals a need to reconfigure urban governance pathways to work towards a sustainable future. The article concludes by offering new conceptual constructs of governance pathways to enhance the policies and practices that shape such transitions.

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“…As a scientific theory it can be 2 used to describe, explain, predict, and control [7] FLW through feedback and learning [8,9] systemically as part of a broader ecosystem, and systematically by exploring the innumerable pathways within it. The authors have used ontologies to study solid waste management [10], biomedical waste management [11], air pollution management [12], and similar topics. In the study we: (a) present an ontology of food consumption, loss, and waste (the addition of consumption is necessary to make the construct logically complete, although we shall continue to use the common FLW acronym), (b) demonstrate how it encapsulates the present definitions of FLW, (c) discuss how it extends the present definitions to be "comprehensive and globally applicable" [1] (p. 1), and (d) delineate its implications for research on, policies for, and the practice of FLW.…”

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Definition of Food Consumption, Loss, and Waste

Ramaprasad,

Kashyap

2024

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The global food system has three recognized challenges: (a)increasing the availability of food consumption, (b) reducing food loss, and (c) reducing food waste. The increasing demand for food consumption, increasing quantity of food loss, and corresponding increase in food waste are resulting in serious health, aesthetic, social, economic, and environmental problems due to a lack of appropriate planning and management. Despite its importance, there is no clear, concise, and comprehensive definition of food consumption, loss, and waste. Generally, food consumption, food loss, and food waste are dealt with separately. This article presents a logically constructed ontological framework of food consumption, loss, and waste. It gives equal importance to all three aspects of global food management. The systematic ontological framework is general, and the analysis can be applied to any country. The framework deconstructs the combinatorial complexity of the problem and explicates the pathways to manage the consumption, loss, and waste. The ontological framework encapsulates 19*8*7*4*5*6 = 25,536 possible components of the challenge. A critical analysis based on available data using the framework will help to develop strategies to deal with the problem. It can help to discover the gaps and to find ways to bridge the gaps. It is novel to conceptualize food consumption, loss, and waste together.

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The Pathways to Manage Air Pollution: An Ontological Assessment of The National Clean Air Programme 2019, India

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A Framework for Developing a National Research Strategy for Water Reuse

A Framework for Developing a National Research Strategy for Water Reuse

The Ontology of Urban Governance: A Framework for Pathways to Sustainable Urban Transition

Definition of Food Consumption, Loss, and Waste

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