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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Kumazawa, Terukazu; Matsui, Takanori; Hara, Keishiro; Kurimoto, Shuji |
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Conference:
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Commons Amidst Complexity and Change, the Fifteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons |
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Location:
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Edmonton, Alberta |
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Conf. Date:
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May 25-29 |
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Date:
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2015 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9841
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Sector:
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Theory |
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Subject(s):
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social-ecological systems
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Abstract:
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"How do we assess the social-ecological systems? There are actually various perspectives towards a social-ecological systems in a particular field among stakeholders, and therefore it is difficult to share this assessment result. The social-ecological systems (SESs) framework supports sharing the perspectives by providing the common items. However, it is necessary to share not only what to be identified as items but also how to link semantically between items in order to understand the mutual difference between perspectives explicitly. Ontology engineering, which is one of the base technologies in semantic Web technology, is a method to design some sort of guideline facilitating knowledge-sharing. It enables us to share a mutual difference between perspectives through explicating a definition of a concept. This paper aims at proposing the collaborative approach to assessment of social-ecological systems by means of ontology engineering approach. For this purpose, we first define the concepts reflected by the items in the SESs framework and incorporate these into the ontology dealing with sustainability science (SS). Second, we incorporate the goal items and indicator items proposed in the workshops of the Satoyama planning. As a target case we review the practice carried out in a Kizugawa city of Kyoto prefecture in Japan, which deals with the planning and management to maintain Satoyama and conserve ecosystems within the city while preserving unique history and cultures by means of the partnerships among various stakeholders. In this planning process a series of workshops were organized in which activity groups and city workers participated and discussed such essential issues as goals of the plan, principles of actions and evaluation indicators between 2012 and 2013. Third, we assess the proposed goal items and indicator items from the aspect of the SESs by means of the constructed SS-SESs ontology. As an assessment result the semantic linkages which represent the knowledge structure of the stakeholders are shown, and it enables us to understand the differences of the perspectives between stakeholders. Finally, we discuss how we actually use the SS-SESs ontology in the context of environmental planning and management. Concretely, we propose some ideas to implement collaboration by sharing all sorts of knowledge in different contexts."
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