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Assessment of Socio-Economic Vulnerability: A Case of Three Districts in West Bengal Using Select Indicators
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Exploring the Applicability of Sustainable Development Goals in Fringe Areas of Fast Growing Metropolises
Get PDFThe social sustainability of the north-east Asia has been threatened by the rising population and poverty. The unplanned metropolitan and suburban growth endangers the existing systems of social, economic and environmental balance and creates hindrances towards sustainable development. Existing urban infrastructure has become unable to cater services to all citizens resulting poor quality of life. Thegovernment is also struggling to pay for new and expanded services. Most of the existing metropolitan cities in the south-east Asia were not planned how to face these kinds of problems when it arise. Contemporary policy problems are to be found in the rural areas of this region which act as hindrances of the city expansion. In most of the cases the existing metropolitan cities expand without any proper guidelines where the cities hardly breathe. The people living in urban fringe areas are contributing to the economy; they are more susceptible to social, economic and environmental shocks generated within the region. The Fringe area Development may be a solution to these growing problems in this region. Urban Fringe is an area that situates between urban and rural system. Fringe is defined as a relation to the city and exists in agriculture hinterland (area around or beyond a major town) where land use is changing .It is the most sensitive, dynamic and swiftly changing area during the urbanization process. However to minimize the growing development pressure of the metropolis emergence of fringe area development has become popular to decentralize the population in this region. But at the same time the development without proper guidelines results poor services in the fringe areas which has become a common phenomenon in the region and it gradually attempts to destroy the overall infrastructure and environment of the metropolis. In 2015 the UNDP has formed certain global goals known as “Sustainable Development Goals”. The motto of the SDGs is “To provide a better future for everyone of the society”. However it is noticeable that in most of the cases the fringe area development in this region is basically focused to cope up with the present scenario; either focuses on social or economic or environmental benefit. But to achieve the SDG it should be focused on these three perspectives equally. In Indian context the fringe area development is focused to decrease and decentralize the pressure of the mother city. Thus it is hardly seen to achieve the SDG in Indian scenario. In the contrast in the developed countries the fringe area development hardly neglects any of the three perspectives of the sustainability as the cities are already developed in every aspect that the fringe area development does not require to decrease and decentralize the pressure of the mother city. So the fringe area development in developed countries is more likely policy oriented whereas in south-east Asian context it is more likely depends on the nature and characteristics of the mother city. . This paper aims how far is it applicable to induce the SDGs in the fringe areas in Indian scenario so that it may draw sustainability in these metropolitan cities as well as in the fringe area
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Sustainable Revolution for a Greener Planet – Possibilities in the Indian Context
Get PDFThe key challenge of the urbanisation process is the rise in population at a rapid pace. Although the reason is
the aim of a better life for people, it is costing the environment and healthy living to a great extent in diverse
ways. This sudden rise in population attracts uninvited guests like pollution, traffic, congestion, lack of green
spaces, urban heat island effect, etc. The paper aims to study the environmental effects of the increased urban
population, to bring sustainable awareness and environmental justice to the planet. The study draws
comparisons of effects between the countries of the world and India, which in turn helps in formulating
diverse ways to raise a sustainable revolution, and their applicability in developing countries like India. The
approach helps understand the impact that can cause if not implemented at the earliest. The 2022 ranking of
the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and Sustainable Development Report (SDR) shows that India
occupied the 180th position out of 180 countries, and the 121st position out of 163 respectively, indicating
the necessity for a sustainable revolution in the context of India at a much bigger scale than the present. This
not only shows different parameters affecting the planet but also the roles of diverse people in the revolution.
The sustainable revolution can be achieved by the use of renewable energy techniques, energy-saving
fixtures, control mechanisms, and responsive measures. The key methodology here is to apply these to the
cities around the globe which would draw inspiration and awareness to others, thereby transforming the
whole planet into sustainable practice. This revolution should start right from the smaller products at the
building and the community level. The concern for health and luxury needs to be combined to form a single
sustainable by-product. The perspective of products for a single-use needs to be changed and addressed.
Sustainable awareness of different products, materials, and standards should be raised among diverse
individuals, like students, teachers, employees, government servants, etc. Awareness campaigns at various
places would help to revolutionise sustainable practice on a large scale, especially when the results are seen
straight away. The paper concludes with the diverse ways of raising sustainable revolution that help in
making a greener planet, which reduces expenses drastically and boosts people’s confidence. Once, people
get used to this, it would be a game-changer for the planet’s health. The paper also discusses the role of
government and people, where the former play a key role in taking the revolution to further heights
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