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Aligning priorities: A Comparative analysis of scientific and policy perspectives on municipal solid waste management

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has become a critical issue today, posing substantial economic, environmental, and social challenges. Identifying and analyzing dominant themes in this field is essential for advancing research and policies towards sustainable MSW management practices. This study aims to explore the key issues related to MSW management that have been addressed by both the scientific community and policymakers through funded projects. By doing so, the study seeks to guide the scientific community as a knowledge producer and the EU as a key funder. Two Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) models were applied to analyze the themes from two corpora: one representing scientific literature and another focusing on EU-funded projects. Additionally, this analysis was complemented by a quantitative estimation of the similarity between the two corpora, providing a measure of alignment between the scientific community and policymakers. The results generally indicate that the two spheres are aligned and highlight the diversity of topics explored by the scientific community. Nevertheless, it is concluded that there are opportunities for further research on specific topics, such as leaching and the extraction of heavy metals. Additionally, the popularity of topics identified in European Union-funded projects has fluctuated considerably over time, focusing primarily on waste management rather than its prevention. In light of these findings, waste prevention emerges as a promising avenue for future EU-funded research initiatives.
Autores
Pugas, MAR; Lopes, EL; Lopes, EH; Ferreira, HL
Título
From One End to The Other: A Bibliometric Study of Publications on Omission Neglect Based on The Journals Between 1988 and 2016
Afiliaciones
Universidade Nove de Julho
Año
2020
DOI
10.23925/2178-0080.2020v22i1.44752
Tipo de acceso abierto
gold, Green Submitted
Referencia
WOS:000543784400006
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