Reflective thinking meets artificial intelligence: Synthesizing sustainability transition knowledge in left-behind mountain regions

dc.contributor.authorFicko, Andrej
dc.contributor.authorSarkki, Simo
dc.contributor.authorGültekin, Yasar Selman
dc.contributor.authorEgli, Antonia
dc.contributor.authorHiedanpää, Juha
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-11T20:45:20Z
dc.date.available2025-10-11T20:45:20Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentDüzce Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWe demonstrate a multi-method approach towards discovering and structuring sustainability transition knowledge in marginalized mountain regions. By employing reflective thinking, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered text summarization and text mining, we synthesize experts’ narratives on sustainable development challenges and solutions in Kardüz Upland, Türkiye. We then analyze their alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using document embedding. Investment in infrastructure, education, and resilient socio-ecological systems emerged as priority sectors to combat poor infrastructure, geographic isolation, climate change, poverty, depopulation, unemployment, low education levels, and inadequate social services. The narratives were closest in substance to SDG 1, 3, and 11. Social dimensions of sustainability were more pronounced than environmental dimensions. The presented approach supports policymakers in organizing loosely structured sustainability transition knowledge and fragmented data corpora, while also advancing AI applications for designing and planning sustainable development policies at the regional level. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.geosus.2024.100257
dc.identifier.issn2096-7438
dc.identifier.issn2666-6839
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85214322348en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.100257
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/21295
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBeijing Normal University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGeography and Sustainabilityen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250911
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligenceen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subjectReflective Thinkingen_US
dc.subjectScientific Imaginationen_US
dc.subjectText Miningen_US
dc.subjectText Summarizationen_US
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligenceen_US
dc.subjectData Miningen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectMountain Regionen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleReflective thinking meets artificial intelligence: Synthesizing sustainability transition knowledge in left-behind mountain regionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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