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Linguistic rhetoric and people's rights
(Dempo, 2025-03-17) Varak, Nawoo
Drivers in the fisheries domain: A bibliometric and text mining analysis
(Elsevier, 2024) Fernandes, Relita; Sukthankar, Sitaram V.
Fisheries have garnered attention from researchers throughout the last several decades. This sector's contribution has been recognised globally, leading to exponential growth in the number of research studies published in this area. Among all the dimensions from which this field has been explored, a critical theme under focus has been the drivers in the fisheries domain. Therefore, this study aims to provide a wholesome view of such studies that have explored drivers in the context of fisheries using bibliometric analysis and text-mining tools. Based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach, 322 studies on the theme were extracted from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The studies extracted were analysed using VOSviewer and Orange software. The analysis uncovered the top journals and publishers in this domain and revealed the hidden patterns in the existing literature. The researchers posit that rather than judging the growth solely based on the number of citations and publications over the period, focus should be concentrated towards identifying themes that have gained immense attention from researchers over the years. The results indicate a shifting trend in recent times, centered on topics related to sustainability and climate change, among many more. The findings have important implications for researchers to make valuable contributions in this domain.
Measuring and evaluating the influence of cultural sustainability indicators on sustainable cultural tourism development: Scale development and validation
(Elsevier, 2025) Gaonkar, Sadanand; Sukthankar, Sitaram V.
In the past few decades, tourism has significantly impacted the ecological, social, and environmental dimensions, making sustainability facilitation more vital. These aspects are also regarded as the primary pillars of sustainable tourism development. Culture is the cornerstone for accomplishing sustainable tourism research and practice goals in many domains. Culture has received very little attention despite being the deeply rooted and reliable framework for human existence. As a part of cultural tourism, even Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) has been largely ignored in sustainable tourism development. Moreover, the varied sustainability dimensions do not explain cultural sustainability indicators and how these indicators influence sustainable cultural tourism development. Therefore, firstly, this research aims to develop and measure a new scale for Cultural Sustainability Indicators and Sustainable Cultural Tourism Development (SCTD) and, secondly, to examine the influence of Cultural Sustainability Indicators on SCTD growth. In this sense, data was gathered from tourism stakeholders using self-administered questionnaires. A total of 1000 respondents completed the questionnaire; 949 of those responses were deemed legitimate. The new scale development identified the seven most important cultural sustainability indicators— Authenticity, Awareness, Commodification and Transformation, Empowerment, Parallel Development, Promotion, and Sustainability Practices, and one indicator of SCTD growth—SCTD, through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in SPSS 20. Further, to investigate the influence of cultural sustainability indicators on the growth of SCTD, additional analysis is conducted using PLS-SEM in Smart PLS 4. The study results showed that, except for parallel development and promotion, the five cultural sustainability indicators significantly and positively influence SCTD. Thus, the study concludes that culture is one of the most important aspects of developing a sustainable tourism industry and may be used to assess the sustainability of tourist destinations. The primary contribution of this work is a scale that depicts current perspectives and solutions for the cultural tourism sector as perceived by different stakeholders.
Mangrove-Associated Molluscan Diversity along Chapora and Sal Estuaries of Goa, West Coast of India
(2024) Bhat, Mithila; Ravinesh, R; Padate, Vinay; Rivonker, Chandrashekher
The estuarine shores of Goa feature diverse habitats, including mangroves, sandy, muddy and rocky shores, which support a variety of molluscan assemblages. The present study is an attempt to provide baseline data on the molluscan fauna from the mangrove-associated regions of the Chapora and Sal estuaries in North and South Goa respectively. Intertidal sampling at two selected stations each in Chapora and Sal estuaries were carried out during low tide at monthly intervals from April 2016 to March 2017. The survey revealed a total of thirty-five species belonging to thirty genera from two classes (Gastropoda and Bivalvia), thirteen orders, and twenty-three families of molluscs. Thirteen species including seven species of gastropods and six species of bivalves were recorded for the first time from Goa. The family Veneridae with the commercially important bivalves Pelecyora katiawarensis, Meretrix aurora, M. casta, Marcia opima, M. recens formed the most speciose group. Cassidula nucleus and Platevindex martensi were found on the trunks and roots of mangroves, whereas Indian backwater oyster Magallana bilineata and the hooded oyster Saccostrea cucullata were commonly found at all the four locations. Littoraria pallescens was typically found on the leaves and roots of mangroves especially on the Rhizophora spp. The micro gastropod Optediceros breviculum recorded from the mangrove associated muddy habitats was one of the new records to Goa. It is imperative that the updated database is an integral part of the taxonomy to strengthen the molluscan database. Further, continuous monitoring is necessary considering rapid coastal development and associated rise in pollution.
Redescription of Pseudograpsus intermedius Chhapgar, 1955 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Varunidae) from India
(Magnolia Press, 2022) Ng, Ngan Kee; Trivedi, Jigneshkumar N; Bhat, Mithila
The identity of Pseudograpsus intermedius Chhapgar, 1955 (Varunidae), a crab species found in mangrove habitats of India is clarified. The re-examination of the holotype male and examination of fresh specimens collected from Goa State, India, revealed that P. intermedius shows significant morphological differences from the generic characters of Pseudograpsus. As such, a new genus Chhapgarus n. gen. is established for the species.