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Table 4 Meta-categories, categories, and exemplary terms in <3><SUS>

From: A new approach to semantic sustainability assessment: text mining via network analysis revealing transition patterns in German municipal climate action plans

Meta-category

Category

Exemplary terms

<Sufficiency>

<avoidance>

Avoid, fasting, renounce, non-use

<Sufficiency>

<decrease_rational_use>

Reduce, lower, decrease

<Sufficiency>

<limit_sufficiency>

Limit, restrict, threshold value

<Sufficiency>

<prohibition>

Prohibit, interdict, forbid

<Sufficiency>

<saving>

Save

<Sufficiency>

<switch_off>

Turn off, switch off, overnight shutdown

<Efficiency>

<control>

Control, monitor, manage

<Efficiency>

<optimization_efficiency>

Optimization, optimize, efficiency, improve

<Efficiency>

<progress>

Modernize, progress, further develop

<Efficiency>

<storage>

Store, accumulate, aggregate

<Consistency>

<life_cycle>

Circulation system, life cycle

<Consistency>

<maintenance_reanimation>

Maintain, rehabilitate, replace, repair

<Consistency>

<recycling>

Recycling, reuse, composting

<Consistency>

<regeneration>

Renew, regenerate, recover, solar power, wind power, photovoltaics, bioenergy