community based flood resilience: Integrating systems

OCAD University Open Research Repository

2018

Circular economic service system design for

community based flood resilience:

Integrating systems design and behavioral

science to address a public sector challenge

from withinDas, Bhaskarjyoti and Nahar, Praveen

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Das, Bhaskarjyoti and Nahar, Praveen (2018) Circular economic service system design for

community based flood resilience: Integrating systems design and behavioral science to address a

public sector challenge from within. In: Proceedings of RSD7, Relating Systems Thinking and

Design 7, 23-26 Oct 2018, Turin, Italy. Available at http://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/2701/

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Designing a Collaborative Grain Storage and Service System for the Annually Flood Prone Communities of Assam, India

Cultivating Well-Being through Circular Economy

Bhaskarjyoti Das , Praveen Nahar

National Institute of Design

Ahmedabad, India

© 2018, Bhaskarjyoti Das 1

© 2018, Bhaskarjyoti Das

It’s an academic applied design research

project in the context of exploring

implementation of circular economy in

facilitating a well-being ecosystem among

the annually food prone communities of

the Brahmaputra Valley in the state of

Assam, India.

Acknowledgements:

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The annually occurring floods in the stateof Assam, India

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The Joint Needs Assessment Report for Assam Floods 2017

In July 2017, more than1.7 million across 26 districts were affected and 86,000 hectares of crop area in 2450 villages were destroyed.

Food security and livelihood sector has shown that 56% of the affected people have food availability for less than a week and 34% of the people have reported availability of food for a period of 1-3 weeks, making over 90% of the affected people without access to food after three weeks.

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Directions for Design for Circular Economy (DfCE)






A design student’s approach towards holistic thinking

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Collaborative Grain Storage and Service System











CGSS Customer Portal



On-fieldImplementation Plan






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