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Framing in Sustainability Science : Theoretical and Practical Approaches.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mino, Takashi.
Other Authors: Kudo, Shogo.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Science for Sustainable Societies Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I: Theoretical Approaches to Sustainability Issues
  • Chapter 1: Framing in Sustainability Science
  • 1.1 Emergence of Sustainability Science
  • 1.2 Educational Challenge in Sustainability Science at UTokyo
  • 1.3 What to Frame as Sustainability Challenges
  • 1.4 What Is Framing?
  • 1.5 Framework to Visualize Transformation to a Sustainable Society
  • 1.6 Scope and Structure of this Book
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Theoretical and Methodological Pluralism in Sustainability Science
  • 2.1 Introduction - What Has Become of Sustainability Science?
  • 2.1.1 Collaboration and Communication
  • 2.1.2 Reflexivity
  • 2.1.3 Research Designs
  • 2.2 Ontology - On Reality, Systems and Fields
  • 2.3 Epistemology - On Pluralism and Unification in Sustainability Science
  • 2.4 Ways of Understanding Society
  • 2.4.1 Theory
  • 2.4.2 Consensus or Conflict
  • 2.4.3 Parsimony or Complexity
  • 2.5 Ways of Understanding Agency, Behaviour, and Interaction
  • 2.6 An Integrative Framework - Social Fields and Natural Systems
  • 2.7 A Typology - Linking Science and Politics
  • 2.8 The Way Forward
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Approaches for Framing Sustainability Challenges: Experiences from Swedish Sustainability Science Education
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.1.1 Education for Sustainability
  • 3.1.2 Aims
  • 3.2 The LUMES Program
  • 3.2.1 Program Structure
  • 3.2.2 Sustainability Science Course
  • 3.3 The Approaches
  • 3.3.1 Terminology
  • 3.3.2 DPSIR
  • 3.3.3 Causal Loop Diagrams
  • 3.3.4 Multi-scale &amp
  • -level Perspective (Including Transitions)
  • 3.3.5 Multi-level Perspective in Transition Theory
  • 3.4 Socio-ecological System Framework
  • 3.5 Discussion
  • 3.5.1 Approach Learning Challenges
  • 3.5.2 Changes to Enhance Approach Understanding
  • 3.5.3 Single Case
  • 3.5.4 Learning Activity Streamlining
  • 3.5.5 Reflection Sessions.
  • 3.5.6 Approach Readings
  • 3.5.7 Final Reflections
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II: Practical Approaches to Sustainability Issues
  • Chapter 4: The Value of Grey
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Layer Model
  • 4.2.1 Dichotomy Versus Grey
  • 4.2.2 Landscape Patterns in Three City Regions
  • 4.2.3 Legacy of Mixture
  • 4.2.4 Layer Model
  • 4.3 Shaping the "Grey Urban Environment"
  • 4.3.1 "Grey" in Urban Context
  • 4.3.2 Grey Urban Environment in Tokyo
  • 4.3.3 Grey Urban Environment in Tokyo
  • 4.3.4 Japanese Urban Planning System
  • 4.3.5 Uniqueness of Japanese Urban Planning
  • 4.4 Enhancing the Values of Grey Urban Environment
  • 4.4.1 High Density Urban Areas in Tokyo
  • 4.4.2 Modernization: The Only Solution?
  • 4.4.3 New Values and Ideas to Stay Grey
  • 4.5 Shaping the "Urban-Rural Grey"
  • 4.5.1 Land Use Transformation in Suburban Tokyo
  • 4.5.2 Area Division System and Agricultural Promotion Regions
  • 4.5.3 Productive Green Land
  • 4.5.4 Hidden Order in Planning System
  • 4.6 Enhancing the Value of Urban-Rural Grey
  • 4.6.1 Growing Vegetables as a Retiree Lifestyle
  • 4.6.2 Food Provisioning from Hobby Gardens
  • 4.6.3 Satoyama Woodland as Community Biomass Energy Source
  • 4.7 The Value of Grey
  • 4.7.1 Natural Disasters and Layer Model Advantages
  • 4.7.2 Value of Grey
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Framing in Placemaking When Envisioning a Sustainable Rural Community in the Time of Aging and Shrinking Societies in Japan
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.1.1 Population Aging in Japan and the Challenges in Rural Regions
  • 5.1.2 Discussing Sustainability in an Aging and Shrinking Phase of Society
  • 5.1.3 Aim of This Chapter
  • 5.2 Rural System Transition: Multifunctionality Framework
  • 5.2.1 Conceptual Development of Multifunctionality
  • 5.2.2 Development of Multifunctionality Framework.
  • 5.3 Envisioning a Sustainable Community in an Aging and Shrinking Society: Case of Monogartari Workshop in Gojome Town
  • 5.3.1 Context
  • 5.3.2 Conceptual Design of Workshop: Placemaking Concept
  • 5.3.3 Practice: Monogatari Workshop
  • 5.4 Concluding Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Role in Framing in Sustainability Science - The Case of Minamata Disease
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Overview of Minamata Disease
  • 6.2.1 What is Minamata Disease?
  • 6.2.2 Delayed action
  • 6.2.3 Compensation and Relief for the Victims
  • 6.2.4 How to Frame the Problems of the Minamata Disease
  • 6.2.5 What Was the Cause of Minamata Disease? (Scientific Framing)
  • 6.2.6 Why Did Environmental Governance and Pollution Control Technologies Fail? (Techno-Legislative FRAMING)
  • 6.2.7 How Much Does It Cost to Prevent or Recover from the Damage? (Economic Framing)
  • 6.2.8 Were the 12 Years Required for Stopping the Acetaldehyde Process Long or Short? (Scientific Uncertainty Framing)
  • 6.2.9 Is the Mechanism of Minamata Disease (Methylmercury Poisoning) Fully Understood and are the Victims Properly for Damages? (Medical Framing and Its Social Implications)
  • 6.2.10 Who Must Decide the Criteria to Certify Victims for Compensation Before Relevant Scientific Knowledge is Sufficiently Accumulated, and How? (Time Consuming Nature of Science)
  • 6.2.11 Interpretations of the Problems of Minamata Disease and Importance of Understanding Framings Behind Them
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Time-Scale in Framing Disaster Risk Reduction in Sustainability
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Natural Hazard Return Periods: Tsunami Classification in Japan
  • 7.2.1 History of Tsunamis in Northern Japan (Tohoku region)
  • 7.2.2 New Tsunami Classification System
  • 7.2.3 Implications of Time Scales on Measures to Improve Resilience.
  • 7.2.4 Case Study: Otsuchi Town
  • 7.3 Sea Level Rise and Low-lying Lands
  • 7.3.1 Past Sea Level Rise and Twenty-First Century Projections
  • 7.3.2 Island Communities
  • 7.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Framing Food Security and Poverty Alleviation
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Impacts of the Green Revolution on Developing Countries
  • 8.2.1 Brief History of the Green Revolution
  • 8.2.2 The Meaning of the Green Revolution in the Context of Development Strategy
  • 8.3 Poverty Alleviation from a Nutrition Perspective
  • 8.3.1 Development Strategies for Nutrition
  • 8.3.2 Environment and Nutrition
  • 8.4 Dysfunction of Framing in Poverty Alleviation
  • 8.4.1 Market Failure and Shadow Prices
  • 8.4.2 Social and Behavior Change
  • 8.5 Summary
  • References
  • Part III: Epilogue
  • Chapter 9: Linking Framing to Actions for Sustanability
  • 9.1 Chapter Summaries
  • 9.2 Sustainability Science Examines Intended and Unintended Consequences of Framing
  • 9.3 Concluding Remarks
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.

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