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Managing Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia : Mapping and Navigating Stakeholders, Policy and Action.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saito, Osamu.
Other Authors: Subramanian, Suneetha M., Hashimoto, Shizuka., Takeuchi, Kazuhiko.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Science for Sustainable Societies Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes
  • 1.1 Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes
  • 1.2 Challenges and Opportunities for Contemporary SEPLS
  • 1.2.1 Challenges
  • 1.2.2 Opportunities
  • 1.3 Sustainability Science Research and SEPLS
  • 1.4 Objectives and Organization of the Book
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Mapping the Policy Interventions on Marine Social-Ecological Systems: Case Study of Sekisei Lagoon, Southwest Japan
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 Ocean Policy in Japan
  • 2.1.2 Objective of This Chapter
  • 2.2 Method
  • 2.2.1 The Social-Ecological Systems (SES) Schematic
  • 2.2.2 Review of the Policy Interventions
  • 2.3 Results
  • 2.4 Discussions
  • 2.4.1 SES Schematic as a Boundary Object
  • 2.4.2 Integration of the Sectoral Policies and the Multilevel Governance
  • 2.4.3 Next Step
  • References
  • Chapter 3: How to Engage Tourists in Invasive Carp Removal: Application of a Discrete Choice Model
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Study Background and Methods
  • 3.2.1 Research Site
  • 3.2.2 Questionnaire Design
  • 3.2.3 Data Collection
  • 3.2.4 Econometric Model
  • 3.3 Results
  • 3.4 Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The Use of Backcasting to Promote Urban Transformation to Sustainability: The Case of Toyama City, Japan
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Background Issues of This Study
  • 4.1.2 Analytical Perspectives and Research Questions
  • 4.2 Designs of Backcasting Scenario-Making: Citizen Participatory Workshop
  • 4.2.1 Setting of the Workshop Held in the City of Toyama, Japan
  • 4.2.1.1 Reasons for Choosing the Targeted City
  • 4.2.1.2 Membership of WS Participants
  • 4.2.2 Methods and Techniques of Dialogue Among the Workshop Participants
  • 4.2.2.1 Rules and Norms for Free Dialogue
  • 4.2.2.2 Use of Key Items for Guidance.
  • 4.2.2.3 Use of Logic Tree
  • 4.2.2.4 Creating Multiple Scenarios
  • 4.2.2.5 Choosing the Best Scenario
  • 4.3 Verification Approaches to Research Questions
  • 4.3.1 Examination of Multiple Visions
  • 4.3.2 Use of the Sustainable Society Scenario (3S) Simulator
  • 4.4 Results, Analyses, and Discussion
  • 4.4.1 Divergent Opinions Reflected in the Scenarios
  • 4.4.2 Convergence Found from the BC Scenarios and Their Making
  • 4.4.2.1 Merged into a Holistic, "Systemness" Perspective
  • 4.4.2.2 Textual Structures Backed by Logical Consistency
  • 4.4.2.3 Issue-Oriented Concerns Being Shared
  • 4.5 Conclusions and Implications for Further Research
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Traditional Knowledge, Institutions and Human Sociality in Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 A Brief Profile of the Sundarbans: A Socio-Ecological Production Landscape and Seascape (SEPLS)
  • 5.2.1 Structure: Dynamic Mosaics of Habitats and Land Uses
  • 5.2.2 Benefits: Maintaining Biodiversity and Providing Humans with Goods and Services
  • 5.2.3 Changes: Shaped by the Interactions Between People and Nature
  • 5.3 A Conceptual Framework: SEPLS, Human Sociality and Sustainability
  • 5.4 Drivers of Biodiversity Resource Degradation of the Sundarbans
  • 5.4.1 Structure of Property Rights of the Sundarbans
  • 5.4.2 Increasing Habitation and Illegal Encroachment
  • 5.4.3 Rent-Seeking Tendency and Extra-Legal Management
  • 5.4.4 Land Reclamation and Shrimp Cultivation
  • 5.4.5 Marginalisation of Traditional Forest Users
  • 5.5 Informal Institutions, Traditional Knowledge and Human Sociality: Towards Sustainable Conservation of Biodiversity Resources
  • 5.5.1 Traditional Rules and Practices Followed by IPLCs
  • 5.5.1.1 Rules Followed by the Mouals (Honey/Wax Collectors).
  • 5.5.1.2 Rules Followed by Bawalis (Wood Collectors)
  • 5.5.1.3 Traditional Practices of Golpata (Nypa fruticans) Harvesters
  • 5.5.1.4 Customary Rules Followed by Jele (Traditional Fishers)
  • 5.5.2 Innovation and Diversification of Livelihood Patterns
  • 5.5.2.1 Innovative Techniques in Agriculture
  • 5.5.2.2 Community-Based Mangrove Agro Aqua Silvi (CMAAS) Culture
  • 5.6 IPLCs, Resilience and Aichi Biodiversity Targets
  • 5.7 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Chapter 6: Lessons Learned from Application of the "Indicators of Resilience in  Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)" Under the Satoyama Initiative
  • 6.1 Introduction and Background
  • 6.2 The Indicators and Resilience Assessment
  • 6.3 Experiences Using the Indicators of Resilience
  • 6.3.1 Use of the Indicators to Facilitate Participatory Governance and Decision-Making: The COMDEKS Program
  • 6.3.2 Using the Indicators for Community Benefits Under the "GEF-Satoyama Project"
  • 6.3.3 A Case Study in Agrobiodiversity from Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve, Cuba
  • 6.3.4 Using the Indicators for Community Self-Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Evaluation in Japan
  • 6.3.5 Supporting Communities in Decision-Making Related to Restoration of Ecosystem Services in Tanzania
  • 6.4 Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Place-Based Solutions for Conservation and Restoration of Social-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes in Asia
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.1.1 An Accelerating Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia
  • 7.1.2 Community-Based Sustainable Use and Management of Resources
  • 7.1.3 The New Challenges to Sustainable Use and Management of SEPLS
  • 7.1.4 Conservation and Restoration Solutions for SEPLS
  • 7.2 Methodology
  • 7.2.1 A Societal-Based Approach to Solution Scanning
  • 7.2.2 Methods.
  • 7.3 Experiences, Actors, and Ecosystems in Navigating Place-Based Solutions
  • 7.3.1 Sub-regional Experiences and Variation of Place-Based Solutions
  • 7.3.2 Sub-regional Multi-stakeholder Coalitions for Conservation and Restoration Solutions in SEPLS
  • 7.3.3 Mosaic Landscapes of Multiple Ecosystems
  • 7.4 Discussion
  • 7.4.1 Selecting Place-Based Solutions for Different Social-Ecological Systems
  • 7.4.2 Meeting the New Challenges for Sustainable Use and Management of SEPLS
  • 7.4.3 Place-Based Solutions for Sustainable Use and Management of Production Landscapes and Seascapes
  • 7.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8: Mapping the Current Understanding of Biodiversity Science-Policy Interfaces
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Methodology
  • 8.3 Results and Discussion
  • 8.3.1 Distribution of SPI Studies
  • 8.3.2 SPI Features
  • 8.3.2.1 Overview
  • Challenges and Possible Solutions
  • Outcomes
  • 8.3.2.2 SPI Goal
  • 8.3.2.3 SPI Structure
  • 8.3.2.4 SPI Process
  • 8.3.2.5 SPI Output
  • 8.3.2.6 SPI Outcome
  • 8.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Synthesis: Managing Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes for Sustainable Communities in Asia
  • 9.1 Summary of the Book
  • 9.2 Implications for Transformative Changes toward Sustainability
  • 9.3 Afterword: Future Research Directions
  • References.

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