Framing in Sustainability Science : : Theoretical and Practical Approaches.

• Superior document: Science for Sustainable Societies Series
• Author: Mino, Takashi.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kudo, Shogo.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2019.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Science for Sustainable Societies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (196 pages)

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.