Sustainability Science: Field Methods and Exercises

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Theories, Concepts and Methodologies in Sustainability Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Philosophy of Field Methods in the GPSS-GLI Program: Dealing with Complexity to Achieve Resilience and Sustainable Societies

      • Takashi Mino, Miguel Esteban, Vivek Anand Asokan, Niranji Satanarachchi, Tomohiro Akiyama, Izumi Ikeda et al.

      Pages 3-19

3. Global Field Exercises

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Designing Field Exercises with the Integral Approach for Sustainability Science: A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin, China

      • Ricardo O. San Carlos, Heng Yi Teah, Tomohiro Akiyama, Jia Li

      Pages 23-39

   3. Field Survey Key Informant Interviews in Sustainability Science: Costa Rica’s PES Policy of Changing Focus from Quantity to Quality

      • Doreen Allasiw, Yuki Yoshida, Giles Bruno Sioen, Rene Castro, Ying Palopakon, Toshinori Tanaka et al.

      Pages 41-64

4. Exercises on Resilience

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Assessment of Fieldwork Methodologies for Educational Purposes in Sustainability Science: Exercise on Resilience, Tohoku Unit 2015

      • Ricardo O. San Carlos, Olga Tyunina, Yuki Yoshida, Aimee Mori, Giles Bruno Sioen, Jiaqi Yang

      Pages 67-91

   3. Drawing Lessons from the Minamata Incident for the General Public: Exercise on Resilience, Minamata Unit AY2014

      • Eri Amasawa, Heng Yi Teah, Joanne Yu Ting Khew, Izumi Ikeda, Motoharu Onuki

      Pages 93-113

5. Sustainability Science Field Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Sustainability Science as the Next Step in Urban Planning and Design

      • Giles Bruno Sioen, Toru Terada, Makoto Yokohari

      Pages 117-135

   3. A Methodology to Evaluate Sustainability in the Face of Complex Dynamics: Implications for Field Studies in Sustainability Science

      • Niranji Satanarachchi, Takashi Mino

      Pages 137-152

   4. Sustainability Field Exercises in Rural Areas: Applying the Community Marginalization Framework to Examine Qualitative Changes in Rural Communities

      • Shogo Kudo

      Pages 153-176

   5. Participatory Mapping and Problem Ranking Methodology in the Research of Sustainable Communities—Workshop with Indigenous People Under Community-Based Forest Management Program in the Philippines

      • Marcin Pawel Jarzebski

      Pages 177-197

   6. Rapid Sustainability Appraisal of Collapsed Jatropha Projects in Ghana Using Local Community Perceptions: Methodological Implications for Sustainability Science

      • Abubakari Ahmed, Alexandros Gasparatos

      Pages 199-227

6. Back Matter

   Pages 229-243

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This book builds up on the experience and lessons learnt by academics at the Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI) at the University of Tokyo. A number of scholars in the new field of sustainability science describe how field methods and exercises are carried out in this discipline, together with the theoretical basis for such exercises. Case studies of various countries around the world where these exercises are carried out are showcased, emphasizing the various socio-economic considerations and problems facing humanity and possible ways forward to build more sustainable and resilient societies. The final objective is to enrich the field of sustainability science by describing the novel aspects used in the field exercises carried out by practitioners of this cross-disciplinary field.

• Sustainability Science Program
• Resilience Exercises
• Methodology of Sustainability Science
• Realizing Sustainability
• Concretizing Sustainability
• climate change impacts

• Graduate Program in Sustainability Science-Global Leadership Initiative, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

  Miguel Esteban, Tomohiro Akiyama, Izumi Ikeda

• Graduate Program in Sustainability Science-Global Leadership Initiative, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Kashiwa, Japan

  Chiahsin Chen, Takashi Mino

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