Overview
- Open access Introduces the essential process of “framing” in employing sustainable concepts
- Provides fundamental discussions on the concepts of sustainability by analyzing why particular themes and topics are framed in the way they usually are
- Written by a unique team of sustainability experts with a diverse range of backgrounds
Part of the book series: Science for Sustainable Societies (SFSS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Approaches to Sustainability Issues
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Front Matter
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Practical Approaches to Sustainability Issues
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Epilogue
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Back Matter
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About this book
This open access book offers both conceptual and empirical descriptions of how to “frame” sustainability challenges. It defines “framing” in the context of sustainability science as the process of identifying subjects, setting boundaries, and defining problems. The chapters are grouped into two sections: a conceptual section and a case section. The conceptual section introduces readers to theories and concepts that can be used to achieve multiple understandings of sustainability; in turn, the case section highlights different ways of comprehending sustainability for researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders.
The book offers diverse illustrations of what sustainability concepts entail, both conceptually and empirically, and will help readers become aware of the implicit framings in sustainability-related discourses. In the extant literature, sustainability challenges such as climate change, sustainable development, and rapid urbanization have largely been treated as “pre-set,” fixed topics, while possible solutions have been discussed intensively. In contrast, this book examines the framings applied to the sustainability challenges themselves, and illustrates the road that led us to the current sustainability discourse.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Shogo Kudo is an Assistant Professor and part of the Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, University of Tokyo, where he also completed his Ph.D. He currently holds a visiting researcher position at the Institute of Asian Studies and Regional Collaboration, Akita International University, and is a visiting research fellow at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, United Nations University. His research focus is on the impact of aging and depopulation in rural areas of Japan. He is currently working on a project platform called the Akita Age Lab, which will promote educational, research, and social implementation projects for the challenges of an aging society in Japan’s Akita prefecture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Framing in Sustainability Science
Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
Editors: Takashi Mino, Shogo Kudo
Series Title: Science for Sustainable Societies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9061-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9060-9Published: 26 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9063-0Published: 11 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9061-6Published: 12 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2197-7348
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7356
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 196
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Nature Conservation, Development and Sustainability, Environmental and Sustainability Education