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Sharing Ecosystem Services

Building More Sustainable and Resilient Society

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  • Demonstrates rural translation of newly emerging sharing paradigm to build more resilient and sustainable society in harmony with nature
  • Focuses on the concept of “sharing ecosystem service” which have been often ignored by recent ecosystem services studies, even though it plays an important role in both developing and developed countries
  • Sheds a light on future path in which sharing practices can contribute to making society more resilient, sustainable and inclusive through sharing ecosystem services

Part of the book series: Science for Sustainable Societies (SFSS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Home-Based Food Provision and Social Capital in Japan

    • Chiho Kamiyama, Shizuka Hashimoto, Osamu Saito
    Pages 21-33
  3. Sharing Experiences and Associated Knowledge in the Changing Waterscape: An Intergenerational Sharing Program in Mikatagoko Area, Japan

    • Ryoto Tomita, Hasu Project (a NGO in Mikatagoko area), Takehito Yoshida
    Pages 87-115
  4. Sharing Place: A Case Study on the Loss of Peri-urban Landscape to Urbanization in India

    • Mrittika Basu, Osamu Saito, Shizuka Hashimoto, Rajarshi Dasgupta
    Pages 197-213
  5. Cow Sharing and Alpine Ecosystems: A Comparative Case Study of Sharing Practices and Property Rights

    • Katharina Gugerell, Marianne Penker, Pia Kieninger
    Pages 215-232
  6. Synthesis: Can Sharing Enhance the Sustainability and Resilience of Our Society?

    • Osamu Saito, Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Manosi Abe
    Pages 233-265

About this book

Using “the sharing paradigm” as a guiding concept, this book demonstrates that “sharing” has much greater potential to make rural society resilient, sustainable and inclusive through enriching all four sharing dimensions: informal, mediated, communal and commercial sharing. The chapters are divided into two parts, one that focuses on case studies of the sharing ecosystem services in Japan, the other on case studies from around the world including in the regions of Africa, Asia-Pacific, South America and Europe. Reflecting the recent growing attention to sharing concept and its application to economic and urban context, this publication explores opportunities and challenges to build more resilient and sustainable society in harmony with nature by critical examination of sharing practices in rural landscapes and seascapes around the world. This book introduces not only traditional communal and non-market sharing practices in different rural areas, but also new forms of sharingthrough integration of traditional practices and modern science and technologies. 

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

    Osamu Saito

About the editor

Osamu Saito
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Tokyo, Japan 



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Softcover Book USD 89.99
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