Japan The Sustainable Society

Author : John Lie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520383531

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Japan, the Sustainable Society by John Lie Pdf

By the late twentieth century, Japan had gained worldwide attention as an economic powerhouse. Having miraculously risen from the ashes of World War II, it was seen by many as a country to be admired if not emulated. But by the early 1990s, that bubble burst in spectacular fashion. The Japanese economic miracle was over. In this book, John Lie argues that in many ways the Japan of today has the potential to be even more significant than it was four decades ago. As countries face the prospect of a world with decreasing economic growth and increasing environmental dangers, Japan offers a unique glimpse into what a viable future might look like—one in which people acknowledge the limits of the economy and environment while championing meaningful and sustainable ways of working and living. Beneath and beyond the rhetoric of growth, some Japanese are leading sustainable lives and creating a sustainable society. Though he does not prescribe a one-size-fits-all cure for the world, Lie makes the compelling case that contemporary Japanese society offers a possibility for how other nations might begin to valorize everyday life and cultivate ordinary virtues.

Author : Hiroshi Komiyama
Publisher : Springer
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431545590

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Beyond the Limits to Growth by Hiroshi Komiyama Pdf

At a time when contemporary challenges seem to many to be insurmountable, this book offers an optimistic view of the future and provides a road map for societies to get there. Drawing upon extensive research and many years as a thought leader in environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and internationally, Hiroshi Komiyama analyzes the most pressing challenges to the attainment of sustainability of economically advanced nations and argues forcefully for Japan to lead them out of the present dilemma through active promotion of creative consumer and societal demand. He shows how an active industry–government–academic partnership can provide the environment needed to promote such new creative demand and illustrates its potential through presentation of a Platinum Society Network that was launched on a regional basis in Japan in 2010 to facilitate the solution of common issues through the exchange of information and ideas. What is perhaps most surprising about the text is its unwavering optimism supported by hard evidence, history, and insightful observation. Problems arising from new paradigms of the 21st century (what the author refers to as “exploding knowledge, limited Earth resources, and aging societies“) thwart sustainable development in advanced and developing countries alike. All countries will struggle with issues that evolve from these paradigms including diminishing resources, expanding budget deficits, and growing global environmental problems. This window on potential practical pathways and solutions should be of interest to all those engaged in seeking ways to meet these contemporary challenges.

Author : Azby Brown
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781611729573

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Just Enough by Azby Brown Pdf

How the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today. If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forests and rivers? About food? Just Enough is a book of stories and sketches that give valuable insight into what it is like to live in a sustainable society by describing life in Japan some two hundred years ago, during the late Edo period, when cities and villages faced many of the same environmental challenges we do today and met them beautifully and inventively.

Author : Jane Singer,Tracey Gannon,Fumiko Noguchi,Yoko Mochizuki
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317504443

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Educating for Sustainability in Japan by Jane Singer,Tracey Gannon,Fumiko Noguchi,Yoko Mochizuki Pdf

Educating for Sustainable Development (ESD) approaches are holistic and interdisciplinary, values-driven, participatory, multi-method, locally relevant and emphasize critical thinking and problem-solving. This book explains how ESD approaches work in the Japanese context; their effects on different stakeholders; and their ultimate potential contribution to society in Japan. It considers ESD in both formal and informal education sectors, recognizing that even when classroom learning takes place it must be place-based and predicated on a specific community context. The book explores not only ‘Why ESD’, but why and how ESD in Japan has gained importance in the past decade and more recently in the wake of the triple disaster of March 2011. It considers how ESD can help Japan recover and adapt to disasters and take initiative in building more resilient and sustainable communities. This volume asks the questions: What are some examples of positive contributions by ESD to sustainability in Japan? What is the role of ESD in Japan in activating people to demand and work towards change? How can schools, universities and non-governmental organizations link with communities to strengthen civic awareness and community action? After an introduction that elucidates the roots and recent promotion of ESD in Japan, part one of this volume looks at the formal education sector in Japan, while part two examines community-based education and sustainability initiatives. The latter revisits the Tohoku region five years on from the events of March 2011, to explore recovery and revitalization efforts by schools, NGOs and residents. This is an invaluable book for postgraduate students, researchers, teachers and policy makers working on ESD.

Author : Carin Holroyd
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487502225

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Green Japan by Carin Holroyd Pdf

Green Japan critically examines the Japanese effort to combine economic growth with commitments to environmental sustainability.

Author : John Lie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520383524

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Japan, the Sustainable Society by John Lie Pdf

From Japan as "number one" to the lost decades -- Growth reconsidered -- The regime as a concept -- Ordinary virtues -- The book of sushi -- The artisanal ethos in Japan: the larger context -- The book of bathing -- Ikigai : reasons for living.

Author : Mitsutaka Matsumoto,Yasushi Umeda,Keijiro Masui,Shinichi Fukushige
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1152 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400730106

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Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society by Mitsutaka Matsumoto,Yasushi Umeda,Keijiro Masui,Shinichi Fukushige Pdf

Since the first EcoDesign International Symposium held in 1999, this symposium has led the research and practices of environmentally conscious design of products, services, manufacturing systems, supply chain, consumption, as well as economics and society. EcoDesign 2011 - the 7th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing - was successfully held in the Japanese old capital city of Kyoto, on November 30th – December 2nd, 2011. The subtitle of EcoDesign 2011 is to “design for value innovation towards sustainable society.” During this event, presenters discussed the way to achieve both drastic environmental consciousness and value innovation in order to realise a sustainable society.

Author : Peder Anker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108477567

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The Power of the Periphery by Peder Anker Pdf

Examines how Norway has positioned itself as an alternative, environmentally-sound nation in a world filled with tension and instability.

Author : Katsuhiko Kokubu,Yoshiyuki Nagasaka
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811201714

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Sustainability Management And Business Strategy In Asia by Katsuhiko Kokubu,Yoshiyuki Nagasaka Pdf

Sustainability is a concept that unifies the environment, economy, and society, and has spread as a key concept in enterprise management. The United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, which require worldwide efforts to reach a sustainable society, and also applies to private enterprises.Sustainability should be developed in connection with management strategy, and Asia's role, including that of Japan, is important to improve global sustainability. This book addresses how sustainability management in the Asian context is currently practised and proposes practices for the future.Investigation of the effect of business domain characteristics on the integration of sustainability and management, and elucidation of the process and features of EMCS (Environmental Management Control System) inside and outside of companies have been indicated. The book points that companies need to use and design Sustainability Management Control Systems in order to implement a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) strategy and match employees' behavior to CSR activities.MFCA (Material Flow Cost Accounting) has started to expand rapidly into other Asian industries from Japan as a method of Environmental Management Control. The fundamental idea and procedure of MFCA and many case examples of Japanese MFCA have been reported. These findings help us to consider a policy for continuous use of MFCA. Moreover, the relationship between Toyota Production System and MFCA has been explained and 'Material Flow Time Costing' as a new management accounting concept is proposed.Based on the literature review, the study has made recommendations for Asian companies' strategic management and governmental policy-making to improve both quality and quantity of sustainability disclosure in Asia. One of the papers has identified the development and implementation of social and environmental accounting by Indonesian state-owned enterprises and their determining factors. In a Japanese manufacture, the effect of smoothed production has been analyzed as an example of environmental management. This led to an increase in production quality without additional capital spending.

Author : Azby Brown
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 4805312548

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Just Enough by Azby Brown Pdf

"Brown's book Just Enough is a compelling account of how Edo Japan confronted similar environmental problems and created solutions that connected farms and cities, people and nature." —Huffington Post The world has changed immeasurably over the last thirty years, with more, bigger, better being the prevailing mantra. But in the midst of this constantly evolving world, there is a growing community of people who are looking at our history, searching for answers to issues that are faced everywhere, such as energy, water, materials, food and population crisis. In Just Enough, author Azby Brown turned to the history of Japan, where he finds a number of lessons on living in a sustainable society that translate beyond place and time. This book of stories depicts vanished ways of life from the point of view of a contemporary observer and presents a compelling argument around how to forge a society that is conservation-minded, waste-free, well-housed, well-fed and economically robust. Included at the end of each section are lessons in which Brown elaborates on what Edo Period life has to offer us in the global battle to reverse environmental degradation. Covering topics on everything from transportation, interconnected systems, and waste reduction to the need for spiritual centers in the home, there is something here for everyone looking to make changes in their life. Just Enough is a much-needed beacon in our evolving world, giving us hope in our efforts to achieve sustainability now.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : インプレスR&D
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9784295600657

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Toward a Sustainable Japanese Economy by Anonim Pdf

This book includes an analysis of Japan's challenges in moving toward an environmentally sustainable society. "Part I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident" focuses on the history of Japanese pollution after World War II and the situation of the Fukushima nuclear accident. "Part II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based Economies" focuses on the agricultural sector. It introduces the current status of environment-friendly production. There is very little information in English that comprehensively introduces the situation in Japan in this field, and the content meets the needs of readers seeking information. 【目次】 Introduction Part I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Chapter 1:History and Lessons of Pollution in Postwar Japan Chapter 2:Political Economy of Damage and Reconstruction after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Chapter 3:Current Status of and Challenges in the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Compensation Scheme Chapter 4:TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Japan’s Nuclear Power Policy Chapter 5:Who Will Pay the Costs of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident? Chapter 6:Locally Initiated Energy Transition Transcends Market, Government, and Institutional Failures Part II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based Economies Chapter 7:Japanese Agricultural Problems and the Multifunctional Roles of Agriculture Chapter 8:Agri-environmental Public Goods and Agri-environmental Payments Based on a UK case study Chapter 9:Management Problems of Inland Water Fishery Resources in Japan Chapter 10:Greening Water Resource Development in Modern Japan Chapter 11:Forest Underuse in Present-Day Japan and Access to Nature Regardless of Ownership (ANRO) Chapter 12:Japanese Policy of Biodiversity and Species Conservation

Author : Hiroshi Komiyama
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4431545603

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Beyond the Limits to Growth by Hiroshi Komiyama Pdf

Author : Ryuzo Furukawa,Yuko Suto,Emile H. Ishida,Takeshi Yamauchi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781351378376

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Lifestyle and Nature by Ryuzo Furukawa,Yuko Suto,Emile H. Ishida,Takeshi Yamauchi Pdf

Environmental constraints are becoming increasingly severe, and now more than ever it is time that we confront head-on the change from an "underground resources" type of civilization to one with a new way of life and technology that embraces a sense of nature. To do so, we need to understand the process of the civilization change. We must change our way of thinking to backcasting in order to design future lifestyles and learn from the elderly who lived with nature under severe environmental constraints more than 70 years ago. We must also learn from nature directly, the only sustainable society on earth. This book introduces Bio-TRIZ and ontology engineering to match and find technologies needed for spiritually affluent lifestyles. It provides many examples of Japanese cities that conducted lifestyle design projects based on nature technology. The book is a great reference for graduate-level students of environmental studies and engineering and for researchers in innovation, social science, engineering, and public policy, especially those with an interest in lifestyle change for a sustainable society.

Author : Masaatsu Takehara,Naoya Hasegawa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811565076

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Sustainable Management of Japanese Entrepreneurs in Pre-War Period from the Perspective of SDGs and ESG by Masaatsu Takehara,Naoya Hasegawa Pdf

This book features 13 Japanese entrepreneurs who made a significant contribution to the development of society from 1868, when modernization in Japan began, to the 1950s, after World War II. They worked on solving social issues at the time through their businesses and succeeded in creating social value by solving social issues and economic value through the development of their businesses. The business philosophies they practiced have been passed on to their successors, and the companies they founded are now providing value to consumers around the world. Those 13 entrepreneurs anticipated the integration of solving social issues into corporate management, which modern companies are expected to realize under the umbrella of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by United Nations in 2015. Their trajectories provide a wealth of practical knowledge necessary to survive in a changing society and provide many valuable lessons for modern companies and their managers.

Author : Hidenori Tamagawa
Publisher : UNU
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122966232

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Sustainable Cities by Hidenori Tamagawa Pdf

Developing countries are rapidly urbanizing and most of the world's population will soon be living in cities, making it crucial to examine how cities can be developed on a sustainable basis. Japan is one of the most urbanized countries in the world and offers a remarkable series of lessons for sustainable urban planning. This book draws together experts from engineering, humanities, social sciences and mental health to introduce Japanese experiences and compare them with international research. Rapid urbanization has damaged natural and human systems in Japan and many planners are seizing upon new technologies and scientific methods as opportunities to restructure cities. However, others are focusing on the well-being of citizens and seeking to make urban society more sustainable. This book examines the tensions between sociological and technological approaches and the dichotomy between planning professionals and civil society.