Social Perception of Risks and Benefits of Tidal Flat Restoration Projects

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23710056
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (2013); Nagoya University (2011-2012)
• Principal Investigator: YAMASHITA Hiromi 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (90588881)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Keywords: 干潟再生 / 環境リスク・コミュニケーション / 社会認識 / 合意形成 / 環境影響評価 / 環境政策

Research Abstract

Social perceptions towards various tidal flat restoration projects often appear to be disorganised and random. However, this piece of research has identified five possible major discourse classification groups: the meaning of restoration activities; experience and worries of loss; ideas of the future; ensuring fairness; and overcoming conflict (discourse of reconciliation). These discourse elements could become reference points for future stakeholders to examine and discuss in detail when building consensus for possible tidal flat restoration projects.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 環境コミュニケーション創出のためのエスノグラフィック・リサーチ-干潟と周辺環境のフィールドワークから (2014)
  • Author(s): 池側隆之・青山太郎・山下博美
  • Journal Title: メディアと社会 Volume: Vol.6 Pages: 39-53
  • URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2237/19815
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 臨床環境学教育プログラムにおいて大学院生の異分野協働に見られる特徴と課題 (2014)
  • Author(s): 萩原和・永井裕人・千葉啓広・富田啓介・冨吉満之・加藤博和・清水裕之・河村則行・平野恭弘・田代喬・山下博美
  • Journal Title: 環境共生 Volume: Vol.24 Pages: 71-78
  • URL: http://www.jahes.jp/
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Problems of the 'Fact'-Focused Approach in Environmental Communication : Examples of environmental risk information on tidal flat developments in Japan
  • Author(s): Yamashita, H.
  • Journal Title: Environmental Education Research Volume: (In press)
  • URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ceer20#.U6JVsblZqpo
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Social Perceptions and Environmental Communication on the 'Benefits' and 'Risks' of Tidal Flat Restorations : Case studies from Japan, UK, Netherlands and Malaysia (2014)
  • Author(s): Yamashita, H.
  • Organizer: XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology
  • Place of Presentation: Pacifico Yokohama
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-15
• [Presentation] Communication and Capacity Building Needs for Implementing the Ramsar Convention (2013)
  • Author(s): Prietto, C. and Yamashita, H.
  • Organizer: 2013 Asia Regional Workshop on Scientific and Technical Support for Implementation of the Ramsar Convention
  • Place of Presentation: Changwon, Republic of Korea
  • Year and Date: 2013-10-07
• [Presentation] Social Perceptions of Wetlands : Implications for Environmental Decision Making (2012)
  • Author(s): Yamashita, H.
  • Organizer: German-Japan Bio Web City/Region Symposium: New Trend of Landscape Design: Seamless Connection of Landscape Planning and Design from Regional to Site Scales -The Cultural Context
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya University
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-05
• [Presentation] 干潟の映像広告制作から見た環境コミュニケーションの考察 (2012)
  • Author(s): 山下博美・池側隆之
  • Organizer: 2012年度日本海洋学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-27
• [Presentation] 環境コミュニケーションのアプローチと課題 (2012)
  • Author(s): 山下博美
  • Organizer: 『映像と環境広告』シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学野依学術交流記念館
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-10
• [Presentation] 干潟再生に関するリスクとベネフィットの環境コミュニケーション (2011)
  • Author(s): 山下博美
  • Organizer: 2011年度日本湿地学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 佐賀県武雄会館
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-03
• [Presentation] Social Perceptions and Environmental Communication on the Benefits and Risks of Tidal Flat Restorations Case studies from Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Yamashita, H.
  • Organizer: Society of Ecological Restoration Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Merida, Mexico
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-19
• [Presentation] Social Perceptions on the "Benefits" and "Risks" of Wetland Restorations : Case studies of tidal flat restoration projects in Japan (2011)
  • Author(s): Yamashita, H.
  • Organizer: Society of Wetland Scientists Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Prague, Czech Republic
  • Year and Date: 2011-07-05
• [Book] Planning Invisible Landscapes: Making Invisible Tidal Flat Landscapes Visible for Future Sustainability, in Shimizu, H. Murayama, A. (eds) Basic and Clinical Environmental Approaches in Landscape Planning. Urban and Landscape Perspectives, Volume 17 (2014)
  • Author(s): Yamashita, H.
  • Total Pages: 161(113-131)
  • Publisher: London: Springer
• [Book] A Prospect Toward Establishment of Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies by ORT (On-Site Research Training) , in Shimizu, H. Murayama, A. (eds) Basic and Clinical Environmental Approaches in Landscape Planning. Urban and Landscape Perspectives, Volume 17 (2014)
  • Author(s): Kato, H., Shimizu, H., Kawamura, N., Hirano, Y., Tashiro, T., Yamashita, H., Tomita, K., Tomiyoshi, M. and Hagihara, K.
  • Total Pages: 161(133-143)
  • Publisher: London: Springer
• [Book] Task.9.2: Review of Ramsar wetland restoration guidance, Summary report on activities 2009 - 2012. Ramsar Convention Scientific and Technical Review Panel Thematic Work Area 8: Wetland Management - Restoration, Mitigation and Compensation (2012)
  • Author(s): Erwin, K., Finlayson, M., Alexander, S., McInnes, R. and Yamashita, H.
  • Total Pages: 20
  • Publisher: Gland: Ramsar Convention of Wetlands
• [Book] インターディシプリナリからトランスディシプリナリへ-新たな大学創造の論点と可能性-、『臨床環境学-地球学から臨床・基礎環境学への展開-』
  • Author(s): 山下博美、王智弘、白井正樹
  • Publisher: 名古屋:名古屋大学出版(印刷中)
• [Book] 4.4 臨床環境学の実践に必要な人材育成-櫛田川流域における研修から-、『臨床環境学-地球学から臨床・基礎環境学への展開-』
  • Author(s): 平野恭弘,河村則行,田代喬,冨吉満之,萩原和,永井裕人,加藤博和,清水裕之,山下博美,富田啓介,高野雅夫
  • Publisher: 名古屋:名古屋大学出版(印刷中)