2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Sociological studies on the response of the local community in the social change of environmental sustainability
| Project/Area Number |
23730485
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Iwate Prefectural University |
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Principal Investigator |
CHINO Tsunehide 岩手県立大学, 総合政策学部, 准教授 (70583540)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 環境社会学 / サステイナビリティ / 生物多様性 / 再生可能エネルギー / 地域資源管理の社会技術 / 環境政策 / 政策社会学 |
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| Research Abstract |
The structural transformation toward environmental sustainability is required in modern society. In this study, the researcher set the research agenda: by what social and political conditions, the social concept of environmental sustainability enable to be accepted in local communities, and to be connected to the endogenous regional development in Japan.
The research was carried out mainly in the four different local communities and regions. Minakami town, Gunma prefecture, and Kuzumaki town, Iwate prefecture, which low-carbon, biodiversity conservation activities have been made. And in Aomori and Iwate prefectures, which renewable energy businesses by outside companies are expanding rapidly. Through the analysis, study result was derived that the efforts for environmental sustainability are necessary to connect strategies of local natural/cultural resource management system, that enable to in order to exert a variety of livelihood strategy of local communities.
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