The analysis of value issues concerning the governance of local environments

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25770009
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Niigata University (2015); Tokyo Institute of Technology (2014); University of Hyogo (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Toyoda Mitsuyo 新潟大学, 研究推進機構, 准教授 (00569650)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 市民参加 / ガバナンス / 主体性 / 環境保全

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims at examining ethical issues concerning environmental restoration and resource management, and clarifying the ideas that support bottom-up conservation activities. The following topics were examined in this study: the gap of values that people identify in the environment, the right and obligation that arise from landownership, rules and regulations for resource management, the social capital of a community, individualistic and communal value decisions, etc. On the basis of the study of dialogical and collaborative processes in community-oriented environmental conservation projects conducted in Sado, Niigata, this study showed the importance of the comprehensive recognition of multi-layered commons and the growth of the sense of ownership of both the process and outcomes of their activities.

Free Research Field

環境倫理