Environmental and Disaster Risk Reduction Governance based on Practical and Relational Knowledge by the Community: Comparative Case Studies in Japan and China

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26512018
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 公共政策
• Research Institution: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
• Principal Investigator: OTSUKA Kenji 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 新領域研究センター環境・資源研究グループ, 研究グループ長 (20450489)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAMADA Nanae 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 新領域研究センター環境・資源研究グループ, 研究員 (10450537) ; MATSUANAGA Kohei 立命館大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80548214)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 環境・減災ガバナンス / 実践的連環知 / 実践と政策 / 比較事例研究 / 日本 / 中国 / 東アジア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to discuss “environmental and disaster risk reduction governance” based on “practical and relational knowledge by the community” against local problems of the environment and disaster through comparative case studies in Japan and China, where there are found the fragility of local communities caused by environmental disruption and natural disaster. Through this study, we have discussed the “community-society-state” relationship which hampers practices by the community connect to public policies, the role of “practical and relational knowledge” which people can obtain through their experiences and scientific knowledges, and how such people’s knowledge can be based of the public policy.

Free Research Field

環境学（ガバナンス論）、地域研究（中国）