An empirical study of the effects of collaborative environment value creation on improving the sustainability of activities to preserve natural environments

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26550111
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental policy and social systems
• Research Institution: The University of Tokushima
• Principal Investigator: Kozuki Yasunori 徳島大学, 大学院理工学研究部, 教授 (60225373)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ふるさと / 環境価値 / 誇り / 信頼 / 価値共創 / 防災活動 / 環境保全活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a survey study with the hypothesis that the collaborative creation of regional values increases the sustainability of actions to preserve a region’s natural environments and to prevent disasters. The results suggested that values such as pride and trust strongly influence the intent behind such efforts. Namely, these actions are more sustainable if there is pride in the region, and if there are mutual relationships of trust among the groups of actors involved. Further, we proposed that “cooperative learning” is effective for fostering pride and trust.

Free Research Field

環境工学