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Decision Science for Future Earth

Theory and Practice

Editors:

  1. Tetsukazu Yahara

    1. The Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society (IDS3), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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  • Is the first book to conceptualize Decision Science in relation to sustainability and Future Earth

  • Provides practical case studies based on collaboration with various stakeholders for co-designed, solution-oriented research projects

  • Provides a theoretical decision science framework for social transformation, using evolutionary biology as an integrator for the natural and social sciences

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Conceptual Framework of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Decision Science for Future Earth: A Conceptual Framework

      • Tetsukazu Yahara, Wataru Tanaka, Yukako Inoue, Jounghun Lee, Kun Qian, Firouzeh Javadi et al.
      Pages 3-64Open Access

  3. Lessons Learned from Trans-Disciplinary Studies in Local Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. How Can We Develop a Co-design, Co-production, and Co-delivery Process Toward a Sustainable Local Society? Comparative Study on Transdisciplinary Research Projects

      • Yasunori Hanamatsu, Takahiro Fujiwara, Nariaki Onda, Tatsuro Sato, Tomomi Yamashita, Fumihiko Yokota
      Pages 67-91Open Access

    3. Co-design, Co-production, and Co-evaluation Processes for a Mobile Health Check-Up Research Project in Jaipur, India: A Case Study of the Portable Health Clinic, 2016–2020

      • Fumihiko Yokota, Manish Biyani, Rafiqul Islam, Ashir Ahmed, Mariko Nishikitani, Kimiyo Kikuchi et al.
      Pages 93-104Open Access

    4. Sustainability of Micro Hydropower Generation in a Traditional Community of Indonesia

      • Tatsuro Sato, Jun’ichiro Ide
      Pages 105-117Open Access

  4. Sustainable Natural Resource Management: Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    4. Contribution of Community-Based Ecotourism to Forest Conservation and Local Livelihoods

      • Tetsuji Ota, Pichdara Lonn, Nobuya Mizoue
      Pages 197-207Open Access

  5. Co-designs in a Disaster Recovery Process: Case Studies in the Area Affected by the Kumamoto Earthquake

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Oral Care that Supports Healthy Lives as a Case Study of the Kumamoto Earthquake

      • Michikazu Hiramatsu, Hideto Ohta
      Pages 211-217Open Access

  6. Correction to: Decision Science for Future Earth: A Conceptual Framework

    • Tetsukazu Yahara, Wataru Tanaka, Yukako Inoue, Jounghun Lee, Kun Qian, Firouzeh Javadi et al.
    Pages C1-C1Open Access
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About this book

This open access book provides a theoretical framework and case studies on decision science for regional sustainability by integrating the natural and social sciences. The cases discussed include solution-oriented transdisciplinary studies on the environment, disasters, health, governance and human cooperation. Based on these case studies and comprehensive reviews of relevant works, including lessons learned from past failures for predictable surprises and successes in adaptive co-management, the book provides the reader with new perspectives on how we can co-design collaborative projects with various conflicts of interest and how we can transform our society for a sustainable future. The book makes a valuable contribution to the global research initiative Future Earth, promoting transdisciplinary studies to bridge the gap between science and society in knowledge generation processes and supporting efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Compared to other publications on transdisciplinary studies, this book is unique in that evolutionary biology is used as an integrator for various areas related to human decision-making, and approaches social changes as processes of adaptive learning and evolution. Given its scope, the book is highly recommended to all readers seeking an integrated overview of human decision-making in the context of social transformation. 
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Keywords

  • Open Access
  • Transdisciplinary research
  • Human evolution
  • Cognitive biases
  • Adaptive management
  • Social dilemma
  • Sustainable society
  • Forestry Management
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society (IDS3), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Tetsukazu Yahara

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About the editor

Tetsukazu Yahara 
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. 

Tetsukazu Yahara is a former co-chair of the bioGENESIS core project of DIVERSITAS, the international program on biodiversity science that contributed to the foundation of Future Earth. He has been active in the fields of plant evolutionary biology and conservation ecology for many years and, more recently, has been leading transdisciplinary research on the environment, disasters, health, governance, and human cooperation, as the director of the Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society (IDS3) at Kyushu University. 

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Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 49.99
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