Sustainable Development Disciplines for Society Breaking Down the 5Ps—People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships

268 Pages·2022·8.242 MB·English

by  Shujiro Urata, Ken-Ichi Akao, Ayu Washizu

Connecting the Goals
Shujiro Urata
Ken-Ichi Akao
Ayu Washizu   Editors
Sustainable
Development
Disciplines
for Society
Breaking Down the 5Ps—People, Planet,
Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships
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Sustainable
Development
Disciplines for Society
—
Breaking Down the 5Ps People,
Planet, Prosperity, Peace,
and Partnerships
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Editors
Shujiro Urata Ken-Ichi Akao
Waseda University Faculty of Social Sciences
Tokyo,Japan Waseda University
Tokyo,Japan
AyuWashizu
Faculty of Social Sciences
Waseda University
Tokyo,Japan
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Preface
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science and
Technology (MEXT) implemented the Top Global University Project
(TGU) in 2014 to prioritize support to the universities actively promoting
internationalization1. Waseda University was selected to be a part of this
project.
The Global Asia Research Center (GARC) is one of the centers respon-
sibleforworld-classeducationandresearchatWasedaUniversity,underthe
framework of the TGU2. The purpose of the GARC is to study historical
reconciliation and sustainable development from an interdisciplinary per-
spective, and to disseminate the outcomes globally. The Sustainable Devel-
opment Goals (SDGs), adopted at the United Nations Sustainable
DevelopmentSummitinSeptember2015,areglobaldevelopmentgoals.One
of the objectives of the TGU is to achieve the SDGs.
ReconcilinghistoryandpromotingsustainablefuturedevelopmentinEast
Asiapresentsignificantchallenges.InpursuingreconciliationinEastAsia,a
critical re-examination of Japan’s war responsibility and colonialism is
necessary. In Europe, war and colonial responsibilities have been discussed
separately. While advances have been made on the question of war
responsibility, the debate over the legacy of colonialism has only recently
begun. Promoting sustainable development and reaching a regional agree-
ment on a common goal appears to be more challenging for the nations of
East Asia, where there are greater differences in religion, culture, economic
development,politicalsystems,andotheraspectswhencomparedtoEurope.
Studies to overcome these challenges should be conducted from an
interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating multiple disciplines. The GARC
brings together researchers from various specialized fields such as history,
development studies, economics, sociology, international relations, interna-
tional law, regional studies, peace studies, conflict resolution, political sci-
ence, urban and rural planning, business administration, and management
engineering. At the GARC, a diverse group of researchers is pursuing
interdisciplinaryresearchbybuildingontheirdisciplinesthroughinnovative
approaches.
1https://tgu.mext.go.jp/en/index.html.
2https://www.waseda.jp/global-asia/.
v
vi Preface
This book and accompanying volume3 report on GARC’s research, to
date, on sustainable development. Specifically, research focusing on
evidence-based policymaking for realizing the SDGs is introduced in a
simple manner. Though each study is based on different disciplines, the
achievementoftheSDGsisthecommongoal.Ihopethatreaderswillobtain
the interdisciplinary knowledge necessary to understand the challenges and
possiblestrategiesforachievingSDGsinEastAsiafromthesebooks.While
thefocusisEastAsia,theissuesaddressedaregloballyrelevant.Readersare
recommendedto refer totheintroductorychaptersof thebooks for a review
of the content, significance, and relevance of each book.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Naoyuki Umemori,
DirectoroftheGARC,WasedaUniversity,andMs.JunoKawakamiandMs.
Saranya Devi Balasubramanian of Springer for their efforts toward the
publication of this book. The editors also wish to acknowledge the extraor-
dinary and dedicated support provided by Mr. Rui Asano, Research Asso-
ciateofWasedaUniversity,foreditingthisbook.Additionalthanksgotothe
anonymous reviewers for their supportive and intellectual guidance. Finally,
theeditorsspeciallyacknowledgetheorganizationalsupportprovidedbythe
GARC and the Institute of Advanced Social Sciences of Waseda University
and the funding support provided by the TGU Project of MEXT.
Tokyo, Japan Shujiro Urata
3Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity: Breaking Down the 5Ps—People,
Planet,Prosperity,Peace,andPartnerships
Introduction
This multidisciplinary book provides 14 problem-solving lectures on the
sustainabledevelopmentofpeople,peace,planet,andprosperity—fourofthe
five keywords for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),4 namely
people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships (5Ps). According to the
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations (2015,
p. 2), the SDGs are intended to promote the following actions in these five
areas:
(1) For people: end poverty and hunger in all their forms and dimensions,
as well as ensure that all human beings can fulfill their potential with
dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
(2) For planet: protect it from degradation, including through sustainable
consumptionandproduction,bysustainablymanagingnaturalresources
and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the
needs of the present and future generations.
(3) For prosperity: ensure that all human beings enjoy prosperous and
fulfilling lives and that economic, social, and technological progress
occurs in harmony with nature.
(4) Forpeace:fosterpeacefulandinclusivesocietiesthatarefreefromfear
and violence.
(5) Forpartnerships:mobilizethemeansrequiredtoimplementthisagenda
through a revitalized Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
based on a spirit of strengthened global solidarity, focusing, in partic-
ular, on the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable and with the
participation of all countries, all stakeholders, and all people.
EachlectureisclassifiedasoneormorekeywordsfortheSDGsandbased
on planning, law, economics, management engineering, and business.
Furthermore, each lecture delineates the essence of each discipline when it
is practicallyapplied to development studies. This book along with its sister
bookonpeople,peace,partnerships,andsustainabledevelopmentdisciplines
for humanity will be useful for development studies in society.
Interdisciplinary research is necessary to achieve the SDGs advocated by
the United Nations. Hence, it is essential to learn the basics of individual
disciplines,astheyofferampleknowledgetofosterproblem-solvingthrough
4SeeAppendix1foranexplanationofeachofthe17goals.
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viii Introduction
Fig.1 Relationshipsbetweenchapters,disciplines,andtheSDGs
the accumulation of existing research. This and its sister book are the first
comprehensive textbooks summarizing the essence of each necessary
discipline to approach development studies from an interdisciplinary
perspective. The 14 lectures enable readers to effectively learn the main
aspectsofeachdisciplinenecessaryforresearchindevelopmentstudies,and
the careful interweaving of the aspects learned by the reader enables the
implementationofinterdisciplinarydevelopmentresearch.Table1showsthe
relationships between keywords, disciplines, and the SDGs in all chapters.
Figure 1 also illustrates the interrelationships between chapters, disciplines,
and the SDGs in an intelligible manner. As each lecture corresponds to
certainkeywords,disciplines,andSDGs,readerscanfocusontopicsthatare
relevant to them.
Chapters 1–4 of this book focus on prosperity and introduce research to
help achieve mainly Goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities). These
chapters are based on the discipline of planning studies.
Chapter 1 explains the importance of implementing holistic strategic
management of open social innovation through Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD) to achieve Goal 11 (resilient community). This chapter
considerssocialinnovationforcommunitydevelopmentthroughESDbased
on examples such as the integration of disaster resilience and regional
knowledge in Japan and the integration of environmental resilience and
traditional knowledge in Japan.
Chapter2examinesthe“balancingreconstructionwithdecommissioning”
problem of reviving Fukushima after the double disasters of the Great East
Japan Earthquake and the 1F (Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant)
nuclear disaster. This chapter contributes to making cities and human set-
tlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, thus achieving Goal 11.
Introduction ix
Table1 Relationshipsbetweenkeywords,disciplines,andtheSDGsinallchapters
For Chapter Keywords Discipline Detailed SDGs SDGs Related
discipline Targets SDGs
Prosperity 1 Communitydevelopment, Planning Cityplanning 11 – –
(Town educationforsustainable
planning) development(ESD),
knowledgeintegration,
contextbuilding,open
socialinnovation
2 Nucleardisaster, Environmental 11 – –
Fukushima,resilience, impact
decommissioning,creative assessment
reconstruction
3 Ruraldevelopment, Ruralplanning 11 – 7,15,
community,settlement, 17
localresources,agriculture
4 Photograph,Japan, Urbanhistory 17 – 7,11
occupationperiod,
photographicarchives,
contemporaryhistory
Planet 5 SDGs,Satoyama,nature Law Environmental 15 – 7,11,13
park,ecosystems law
6 Internationaltrade, Economics Development 12 12.4, 2,3,5,
regulations,private economics 12.a 6,7,8,
standards,sustainability 11,14,
15
7 Operationmanagement, Industrial Management 9,12 – 7,8,13,
JITproductionsystem, engineering technology 17
sustainableproduction
system,supplychain
management
8 Sustainabledevelopment, Economics Environmental 8,13 – –
limitstogrowth,tragedyof economics
thecommons,
intergenerationalequity,
discountedutilitarian
approach
Prosperity 9 Economicgrowth, Macroeconomics 8,9 – –
(Economic catch-up,productivity,
activity) technologicalprogress
10 Input–outputtable,smart Input–output 9 9.4, 2,5,7,
society,informationand economics 9.5 8,11,
communication 12,13
technology,structureof
development
11 Globalvaluechains,free International 8 – –
tradeagreements, trade
infrastructure
12 Base/bottomofthe Business International 1,3, – 4,10,
pyramid(BoP),inclusive business 5,6, 12,14,
business,multinational administration 8,9, 15
corporation(MNC),triple 13
bottomline
People 13 Globalfoodsecurity, Economics Foodeconomics 2 – 1,7,12,
developingcountries, 13,15
agriculturalandeconomic
development,Food
problem
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