Sustainability science in action: a review of the state of the field through case studies on disaster recovery, bioenergy, and precautionary purchasing

Wiek, Arnim; Harlow, John; Melnick, Robert Z.; Leeuw, Sander van der; Fukushi, Kensuke; Takeuchi, Kazuhiko; Farioli, Francesca; Yamba, Francis; Blake, Ann; Geiger, Chris A.; Kutter, Robert

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“…Kueffer et al, 2012;Talwar et al, 2011;Wiek et al, 2015). Funding organisations rarely recognise the time and resources needed for this and are often unwilling to invest in activity that does not itself appear to produce tangible outputs (Bracken & Oughton, 2006;Dixon & Sharp, 2007;Evans & Marvin, 2006;Kueffer et al, 2012;Lyall et al, 2013;Marzano et al, 2006;Petts et al, 2008;Wiek et al, 2015). In the KBP, we were able to draw upon a pre-existing relationship of a key member of the research team with the Kaikoura community, where he spent his childhood, and with Te Runanga o Kaikoura, with whom he has extended-family connections.…”

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A transdisciplinary approach to local waste management in New Zealand: Addressing interrelated challenges through indigenous partnership

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“…The Programme Manager argued for the necessity of taking this risk. These examples highlight not only the importance of the Programme Manager's skills and commitment (Lyall, Meagher, & Bruce, 2015) but also the ongoing dependence of TR on these to overcome institutional barriers (Talwar et al, 2011;Wiek et al, 2015).…”

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A transdisciplinary approach to local waste management in New Zealand: Addressing interrelated challenges through indigenous partnership

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“…Clearly, they demand a move beyond 'normal'science to post-normal science (Sala et al 2013;Farioli 2014), whereby a strong emphasis is placed upon participatory action research techniques working with place-based communities (Andree and Mount 2013) and on the creation of 'live-labs' where co-production of knowledges and practices can go hand in hand. This also entails, as we indicate here, what we can call 'deep locality studies' such as those conducted in Tredegar, South Wales by Adamson and Lang (2014).…”

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Natural powers: from the bio-economy to the eco-economy and sustainable place-making

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2015

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The current intensification of efforts to develop post-carbon solutions to the global food/energy security problems is developing a highly contested policy/technology/ production/consumption arena. The paper examines how current attempts to resolve these new productivist priorities are embedded in combinations of sustainability, security, sovereignty and resource governance concerns. These concerns are coming together with the new contested framings of the bio-economy and the eco-economy. The framings hold different implications for social and spatial development. The paper argues that it is important to apply and connect a critical 'post normal' sustainability science approach to developing the place-making properties of the eco-economy model, as well as examining the implications of the wider and more dominant bio-economic framing. The analysis shows that to achieve synergies between sustainability, security, sovereignty and effective resource governance, a more place-based eco-economic model needs to be progressed.

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“…The empowerment of rural regions has become a nationwide project in Japan, which are at the frontier of social issues including vulnerable energy system. Characteristics connected to biomass resources and rural areas, such as Satoyama and Satoumi, should be used as means to confront sustainability challenges at the local community toward revitalization (Wiek et al 2015), because agriculture, forestry, and fishery are crucial to sustainability among many industries (Kajikawa 2008). Policies at a national level have been enacted to promote regional revitalization by means of a subsidy for local governments to revitalize their local economies (Cabinet Secretariat 2014, 2015.…”

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Application of technology assessments to co-learning for regional transformation: a case study of biomass energy systems in Tanegashima

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Japan is faced with sustainability challenges such as resource security and depopulation. Well-coordinated, multifaceted actions including a shift from imported fossil to locally available renewable resources and empowering of rural areas are vital in tackling these challenges. Here, we present our co-learning approach to practice the multifaceted actions with a case study on Tanegashima, an isolated Japanese island. In these actions, thorough understanding of the feasible technologies, the locally available resources, and the socioeconomic aspects of the local community should be shared among the stakeholders to acquire the momentum for a change. In addition to the technoeconomic analysis, several other analyses were conducted to reveal the concerns of respective stakeholders, share the understandings on the possibilities of technology options, and their socioeconomic implications on local sustainability. Tools such as the life cycle assessment, input-output analysis, and choice experiments based on questionnaire surveys on the residents' preferences are used for the analyses. The stakeholders were provided with the results during a 5-year period, through more than 30 co-learning events, e.g., symposiums, seminars, and workshops. A total of ca. 1400 participants from residents, local industries, public organizations, and a high school joined these events. These opportunities gradually converted the concerns of the local stakeholders on their future regional energy systems into expectations and yielded constructive alternatives in technology implementation that can use the locally available resources. The changes in residents' mind set through the co-learning processes induced by the contributions of the outsiders, providing professional insights acquired from the analyses and through the interactions with local stakeholders were examined in this study. This study demonstrates that the holistic incorporation of scientific technology assessments into co-learning can help coordinate the collaboration between researchers and local stakeholders toward regional transformation.

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Sustainability science in action: a review of the state of the field through case studies on disaster recovery, bioenergy, and precautionary purchasing

Cited by 43 publications

References 68 publications

A transdisciplinary approach to local waste management in New Zealand: Addressing interrelated challenges through indigenous partnership

A transdisciplinary approach to local waste management in New Zealand: Addressing interrelated challenges through indigenous partnership

Natural powers: from the bio-economy to the eco-economy and sustainable place-making

Application of technology assessments to co-learning for regional transformation: a case study of biomass energy systems in Tanegashima

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