Issue 9 (March 2019) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Feature Papers
- Untitled: Reconsidering the Concept of Sustainability
- Reconsidering the Concept of Sustainability - Hiroji Ikeda
-In the Context of the Anthropocene - Sustainability in a Demarket Society Toshihisa Okura
- The Logic and Conditions of Grassroots Sustainability Nobuya Daimon
-Focusing on the Shiga Prefecture Powdered Soap Movement - Emergent Effects of "Wood Start" through Remote Interregional Collaboration Tsunehide Chino
--A Neo-Endogenous Perspective on Sustainability and Regional Revitalization - Toward Sustainable Expansion of Wind Power Generation in Japan Ryo Kitakaze
～Lessons Learned from Institutional and Policy Changes - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Multi-level Governance for Implementation Shinji Onoda
- Negative Legacy and Sustainability Yoichi Yuasa
-Negative Selection Games and Structural Responsibility - Sustainability and Justice:
Mayumi Fukunaga - Toward Theorizing from the Horizon of Everyday Life
Editor's Postscript / Notice of Issue Suspension
Issue 8 (March 2018) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Featured Event
- Untitled Three Roundtable Discussions:
Approaches to Sustainability Toshiharu Hasebe - Roundtable Discussion 1 "Transformation of Energy Structure - Considering Specific Practices
Attendees: Mami Jufuku, Nobuo Shirai, Nobuo Taniguchi
Proceeding:Toshiharu
Hasebe - Roundtable Discussion 2 "Recovery from the Nuclear Power Plant Accident - Conditions for Sustaining People and Communities
Attendees: Toshiharu Hasebe, Yuki Tomozawa,Masahiro
Hayajiri - Roundtable Discussion 3 "The Power of Records - Chronology and Archives
Attendees: Saburo Horikawa, Naoki Kobayashi, Yoshihito Shimizu
Facilitator:Toshiharu
Hasebe - History of the Sustainability Research Institute of Japan (SRIJ)
Contributed Papers
- A Study on the Transformation of City Planning with Citizen Participation Hiroko Nagano
-The Actual Situation of Citizen's Activities and the Formulation and Promotion of the Basic Environmental Plan in Hino City
Issue 7 (March 2017) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Feature Papers
- Untitled: Recovery from the Damage Caused by the Nuclear Power Plant Accident - Initiative of the Affected People and the Affected Areas - Toshiharu Hasebe
- What is Needed for Forest Recovery -Continued Efforts by Rebuilding Livelihoods- Masahiro HAYAJIRI
- Recovery from the Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Interim Storage Facilities - Toward the Formation of a Democratic Consensus - Ryusuke Matsuo
- Structural Revitalization of Local Communities through Renewable Energy in the Affected Areas: Administrative Measures and the State of Public Awareness Nobuo SHIRAI
- Who decides "the areas affected by the nuclear power plant accident and the victims"? -Focusing on "Soil Contamination Survey" of Citizen's Radioactivity Measurement Center against "Trivialization of Radioactive Contamination" Yu Kiyohara
- Policy Issues for Recovery from the Damage Caused by the Nuclear Power Plant Accident Toshiharu Hasebe
Issue 6 (March 2016) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Feature Papers
Special Feature: Regional Revitalization through Renewable Energy - What Should Be Done Strategically
The Logic of the Project
- Establishment and Validation of a Theoretical Framework for Structural Regeneration of Local Communities through Renewable Energy -Analysis of Efforts in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture- Nobuo SHIRAI
- Current Status and Issues of Renewable Energy Commercialization in Local Communities - Reconsideration of the "Integrated Commercialization Model" - Tsunehide Chino
The Reality and Prospects of Renewable Energy Projects
- Changes in Renewable Energy Policies and Prospects for 100% Renewable Energy in Local Communities - Hironao Matsubara
- Current Status and Challenges of Renewable Energy Initiatives in Local Governments in Japan Hidetoshi Yamashita and Kohei Fujii
The Use of Renewable Energy in Local Communities
- Revitalization of Rural Villages and Renewable Energy Based on Autonomy and Self-Reliance Shinji Yamamoto
- Renewable Energy Dissemination Initiatives by Citizens and Local Communities: Trends and Prospects of "Citizens and Local Communities Joint Power Plant" Yosuke Toyoda
- Regional Value-Added Creation of Renewable Energy in Japan: Introduction, Verification, and Application of the Japanese Version of the Regional Value-Added Creation Analysis Model Takuo Nakayama, Laupach Sumiya York, Toru Morotomi
Editorial Postscript
Issue 5 (March 2015) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Special Issue Paper 1
- Title: Reconsidering the Challenges and Sustainability of Reconstruction Assistance and Policies - Four Years after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster - Hideki Ishii
- The Reality of Prolonged Evacuation from Nuclear Power Plants and Reconstruction Policies Akihiko Sato
- Problems and Widening Fragmentation of Compensation for Nuclear Power Plants - A Study on the Unevenness of Reconstruction - Masashi Dushimoto
- Construction of Sustainable and Systematic Countermeasures against Radiation from Production to Inspection Hideki Ishii
- Transformation of the Policy for the Restoration of the Areas Affected by the Nuclear Power Plant Accident -An Approach from Regional Policy- Toshiharu Hasebe
Special Feature Paper 2
- Title: Earthquake Disaster, Nuclear Accident and Media Naoki Kobayashi
- The Manipulated "Half-Life of Memory": A Study of the Four Years of Fukushima News Reports Kiyoshi Nanazawa
- Boundaries of Legitimacy in Nuclear Energy Policy: "Peaceful Use" as a Political Symbol Masayuki Karasutani
- The Earthquake and Nuclear Crisis as Television Archive Naoki Kobayashi
- Three Years of "Earthquake" and "Nuclear Power Plant" Recorded by Television: Focusing on Metadata Analysis Yoshiyuki Nishida
- Changes in the Reporting of "Radiation" in Life Information Programs: A Study of Human-Caused Occasionalism Based on Meta-data from News Program Archives - Tetsuro Kato
Issue 4 (March 2014) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Special Issue Paper 1
- Issues of Community-Based Renewable Energy Promotion Harutoshi Funabashi
- Prospects for Industrial Policies Related to Renewable Energy in Fukushima Prefecture and Policies to Promote its Introduction Yoshio Ohira
- Solar Sharing in Minamisoma City Hiroshi Nakayama and Shinya Daimon
- Renewable Energy in Iwate Prefecture after the Introduction of Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT) Tsunehide Chino
- Social Diffusion of Renewable Energy Projects and Credit Scheme Yoichi Yuasa and Shinya Daimon
Special Feature Paper 2
- Solution: Livelihood Community, Women and Livelihood Sustainability Supporting Local Communities Kaiko Yoshino and Kyoko Morofuji
- Acceptance of Food Self-Sufficiency in Rural Communities, Its Current Status, and Examination of Today's Meaning Kaoruko YOSHINO
- Toward the Succession of Subsistence Agriculture and Forestry in Mountain Villages Yoichi Aikawa and Manki Fukushima
- The Crossroads of "Another Way of Working" Rooted in Community and Livelihood Natsuko Tanaka
- Sustainability of Rural Women's Entrepreneurship Michiko Miyagi
- Perspectives Required to Realize a "Sei-katsu-sha-first Society" Kyoko MOROFUJI
- Farm Women's Succession to Farming Families in Japan Takao Yanagisawa
Contributed Papers
- Difficulties in the Development of Wind Power in China and Deficiencies in the Power Management System Gao Yu
Issue 3 (March 2013) Table of Contents ( PDF )
Special Feature Paper 1
- Sustainability of Science and Technology Use in the Wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake Takashi Shimizu
- The Age of Crisis and the Crisis of Technology Motoki Saito -Focusing on Kiyoshi Miki's Theory of Technology
- A Study on Sustainability of Thermodynamic Energy Focused Systems Kenichi Ago
- Food Safety and Risk Communication Mitsuki Morita
- Appropriate Use of Genetic Recombination Technology Takashi Shimizu
Special Feature Paper 2
- Title: Background, Results, and Future Issues of "Interdisciplinary Study on Sustainability of Urban Agriculture and Reconstruction of Social Networks" Makoto Saigido
- Research Trends and Current Issues Concerning Urban Agriculture -From "No Need for Agriculture" to "Urban Development with Agriculture"- Naoya Zuji and Mayumi Sato
- Sustainability of Urban Agriculture through "Volunteer Farming Assistance" -A Case Study of Hino City and Machida City Shuichi Funado
- Development of Non-farmer-led "Agricultural" Activities in Urban Areas: Cases of Nagakute City and Nisshin City, Aichi Prefecture Asa Matsumiya
- Sustainability of "Nutrition Education" through School Lunch Using Locally Produced Agricultural Products: A Case Study of Hino City, Tokyo Makoto Nishikido and Shuichi Funato
- Sustainable Linkage between Livelihood and Practice in Urban Agriculture -The Relationship between Local Communities and Agricultural Waterways in Hino City, Tokyo Satoru Kuroda
Contributed Papers
- Perspectives on Community Policy in a Declining Population in a Disaster Area: Based on a Social Experiment of Deploying Human Resources for Community Support - Yorihiko Fujimoto
- Inter-regional Migration for Higher Education and Employment: Using Data of University Students in Japan - Minoru Tazawa, Osamu Umezaki, and Katsuki Karasawa
Table of Contents for Issue 2 (August 2011) ( PDF )
Contribution
- UNSAFE WORLD AHEAD:LOOKING IN THE OLD MIRROR OF 70's Alexandre Dynkin and Vladimir Prantin
Feature Papers
- Aims of the Special Issue on "Sustainability from Regional and Rural Areas as a Basis for Survival under Globalization" by Hideki Ishii and Keiko Yoshino
- A Comparative Analysis of Remittance and Migration Functions in Rural India Mariko Kato -A Study of Economically and Socially Backward Classes in All India and Bihar during the High Growth Period (1993 and 2007-08)
- An Examination of Partnership and Ownership in International and Local NGOs Kenkako Nishimukai -A Case Study of Education Development in Sierra Leone
- Subjects and Movements of Sustainability Koji Fukushima Conditions for Participatory Self-Government in the Era of Decentralization in the Philippines
- Rural Communities as a Basis for Survival under Globalization Keiko Yoshino Sustainability from the Perspective of Local People, Resources, Communities, and Institutions
Contributed Papers
- A Regional Comparison of Job Hunting among New College Graduates Emiko Hayashi, Osamu Umezaki, and Minoru Tazawa -Analysis of the 2007 National Survey of Senior College Students
- Uniform and Diverse Worlds Hiroki Aizawa
- HCFc-22(CHCIF) in Methanol-NaOH Solution 2 ) Dechlorination Process Kenichi Ago and Hideo Nishiumi
Table of Contents for Issue 1 (August 2010) ( PDF )
Feature Article
- Symposium: "Frontier of Sustainability Research" Keynote Speech: Ken-ichi Miyamoto Issue: Tetsuya Iida, Makoto Murase, Toshiyuki Osada, Harutoshi Funabashi Chair: Hidenobu Jinnai
- Issues and Directions of Sustainability Research" Toshiyuki Nagata, Hideo Nishiumi, Kentaro Murano, Takamasa Ishigaki, Eiji Makino, Ryoichi Terada, Tetsuji Kawamura, Hiroki Muto, Toshiharu Hasebe, Yasuaki Kumada, Keiko Yoshino Moderator: Harutoshi Funabashi
Contributed Papers
- The Concept of "Sustainability" as Pluralism Kazumi Omori
-On the Duality of the Concept of Sustainability - Environmental Risk Control through Adjustment of Damage Compensation KINZO KUWANA
-Measures to Improve the Risk Deterrent Effect of Damage Compensation Laws - Electronic Money and Cash Kazuki Miura -A Theoretical Analysis of Payment Method Choice
- Challenges to Establish Sustainable Regional Medical Cooperation System Kei Takahashi and Katsuki Karasawa
-Based on a Case Study in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture - Sustainability of Resource Management in Semi-Cultivated Landscape Satoru KURODA
-The Relationship between People and Reedbeds in the Kitakami River Estuary Area, Miyagi Prefecture - The Present "Organic Agriculture Movement" as Seen through Cooperative Purchasing Shuichi Funado
-A Case Study of the Consumers' Group "Association for Making and Eating Safe Food