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Sharing Ecosystem Services, 1st ed. 2020
Building More Sustainable and Resilient Society
Science for Sustainable Societies Series
Coordinator: Saito Osamu
Language: EnglishSubjects for Sharing Ecosystem Services:
Publication date: 08-2020
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 08-2019
265 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Using ?the sharing paradigm? as a guiding concept, this book demonstrates that ?sharing? has much greater potential to make rural society resilient, sustainable and inclusive through enriching all four sharing dimensions: informal, mediated, communal and commercial sharing. The chapters are divided into two parts, one that focuses on case studies of the sharing ecosystem services in Japan, the other on case studies from around the world including in the regions of Africa, Asia-Pacific, South America and Europe. Reflecting the recent growing attention to sharing concept and its application to economic and urban context, this publicationexplores opportunities and challenges to build more resilient and sustainable society in harmony with nature by critical examination of sharing practices in rural landscapes and seascapes around the world. This book introduces not only traditional communal and non-market sharing practices in different rural areas, but also new forms of sharingthrough integration of traditional practices and modern science and technologies.
Osamu Saito
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Tokyo, Japan