Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks
Overview
- Editors:
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Nobuhiro Kaneko
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Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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Shinji Yoshiura
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Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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Masanori Kobayashi
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Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
Compiles practical technologies for coping with environmental risks in Asia and Africa
Provides solutions to maintain harmony between economic development and environmental preservation
Explains the role of international higher education for nurturing environmental-conscious leaders
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Degradation of Environment and Mitigation
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- Liang Jun Da, Xue Yan Guo
Pages 203-221Open Access
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- Samuel Kiboi, Kazue Fujiwara, Patrick Mutiso
Pages 223-236Open Access
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Policy, Institutuinal and Capacity Development, Education and IME System
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Front Matter
Pages 237-237
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- Norizan Esa, Hashimah Yunus, Nooraida Yakob, Mahamad Hakimi Ibrahim, Mardiana Idayu Ahmad
Pages 265-272Open Access
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- Hiroshi Arisawa, Takako Sato
Pages 273-284Open Access
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Back Matter
Pages 285-286
About this book
We are not free from environmental risks that accompany the development of human societies. Modern economic development has accelerated environmental pollution, caused loss of natural habitats, and modified landscapes. These environmental changes have impacted natural systems: water and heat circulation, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity. These changes in natural systems degrade ecosystem services and subsequently increase environmental risks for humans. Environmental risks, therefore, are not only human health risks by pollution, climatic anomalies and natural disasters, but also degradation of ecosystem services on which most people are relying for their lives. We cannot entirely eliminate the risks, because it is not possible to attain zero impact on the environment, but we need to find a mechanism that minimizes environmental risks for human sustainably. This is the idea of the interdisciplinary framework of “environmental risk management” theory, which advocates harmony between economic development and environmental conservation. Based on this theory, the Sustainable Living with Environmental Risk (SLER) programme, adopted by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) as one of its strategic programmes, has been training graduate students at the Yokohama National University, Japan, from 2009 to 2013 to become future environmental leaders who will take the initiative in reducing the level of environmental risks and in protecting natural resources in the developing nations of Asia and Africa. This book provides students and teachers of this new academic field with a comprehensive coverage of case studies of environmental risks and their practical management technologies not only in Japan but also in developing nations in Asia and Africa.