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Part 1 Theoretical Approaches/ Theoretical Approaches to sustainability issues -- Theoretical and methodological pluralism in sustainability science -- Approaches for framing sustainability challenges: experiences from Swedish sustainability science education -- Part 2 Practical Approaches / Practical Approaches to sustainability issues -- The value of grey -- Framing in place making when envisioning a sustainable rural community in the time of aging and shrinking societies in Japan -- Role of Framing in sustainability science: The case of Minamata disease -- Time scales in framing disaster risk reduction in sustainability -- Food security framing and poverty alleviation -- Part 3 Conclusion/ Epilogue -- Linking framing to actions for sustainability

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Asian Program for Incubation of Environmental Leaders -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Core Concepts -- 1.2.1 Characteristics of APIEL -- 1.2.2 Environmental Leadership -- 1.2.3 Resonance -- 1.2.3.1 Interdisciplinary Resonance -- 1.2.3.2 Interregional Resonance -- 1.2.3.3 Alumni Resonance -- 1.3 Curriculum Structure of APIEL -- 1.3.1 Environmental Challenges and Leadership in Asia: Understanding Environmental Leadership -- 1.3.2 Field Exercises: Developing Essential Skills for Environmental Field Sites -- 1.3.3 Elective Courses: Enabling Interdisciplinary and Specialized Approaches -- 1.3.3.1 Graduate Program in Sustainability Science (GPSS) -- 1.3.3.2 Department of Urban Engineering (UE) -- 1.4 Requirements for Completing the Program -- Reference -- Chapter 2: The Concept of Environmental Leader -- 2.1 Discourse on Environmental Leadership1 -- 2.1.1 History of Environmental Education and the Need for Environmental Leaders -- 2.1.2 Evolution of Environmental Leadership Over Time and Space -- 2.1.3 Becoming an Environmental Leader -- 2.2 Exercising Collective Leadership to Find Solutions for Global Environmental Issues2 -- 2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 Experiences in the Heihe River Basin -- 2.2.3 Collective Leadership for Finding Solutions for Environmental Problems: A Personal View -- 2.3 Required and Expected Abilities and Skills for Environmental Leaders in Asia7 -- 2.3.1 Environmental Problems and the Need for Environmental Leaders in Asia -- 2.3.2 Essential Elements of Environmental Leaders -- 2.3.3 Education Experience During APIEL Thailand Unit 2012 -- 2.4 Strong Leadership in a Task Force After the Tsunami8 -- 2.4.1 Background -- 2.4.2 Key to Success: Integration of Multi-Stakeholders -- 2.4.3 Key to Success: Application of Scientific Knowledge -- References.

Flooding remains a common environmental hazard worldwide, causing some of the most devastating natural disasters of the last century. This is why understanding public perception has become such an important topic for policy makers concerned with flood risk management. This study investigated public perception of flooding events through analysis of risk communication for Thailand's flood crisis in 2011. An online questionnaire was electronically distributed to residents potentially affected by flooding in Bangkok. Results from 437 returned surveys indicate that Thai residents tend to display both cognitive and affective biases in their perceptions of flood risk. The majority of respondents believed the great flood of Thailand 2011 was directly caused by government mismanagement and negative impacts of climate variability. These biases might occur because of difficulty in evaluating flood probability and lack of adequate information. Floods and related topics mainly evoked feelings of stress, anxiety, boredom, powerlessness and fear. The majority of Thai respondents distrusted any information provided by the central government, while rumors and misinformation could have affected public perceptions and responses to the flood. The general failure of preventive action and poor risk communication have been reported. Further implications (i.e. Cognitive-Affective Interference in Protective Anticipatory Adaptation; CAIPAA model) and further recommendations are discussed.

Sustainability science is an academic discipline that emerged in response to threats to the sustainability of the global environment. Its purpose is to help build a sustainable society by developing solutions to climate change, the exhaustion of resources, ecological destruction and other environmental crises that threaten the future of humanity. Sustainability science seeks comprehensive, integrated solutions to complex problems and a restructuring of education and research that spans multiple disciplines. It demands the development of policies that protect the natural and cultural diversity of different regions and promotes the physical and economic health of their inhabitants. This volume offers approaches to the development of a transdisciplinary perspective that embraces natural, social and human sciences in the quest for a sustainable society. It also strives for a global perspective while incorporating the wisdom and experience of local societies.

This book builds up on the experience and lessons learnt by academics at the Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI) at the University of Tokyo. A number of scholars in the new field of sustainability science describe how field methods and exercises are carried out in this discipline, together with the theoretical basis for such exercises. Case studies of various countries around the world where these exercises are carried out are showcased, emphasizing the various socio-economic considerations and problems facing humanity and possible ways forward to build more sustainable and resilient societies. The final objective is to enrich the field of sustainability science by describing the novel aspects used in the field exercises carried out by practitioners of this cross-disciplinary field.