A Resilience Approach to Acceleration of Sustainable Development Goals

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Editor and Contributors
Part I A Resilience Approach for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
1 Introduction: Transformation for Systemic Challenges
	1.1 About the Book
		1.1.1 Introduction
		1.1.2 Objective and Background
		1.1.3 Scope
	1.2 From Systemic Challenges to Transformation
		1.2.1 Structure of Systemic Challenges
		1.2.2 Transformation
	1.3 Toward Acceleration of SDGs
	1.4 Chapter Introductions
	References
2 Operational Gaps and a Resilience Approach for SDGs
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Operational Gaps in Implementing SDGs
		2.2.1 Findings in Existing Studies Related to Implementation of SDGs
		2.2.2 Characteristics of Existing Practices Derived from an Operational Perspective
		2.2.3 Operational Gaps
	2.3 Emerging Approaches to Address Linkages
	2.4 Framework of a Resilience Approach for SDGs
		2.4.1 Overview
		2.4.2 Foundations of the Resilience Approach for SDGs
		2.4.3 Operational Pillars
		2.4.4 Co-knowledge Production to Link Macro and Micro Levels
	2.5 Conclusion
	References
Part II Underlying Themes: Global to Local Linkages
3 Reconciling Risk, Resilience, and Sustainability: Learning from Narratives
	3.1 Introduction: Current Crises and Systemic Risks
	3.2 Complex Systems and Systemic Risks
		3.2.1 Complex Systems
		3.2.2 Resilience: A Dynamic Property of the System
		3.2.3 Sustainability: Pathways to just and Equitable Sustainable Futures
		3.2.4 Narratives: Normative Expressions of Visions and Identities
	3.3 Conclusion: Toward Greater Resilience and More Sustainable Futures
	References
4 Deep Uncertainty: Role of Co-Knowledge Production
	4.1 Introduction and Background
	4.2 Layers of Uncertainties
	4.3 Social Impacts and SDGs
	4.4 Praxis of the Resilience Approach and Co-Knowledge Production: Global to Local
		4.4.1 Global to Local
		4.4.2 Design of Co-Knowledge Production Based on the Resilience Approach
		4.4.3 Results
		4.4.4 Assessment
	4.5 Needs for Co-Knowledge Production During Covid-19
	4.6 Conclusion
	References
Part III Practical Perspectives
5 SMART Governance Under Persistent Disruptive Stressors to Enhance Community’s Dynamic Resilience: Case of Chizu Town, Japan
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Conceptual Foundation
		5.2.1 Kojo, Kyojo, and Jijo Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan
		5.2.2 Addressing the Whole Mix of Community Problems: The Machizukuri Approach in Japan
		5.2.3 Pagoda Model to Represent the Whole Mix of Community Challenges Towards Sustainable Future
	5.3 Adaptive Process for SMART Community Governance Under Combined Risks of Rural Decline and Disaster Devastation: The Case of Chizu Town, Tottori, Japan
		5.3.1 Overview and Case History
		5.3.2 Major Outcomes and Findings
		5.3.3 People’s Coping Capacity Challenged by the Western Japan July 2018 Heavy Rainfall
	5.4 Adaptive Process and Adaptive Design Framework for SMART Governance
		5.4.1 Modeling the Zero-to-One Movement Process as an Adaptive Process for SMART Governance
		5.4.2 A More Generalized Adaptive Design Framework: SMART Governance to Survive Persistent Disruptive Stressors
	5.5 Communicative Spaces for Dynamic Resilience
		5.5.1 For the Above SMART and BBB or BBBB Process Models to Work Effectively
		5.5.2 Communicative Spaces Strategically Built into the Zero-to-One Projects
		5.5.3 Collaborative Research and Education Schemes based on the Case Station-Field Campus (CASiFiCA) Scheme
	5.6 Conclusion
	References
6 Collaborative Dialogue-Based Approach for Environmental and Disaster Resilience and Governance in Japan
	6.1 Introduction: Two Series of Dialogical Meetings in Social Networks in Japan as a Demonstration of the Resilience Approach
	6.2 Volcano Disaster Case
		6.2.1 Clinical Environmental Studies: A Trans-Disciplinary Approach
		6.2.2 Outcome of the Trans-Disciplinary Research Project
		6.2.3 Value Systems and Practitioner-Researcher Relationship
	6.3 Radioactive Waste Case
		6.3.1 Developing Methods of Citizen Dialogue on Environmental Policy in Japan
		6.3.2 Field Study Design
		6.3.3 Results and Conclusion
	6.4 Inclusive Partnership: A Vision for the SDGs
	6.5 Concluding Perspective and Need for Further Experimental Research and Practice on the Ground
	References
Part IV Educational Perspectives
7 Local Community-Based Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Asia and Pacific Region
	7.1 Introduction: Adaptive Approach and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
	7.2 RCE Research Project: “Rethinking Community-Based ESD in the COVID-19 Era”
		7.2.1 Participant Observation at Webinar Series
		7.2.2 Data Collection Through Questionnaire Distribution
		7.2.3 Focus Groups for RCEs in Japan
		7.2.4 Digitalisation
	7.3 Discussion and Conclusion
	References
8 Shaping Sustainability Priorities for Higher Education Institutions
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Modalities: A Lens for Linking Higher Education and Sustainability
	8.3 University Strategy Documents: An Important Source for Studying Higher Education Priorities in Sustainability
	8.4 SDGs and Sustainability Priorities in University Strategy Documents
		8.4.1 University of Auckland
		8.4.2 University of Bologna
		8.4.3 University of Cape Town
		8.4.4 Lund University
		8.4.5 McGill University
		8.4.6 Nanyang Technological University
		8.4.7 University of Newcastle Australia
		8.4.8 University of Sheffield, U.K.
	8.5 Discussion: Whose Priorities? Our Priorities for Advancing Our SDGs’
	References
Part V Conclusion
9 How Can a Resilience Approach Address SDGs?
	9.1 Overview
	9.2 How Can the Resilience Approach Address SDGs?
		9.2.1 Tradeoffs and Synergies
		9.2.2 Case Analysis: The Nexus of Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Waste, Forests/Biodiversity, Disasters, and Community Resilience
		9.2.3 Conditions to Overcome Tradeoffs and Promote Synergies
	9.3 Recommendations for Diverse Stakeholders Designing or Redesigning Projects/Programs for SDGs
		9.3.1 Overall
		9.3.2 Policy Community/Decision Makers/Governments
		9.3.3 Research Institutions/Scientists/Researchers
		9.3.4 Educational Institutions/Educators
		9.3.5 Communities/Innovators/Individuals
	9.4 Conclusion
	References