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NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC &
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTER HIROSHIMA
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
23 - 25 JANUARY 2013
http://onsustainability.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE .......................................................................................................... 3
LETTER FROM BILL COPE ............................................................................................................................. 4
LETTER FROM AMARESWAR GALLA ........................................................................................................... 5
ABOUT COMMON GROUND ........................................................................................................................... 6
SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY .............................................................................................. 6
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ............................................................................................................................ 7
SCOPES AND CONCERNS.......................................................................................................................... 7
FOUR FUNDAMENTALS .............................................................................................................................. 7
SESSION GUIDELINES ................................................................................................................................ 8
SESSION TYPES ......................................................................................................................................... 8
THEMES....................................................................................................................................................... 9
CONFERENCE PROGRAM................................................................................................................... 10
DAILY SCHEDULE ..........................................................................................................................................11
MAPS ..............................................................................................................................................................14
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS..........................................................................................................................16
BOOK LAUNCH ...........................................................................................................................................16
FEATURED SESSIONS ...............................................................................................................................16
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ..........................................................................................................................16
PLENARY SPEAKERS ....................................................................................................................................17
PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................................................18
GRADUATE SCHOLARS ................................................................................................................................46
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD ...........................................................................................................49
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT ......................................................................................................................49
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................................50
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABILITY .................................................................... 56
A FAMILY OF JOURNALS ..............................................................................................................................57
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION .....................................................................................................................58
HYBRID OPEN ACCESS .................................................................................................................................58
SUBMISSION INFORMATION .........................................................................................................................59
OTHER SELECTED JOURNALS PUBLISHED BY COMMON GROUND ........................................................60
SUSTAINABILITY BOOK SERIES ........................................................................................................ 62
SUBMIT YOUR BOOK PROPOSAL ................................................................................................................63
TYPE OF BOOKS ............................................................................................................................................63
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES ...............................................................................................................................63
CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS......................................................................................................................63
FEATURED BOOKS BY COMMON GROUND ................................................................................................64
SCHOLAR ............................................................................................................................................. 65
EVALUATION FORM ............................................................................................................................ 68
SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE
2013 Sustainability Conference
LETTER FROM BILL COPE
Dear Sustainability Delegates,
The Sustainability knowledge community is an international conference, a cross-disciplinary scholarly journal, a book imprint
and an online knowledge community which, together, set out to describe, analyze and interpret the role of Sustainability. These
media are intended to provide spaces for careful, scholarly reflection and open dialogue. The bases of this endeavor are crossdisciplinary. The community is brought together by a common concern for sustainability in an holistic perspective, where
environmental, cultural, economic and social concerns intersect.
In addition to organizing the Sustainability Conference, Common Ground publishes papers from the conference at
http://onsustainability.com/publications/journal. We do encourage all conference participants to submit a paper based on their
conference presentation for peer review and possible publication in the journal. We also publish books at
http://onsustainability.com/publications/books in both print and electronic formats. We would like to invite conference
participants to develop publishing proposals for original works, or for edited collections of papers drawn from the journal which
address an identified theme. Finally, please join our online conversation by subscribing to our monthly email newsletter, and
subscribe to our Facebook, RSS, or Twitter feeds at http://onsustainability.com.
Common Ground also organizes conferences and publishes journals in other areas of critical intellectual human concern,
including diversity, museums, technology, humanities and the arts, to name several (see http://commongroundpublishing.com).
Our aim is to create new forms of knowledge community, where people meet in person and also remain connected virtually,
making the most of the potentials for access using digital media. We are also committed to creating a more accessible, open
and reliable peer review process. Alongside opportunities for well-known academics, we are creating new publication openings
for academics from developing countries, for emerging scholars and for researchers from institutions that have historically
focused on teaching.
We are also proud to announce the launch of Scholar, created in an association between Common Ground and the University
of Illinois. If the social glue that holds together Facebook is 'friends' and the stickiness of Twitter is having 'followers', then the
common bond created in Scholar is 'peers' working together in knowledge producing communities. We call this a ‘social
knowledge’ space. Not only can you join the Sustainability community in Scholar. You can also create your own knowledge
communities and use Scholar as a learning space, with a strong focus on peer-to-peer dialogue and structured feedback. For
more information, visit www.cgscholar.com
This is the longer story of the Sustainability Conference. The shorter story is the phenomenal amount of work that has been
done by our Common Ground colleagues in preparation for this conference. I especially would like to thank Jamie Burnes,
Amareswar Galla, Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Beth Mueller and Izabel Szary. And we hope you will be able to join us at next year’s
conference, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
We wish you all the best for this conference, and hope it will provide you every opportunity for dialogue with colleagues from
around the corner and around the world.
Yours sincerely,
Bill Cope
Director, Common Ground Publishing
Research Professor, Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
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LETTER FROM AMARESWAR GALLA
Dear Sustainability Delegates,
The International Knowledge Community on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability has progressed over the past
8 years to become a significant forum for promoting the holistic ethic in the discourse of sustainable development. The 9 th Conference
of the Community is significant as we move towards the 10 th Anniversary (2014) of the founding of the platform for several reasons.
In 2012 at Rio + 20, we witnessed major reviews and reflections from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio and then the Rio+10 or
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. One of the key elements to be recognised is the manifestation of localised
diversity in all its manifestations as an integral part of sustainable development which has become non-negotiable.
As Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations said at Rio+20: ‘Global economic growth per capita has combined with a
world population (passing 7 billion last year) to put unprecedented stress on fragile ecosystems. We recognize that we cannot continue
to burn and consume our way to prosperity. Yet we have not embraced the obvious solution – the only possible solution, now as it was
twenty years ago: sustainable development.’ 1
The Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bukova has been a strong advocate for a paradigm shift to further sustainable development, ‘a
new approach to research that is interdisciplinary, solutions oriented and policy relevant, with a stronger social science component.’ 2
Rethinking of human development has also been highlighted so that ‘progress needs to be defined and measured in a way which
accounts for the broader picture of human development and its context’, which would emphasize ‘equity, dignity, happiness,
sustainability’.3
In its report Resilient People, Resilient Planet,4 the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Global Sustainability Panel concluded that ‘the
international community should measure development beyond GDP and develop a new sustainable development index or set of
indicators’. These views are also reflected in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Better Life Initiative5 and
the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission 6 and numerous other similar initiatives, which called for a broad range of social indicators to
complement GDP figures.
Rio+20 reiterated that ‘all cultures and civilizations can contribute to sustainable development’ (Para. 41 of the outcome document, The
Future We Want) 7 and that ‘many people, especially the poor, depend directly on ecosystems for their livelihoods, their economic,
social and physical well-being, and their cultural heritage’ (Para. 30). The Rio Conference has also stressed the ‘intrinsic value of
biological diversity, as well as its ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic
values’ (Para. 197).
In September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Various UN and other development agencies, such as the United Nations Development Programme, the Food and Agriculture
Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Bank, have adopted policies and operational
guidelines on engaging with indigenous peoples. These reflect advancing standards with respect to indigenous peoples, strengt hen
partnerships, ensure greater relevance and positive outcomes, and also safeguard against unintended adverse effects. In 2008, the UN
Development Group (UNDG) issued Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues, as a complement to earlier guidance on the applicat ion
of the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to development.
In 2015, the international community will review the progress made in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (ad opted
in 2000), and define a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will set priorities for the post-2015 development
agenda. In this context, it is crucial to ensure that the conservation and wise use of both natural and cultural inheritances are taken into
account and fully integrated in future sustainable development policies and programmes informed by consolidated set of experience
and evidence-based arguments.
At this historical juncture, as move forward to 2014/2015 transition from MDGs to SDGs, we strongly believe that it is import ant for our
Knowledge Community to examine and make a contribution through the interdisciplinary approach to Environmental, Cultural,
Economic and Social Sustainability and in strengthening our contribution to research and development. I sincerely thank the President
of Common Ground Publishing Professor Dr. William Cope for enabling the establishment and development of this research platform as
a global force and to our wonderful Conference Producer Izabel Szary and so many others among Common Ground staff who make it
possible for us to seamlessly engage across the world.
With best wishes for a fruitful conference and please ensure continuous interaction through our esteemed colleagues in the Knowledge
Community as move towards the 10th Conference in 2014.
Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla
Chairperson of the Advisory Board and Editor
The International Knowledge Community on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability
Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Denmark & Convener, Pacific Asia Observatory for Cultur al
Diversity in Human Development, Australia
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The Future We Want. http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N12/381/64/PDF/N1238164.pdf?OpenElement
Address to Preparing the way to sustainable development after Rio+20: Forum on Science Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, 27 June 2012.
Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme administrator. High-level forum at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 June 2012.
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http://www.un.org/gsp/report/
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http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/
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Commission on the Measurement of Economic performance and Social Progress: http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm
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http://www.uncsd2012.org/thefuturewewant.html
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ABOUT COMMON GROUND
MISSION: Common Ground Publishing aims to enable all people to participate in creating collaborative knowledge and to share
that knowledge with the greater world. Through our academic conferences, peer-reviewed journals and books, and innovative
software, we build transformative knowledge communities and provide platforms for meaningful interactions across diverse
media.
PHILOSOPHY: Common Ground is committed to building dynamic knowledge communities that meet regularly in face-to-face
interaction, connect in a virtual community of web spaces, blogs and newsfeeds, and publish in fully refereed academic journals.
In this way, we are bringing to the fore our commitment to explore new ways of making and disseminating academic knowledge.
We believe that the Internet promises a revolution in the means of production and distribution of knowledge, a promise, as of
yet, only partially realized. This is why we are working to expand social and technical frontiers in the production of text, so that
academic publishing gains the immediacy, speed and accessibility of the web whilst nevertheless maintaining—and we would
hope enhancing—the intellectual standards of legacy peer refereed journals. To support these kinds of emerging knowledge
communities, Common Ground continues to have an ambitious research and development agenda, creating cutting edge ‘social
web’ technologies and exploring new relationships of knowledge validation.
CONNECTING THE GLOBAL WITH THE LOCAL: Common Ground conferences connect with different host universities and
local communities each year, seeking fresh perspectives on questions of global concern. In recent years, we have worked with
a wide range of educational institutions including (to list just a few): Beijing Normal University; The Australian National
University; The University of London; The Institute for Pedagogical Sciences, Cuba; University of California, Los Angeles; The
University of Cambridge, UK; The University of Carthage, Tunisia; Columbia University, New York; Singapore Management
University; McGill University, Montreal; The University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and New York University in New York City. At
conference sites, we bring the global to the local—academics, researchers and practitioners from around the world gather to
discuss conference topics. At the same time, we also bring the local to the global, as local academics and community leaders
speak from the perspective of local knowledge and experience. For links to each of our twenty-four knowledge communities,
visit www.commongroundpublishing.com.
SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY
At a time when knowledge communities are being redefined and disciplinary boundaries challenged, Common Ground aims to
develop innovative spaces for knowledge creation and sharing. Through our conferences, journals and online presence we
attempt to mix traditional face-to-face interaction with new ‘social web’ technologies. This is a part of our attempt to develop new
modes of deliberation and new media for the dissemination of ideas. Common Ground is founded upon and driven by an
ambitious research and knowledge design agenda, aiming to contest and disrupt closed and top-down systems of knowledge
formation. We seek to merge physical and online communities in a way that brings out the strengths in both worlds. Common
Ground and our partners endeavour to engage in the tensions and possibilities of this transformative moment. We provide three
core ways in which we aim to foster this community:
Present: You have already made the first step and are in attendance. We hope this conference provides a valuable source of
feedback for your current work and the possible seeds for future individual and collaborative projects. We hope your session is
the start of a conversation that continues on past the last day of the conference.
Publish: We also encourage you to publish your paper in the Family of Sustainability Journals. In this way, you may share the
finished outcome of your presentation with other participants and members of the Sustainability Conference. You also have
access to the complete works in the Family of Sustainability Journals which the published work of participants from the
conference who submitted papers may be found.
Engage with the Community Online: Each conference presenter is provided a personal CGPublisher website with public and
private spaces where you are able to post your photo, biography, and CV; make links to other sites of personal interest; and
create a space where collaborators may be invited to access and comment on your works-in-progress. In addition, you can
contribute to the online community via our blog, email newsletter and social networking sites.
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The Blog and links to other social networking sites can be found at http://onsustainability.com/the-latest-news
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Email Newsletters: Please send suggested links for news items with a subject line ‘Email Newsletter Suggestion’ to
[email protected]. The email newsletter will be sent to all conference participants.
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Facebook: Find us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/ OnSustainability.CG.
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Twitter: You can now follow the Sustainability Conference Community on Twitter: @onsustainabilit.
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YouTube Channel: View online presentations at http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPublishing. Create your own
YouTube presentation with a link to your session description on the conference website, and (if your paper is accepted
to the journal), a link to the abstract of your paper on the journal website. See instructions at
http://onsustainability.com/the-conference/types-of-conference-sessions/online-presentations.
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Community: Join fellow conference members on Community, CGScholar’s secure social media space to connect,
converse, and continue dialogue with your conference colleagues during and after the conference. See page 71 for
more instructions on how to get started.
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
SCOPES AND CONCERNS
Our times call for interdisciplinary and holistic approaches to the relation of humans with the environment. As the challenges to
our human and planetary existence become less capable of being addressed by purely personal, corporate, local or short term
solutions, so too, narrowness of thinking will no longer suffice. Of course, we should continue to pursue careful, finely grained,
locally nuanced and deeply grounded knowledge and social practices of sustainability. Such perspectives are, if anything, more
critical than ever. But increasingly these need also to be situated in the context of longer, broader and deeper views.
FOUR FUNDAMENTALS
Environment
Nature is a dynamic thing in and of itself, and sometimes convulsively so. Humans are its beneficiaries and at times its victims.
They are also increasingly agents, interacting in and with natural processes. Over several millennia, the human species has
become one of the forces of nature, a critical part of its destiny, and ever more so today and tomorrow. Perhaps even, the
human species may be a catalyst in another convulsion in the course of natural history. As nature more and more becomes an
object of human artifice, its prospects move to the forefront of human consciousness. ‘What have we done with nature?’ we may
well ask ourselves. What have been the forms and effects of our interventions? What are the implications of our newfound
species-role as a force of nature, and what the responsibilities that accompany this role? How can we create a viable home for
ourselves alongside the other lifeforms of the planet?
CULTURE
This is the stuff of our human natures, our subjectivities, our shared meanings and our memories. Culture is the glue of similarity
(‘identity’, literally) that grounds our sociability. It is also a matter of difference or cultures in the plural, the multilayered
combinations of which forms persons in the plural: ways of seeing, ways of thinking, ways of meaning, ways of relating to each
other, ways of connecting with nature. The challenge of culture is as much to forge a productive diversity for the human species
(ethnos, gender, ecosystemics) as it is to nurture the sources of cohesion and commonality.
ECONOMY
Here we consider the dynamics of our material life, where in our social relations and using our tools we mix our energies with
the natural world to meet our human needs. The challenge is to create economic systems which are environmentally viable, not
destroying or damaging our life sources as natural beings. Such systems also need to be culturally viable, not harming our
identities and ultimately what is humane in our natures. And they need to be socially viable, not creating destructive tensions
and unsustainable injustices around axes of inequality of access to material and social resources.
SOCIETY
To these perspectives we need to add our systems of regulation, governance and resource distribution. What allows for all our
participation as autonomous yet social beings? What makes for good citizenship? How do we create, manage and propagate
knowledge? How do we ensure justice? How do we integrate the four fundamentals of environment, culture, economy and
society so we can address our human futures and live to the full our human potentials?
LONGER VIEWS
On a length dimension, we may wish to question the now-ness of our interests and actions: organizations which measure
performance in solely in terms financial years; consumers who measure wellbeing in terms of instant gratification; and
communities which compromise future generations by satisfying their wants in the present. Of course, we need to live in the
here and now, but that living is limited if it is purely for the here and the now and so prejudices environment, culture, economy or
society in the longer view.
BROADER VIEWS
On a breadth dimension, we may need to question the here-ness of our interests and actions: acting locally without thinking
globally; living personally without knowing politically; living in our cultures but sensitive to the diversity of others; operating to
narrow economic or social goals without taking into account their ecosystemic sources and effects.
DEEPER VIEWS
On a depth dimension, we may question the this-ness of our interests: what we feel in our everyday lifeworlds in relation to deep
and less immediately tangible social, economic and ecological structures; our individual and corporate motivations in relation to
human and ecological values; monetary value in relation to human value; the hidden hand of personal self interest as opposed
to the conscious hand of good governance, responsible citizenship and the values of caring for nature and each other.
This knowledge community provides a forum for discussion of the connections between environment, culture, economy and
society. The perspectives presented range from big picture analyses which address global and universal concerns, to detailed
case studies which speak of localized applications of the principles and practices of sustainability. Conference presentations
and publications traverse a broad terrain, sometimes technically and other times socially oriented, sometimes theoretical and
other times practical in their perspective, and sometimes reflecting dispassionate analysis whilst at other times suggesting
interested strategies for action.
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SESSION GUIDELINES
CHAIRING OF PARALLEL SESSIONS
Common Ground usually provides graduate students to chair all of the parallel sessions. If you wish, you are welcome to chair
your own session, or provide your own chair or facilitator for your session. The chair's role is to introduce the presenter and
keep the presentation within the time limit.
PROGRAM CHANGES
Please see the notice board near the conference registration desk for any changes to the printed program (e.g., session
additions, deletions, time changes, etc.). If a presenter has not arrived at a session within 5 minutes of the scheduled start time,
we recommend that participants join another session. Please inform the registration desk of ‘no-shows’ whenever possible.
SESSION TYPES
PLENARY
Plenary sessions, by some of the world’s leading thinkers, are 30 minutes in length. As a general rule, there are no questions or
discussion during these sessions. Instead, plenary speakers answer questions and participate in discussions during their
Garden Sessions (see below).
GARDEN SESSIONS
Garden Sessions are unstructured sessions that allow delegates a chance to meet plenary speakers and talk with them
informally about the issues arising from their presentation.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN THEMED SESSIONS
Paper presentations are grouped by general themes or topics into Themed Sessions. Each presenter in the session makes a
formal fifteen-minute presentation of their work; Q&A and group discussion follow after all have presented. Each presenter's
formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal.
WORKSHOP/INTERACTIVE SESSION
Workshop sessions involve extensive interaction between presenters and participants around an idea or hands-on experience
of a practice. These sessions may also take the form of a crafted panel, staged conversation, dialogue or debate – all involving
substantial interaction with the audience. A single article (jointly authored, if appropriate) may be submitted to the journal based
on a workshop session.
POSTER SESSION
Poster sessions are ideal for presenting preliminary results of work in progress or for projects that lend themselves to visual
displays and representations. In these sessions, a number of authors have the opportunity to display or exhibit their work and
engage in informal discussion about their work with other delegates throughout the session.
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
This type of session is best suited for position papers, reviews of theoretical or conceptual frameworks, works-in-progress,
policy analyses, or topics that generate, or benefit from, extended discussion. Authors are each assigned a numbered table in a
large meeting room for the full session (usually about 45 minutes), during which time they converse and interact with interested
delegates who join them at their table. The discussion may begin with the author presenting a synopsis of their work, to
generate discussion on the topic. Authors are encouraged to bring copies of their papers and/or a short handout summarizing
their work for distribution at their tables. Multiple authors of a single paper may participate, and one article per roundtable may
be submitted to the Journal.
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
Virtual presentations are papers submitted without the participant attending the conference in person, but are eligible to be
refereed and published (if accepted) in the journal. A virtual presentation allows participants to join the conference community in
the following ways:
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The conference proposal will be listed in the Session Descriptions of the conference.
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Acceptance of a conference proposal for a virtual participant is based on the same criteria as that for an attending
participant.
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The full paper may be submitted to the journal.
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The journal paper submission will be refereed against the same criteria as attending participants. If accepted, the
paper will be published in the same volume as conference participants from the same year.
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Online access to all papers published in the journal from the time of registration until one year after the conference end
date.
TALKING CIRCLES
Talking circles are meetings of minds, often around points of difference or difficulty. They are common in indigenous cultures.
The inherent tension of these meetings is balanced by protocols of listening and respect for varied viewpoints. From this, rather
than criticism and confrontation, productive possibilities may emerge.
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TALKING CIRCLES, Continued
The Purpose of Talking Circles in this Conference
The purpose of the Talking Circles is to give shape to a conference that is wide-ranging in its scope and broad-minded in its
interests. They also give people an opportunity to interact around the key ideas of the conference away from the formalities of
the plenary, paper, roundtable, workshop and colloquium sessions. They are places for the cross-fertilization of ideas, where
cycles of conversation are begun, and relationships and networks formed. Talking Circles are not designed to force consensus
or even to strive towards commonality. Their intention is, in the first instance, to find a common ground of shared meanings and
experiences in which differences are recognized and respected. Their outcome is not closure in the form of answers, but an
openness that points in the direction of pertinent questions.
How Do They Work?
Talking Circles meet on the first day of the conference in a 45-minute session. They are grouped around each of the conference
themes and focus on the specific areas of interest represented by each theme.
Begin by pulling chairs around in a circle to encourage face-to-face interaction. Identify a member of the group who is willing to
volunteer as a Facilitator and Recorder (or the Graduate Scholar in the room may serve as Recorder). Allow members of the
group to briefly introduce themselves. At this point, the discussion may evolve in any way that members of the group agree is
appropriate. It may be informal and discursive, or structured and task-oriented. The process is one of creating a kind of
collective intelligence around the theme with conversation that is open to possibilities and new lines of inquiry or action.
Some Starting Questions to Assist Discussion
Who are we? What are our interests? What is our common ground?
What is the territory, or scope, or landscape of this thematic area?
What are the burning issues, the key questions for this theme?
What are the forces or drivers that will affect us as professionals, thinkers, citizens, and aware and concerned people whose
focus is this particular theme?
What are the future directions (in research, in theory-building, in practice) for this thematic area?
Notes from the Talking Circles will be shared with the group (by the Facilitator or Recorder) at the closing session, when
suggestions for thematic changes for next year will be discussed.
THEMES
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Studies of sustainability, with a focus on environmental analyses
SUSTAINABILITY IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Studies of sustainability, with a focus on socio-cultural and economic analyses.
SUSTAINABILITY POLICY AND PRACTICE
Addressing sustainability agendas and the practices flowing from these in government, corporate and community sectors.
SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
On teaching and learning about human relations to the environment, and raising community awareness of sustainability.
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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DAILY SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, 23 JANUARY
11
12:00
Conference Registration Desk Open
12:45 – 13:05
Conference Opening – Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Common Ground Publishing, USA; Amareswar
Galla, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Denmark
13:05 – 13:35
Plenary Session – Junko Edahiro, Japan for Sustainability & Institute for Studies in Happiness,
Economy and Society, Japan, ‘Toward Sustainability with Resilience: Fledgling Trends before/after
2011 Disaster and Future Vision Perspectives from Japan’
13:40 – 14:10
Break & Garden Session
14:10 – 14:50
Talking Circles
14:50 – 15:00
Break
15:00 – 16:40
Parallel Session 1 (Themed Sessions, Poster Sessions)
Cosmos Room: Social & Cultural Sustainability
Ran 1: Sustainable Development: 1
Ran 2: Environmental Sustainability: 1 (Poster Session, Runs 15:00 – 15:45)
Room 1: Sustainable Systems & Structures
Room 2: Curriculum Development
Room 3: Urban Planning
Room 4: Leadership & Policy in Business
Room 5: Models and Frameworks of Sustainability
Room 6: Well-Being
17:00 – 19:00
Maruumiya Tatemachiten Conference Dinner, *Pre-registration required*
THURSDAY, 24 JANUARY
7:45
8:30 – 10:00
Plenary Panel: The Anthropocene: Acknowledging the extent of global resource overshoot, and what
must we do about it? Featuring: Ed Barry, Sustainable World Initiative, USA; William Rees, Co-author
Our Ecological Footprint, Canada; William Ryerson, Population Media Center, USA
10:00 – 10:15
Break
10:15 – 11:55
Parallel Session 2 (Themed Sessions & Poster Sessions)
Cosmos Room: Tourism
Ran 1: Agriculture: Rural & Urban
Ran 2: Cultural & Social Sustainability (Poster Session, Runs 11:10 – 11:55)
Room 1: Water Resource Management
Room 2: Cultural Sustainability in Southeast Asia
Room 3: Heritage Preservation
Room 4: Climate Change
Room 5: Evaluation & Decision Making Modeling
Room 6: Sustainable Development: 2
12:00 – 12:55
Lunch in the Dahlia Room
12:55-14:15
Parallel Session 3 (Themed Sessions, Roundtable Sessions)
Ran 1: Environmental Sustainability: 1
Ran 2: Policy & Practice (Roundtable Session, Runs 12:55 – 13:40)
Ran 2: Environmental Sustainability (Roundtable Session, Runs 13:50 – 14:35 )
Room 1: Studying Sustainability
Room 2: Religion
Room 3: Community Engagement: 1
Room 4: Disaster & Recovery: 1
Room 5: Sustainable Policies & Practices
Room 6: Architecture: 1
14:15 – 14:25
Break
14:25 – 15:25
Parallel Session 4 (Themed Sessions, Workshops, Roundtable Sessions , Poster Sessions)
Ran 1: Is Humanity Unstainable by Nature?, (Featured Session by Panelist, William Rees)
Ran 2: Environmental Sustainability (Roundtable Session, Runs 13:50 – 14:35 )
Room 1: Love, Pain, Peace and Community (Workshop)
Room 2: Inner Ecology (Workshop)
Room 3: Economics & Finance
Room 4: Waste & Sanitation Services
Room 5: Urban Components of Social Sustainability in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area (Workshop)
Room 6: Practical and Cultural Implications of Sustainability in an Indigenous Community
(Workshop)
15:25 – 15:35
Break
15:35 – 17:15
Parallel Session 5 (Themed Sessions & Poster Session)
Ran 1: Sustainable Lifestyles: 1
Ran 2: Education & Economics, Policy & Practice (Poster Session, Runs 15:40-16:25)
Room 1: Education: 1
Room 2: Environmental Sustainability: 2
Room 3: Sustainability in Business
Room 4: Evaluations of Energy & Renewable Energy
Room 5: Cultural Sustainability
Room 6: Population Dynamics
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FRIDAY, 25 JANUARY
13
8:00
8:30 – 8:50
Book Launch: ‘Enough for All Forever’ edited by Joy Murray, University of Sydney, Australia
8:50 – 9:20
Plenary Session: Hideyuki Doi, Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development, University of
Hiroshima, Japan, "Ecological Perspectives for Sustainable Science"
9:20 – 9:50
Break, Garden Session & Book Signing
9:50 – 11:10
Parallel Session 6 (Themed Sessions)
Cosmos Room: Health & Sustainability (Runs from 9:50 – 10:35)
Cosmos Room: Publishing Information Session (Runs 10:40 – 11:10)
Ran 1: Education: 2
Ran 2: Carbon and Nuclear Management
Room 1: Sustainable Lifestyles: 2
Room 2: Architecture & City Dynamics
Room 3: Community Dynamics
Room 4: Disaster & Recovery: 2
Room 5: Coastal Issues
Room 6: Community Engagement: 2
11:20 – 11:50
Conference Closing: Graduate Scholar Awards Ceremony & Future Directions. Located in the Cosmos
Room.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
BOOK LAUNCH
8:30 – 8:50, 25 January 2013, Cosmos Room
Enough for All Forever: A Handbook for Learning about Sustainability
Edited by Joy Murrary, Glenn Cawthorne, Christopher Dey, and Chris Andrew
Enough for All Forever is a handbook for learning about sustainability. It has been written specifically for educators: classroom
practitioners; school and system administrators and managers; those who develop curriculum; academics; and others who
share the goal of environmental equity for all. It is about integrating sustainability into teaching and learning at all levels. The
focus of the book is how to live sustainably, in harmony with a planet that has finite resources. This is not a ‘one size fits all’
handbook. Rather, it is a broad collection of work from over fifty different authors, all of them experts in their field and all
committed to doing something about sustainability.
Joy Murray is a Senior Research Fellow with the Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) group in the School of Physics at the
University of Sydney. Before joining ISA Joy worked for over 25 years in education, teaching students from pre-school to
postgraduate level.
FEATURED SESSIONS
Publishing Your Paper or Book with Common Ground
Friday 25 January 10:40 – 11:10 (Cosmos Room)
Jamie Burns, Managing Editor, Common Ground Publishing
Overview: In this session the Managing Editor of The Family of Sustainability Journals and On Sustainability: A Book Series will
present an overview of Common Ground’s publishing philosophy and practices. She will also offer tips for turning conference
papers into journal articles, present an overview of journal publishing procedures, introduce The Sustainability: A Book Series,
and provide information on Common Ground’s book proposal submission process. Please feel free to bring questions—the
second half of the session will be devoted to Q & A.
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
CONFERENCE DINNER
Maruumiya Tatemachiten
19:00 – 21:00, 23 January *Pre-registration Required*
Join plenaries, panel members and other delegates for a delicious Japanese-style banquet at an izakaya style bar. We will sit
on tatami mats and dine from low tables in the traditional Japanese style. Enjoy hearty flavors from the oceans and mountains
of Hokkaido with a focus on seasonal homestyle dishes. The menu will be a traditional all-you-can eat and all-you-can drink
menu for two hours.
CONFERENCE TOURS
Peace Memorial Museum & Park Tour
Join delegates for an informational tour of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park. Delegates will meet at the Peace
Memorial Museum at 9:00 for self-guided audio tour of the museum. At 10:30 delegates will meet back together for a guided
tour of the Peace Memorial Park. Learn the history of the events that occurred on 6 August 1945 that forever changed history.
Please note the museum does contain graphic images that may not be appropriate for all ages.
Miyajima & Itsukushima Shrine Tour
Itsukushima Shrine is so famous, but Miyajima is much more than that. Join the tour to discover an unknown Miyajima, a sacred
island with a long history of 1400 years. Join other delegates for a tour of the town of Miyajima where you will hear in-depth
stories of the island while visiting the famous shrine. At the shrine delegates will enjoy a short tea break with a Japanese cake!
Kagura Night Performance & Dinner
Pick-up time 17:30, 25 January *Pre-registration Required*
Enjoy a night of dinner and a Kagura performance. Kagura is a traditional Shinto music and dance performance that features
Uta (song) and Mai (dance) by performers clad in embroidered kimonos and expressive masks accompanied by taiko drums
and flutes. There are many difference Kagura programs but good and evil and the range of emotions are common thems to
each. Delegates will be picked up at the conference hotel and take an hour bus ride to the Kagura Mozen Toji-mura. A
Japanese dinner and a Kagura performance will follow, transportation is provided both ways.
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Ed Barry
Ed Barry is the designer of the Sustainable Living Planner and the director of the Sustainable World Initiative in Washington DC. A
business manager for a major energy corporation for most of his career, for the past nine years he has devoted himself to wor king in
the nonprofit sector to promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Before coming to serve as the Sustainable Living
Advisor for the Population Institute, he was the Chief Operating Officer for the Global Footprint Network, where he was respo nsible for
both the research and applications departments, as well as establishing a new international office in Brussels. He received his B.S. in
Chemistry and Engineering from Michigan State University and did graduate business studies at the University of Californ ia at Berkeley.
He also has taken advanced courses and training in education, business strategic planning, international alliances, and busin ess
development. He serves on the Board of Advisers for Environic Foundation International (an organization that conducts "Sustainable
Societies" educational initiatives throughout the world). He is also an active participant and contributor to the United Nati ons
Commission on Sustainable Development, the Preparatory Committee process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development (also known as UNCSD-2012 or Rio+20), and the United Nation’s Post-2015 Human Development Framework.
Hideyuki Doi
Hideyuki Doi is currently working as Tenure-track lecturer in Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development (ISSD) at Hiroshima
University, Japan. His current interests are general ecology and sustainability of ecosystems. His current works in ISSD have focused
on ecological sustainability under environmental changes, such as eutrophication, climate change and radiation fallout. For the ongoing
projects in ISSD, he is surveying natural aquatic fields to monitor sustainability of ecosystems, and testing the ecological hypotheses to
predict sustainability of ecosystem and ecological communities using the microcosm experiment series. More recently, with concerning
radiation fallout effect on ecosystems, his group established the models to predict the long-term fate of radioactive cesium
concentration in freshwater fish species using ecological/biological traits of fish species. He will address the ecological view points for
considering sustainability of ecosystems and human lives in changing world.
Junko Edahiro
Junko Edahiro, Chief Executive, Japan for Sustainability; President, Institute for Studies in Happiness, Ec onomy and Society;
Environmental journalist, translator, President of e’s Inc.; Chairperson of Change Agent Inc.; Member of Mid- and Long-term Roadmap
Subcommittee of the Global Environmental Committee (under Central Environmental Council, Japan Ministry of the Environment);
Chairperson of Communication Marketing Working Group, visiting researcher for Research into Artifacts at the Center for Engin eering
(RACE) at the University of Tokyo; initiator of the Candle Night campaign. She obtained a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology
from The University of Tokyo. Still active today as an environmental journalist, she also runs two companies. She is committed to
communication and networking through lecturing, publishing, and translating on the environment, all with the aim of causing behavioral
change among people and building effective systems for a sustainable society. To comprehensively study the relationship among
happiness, economy, and society and work on these themes, she has held workshops on happiness and sustainability as well as world
trends on growth, where she introduces Bhutan’s use of the Gross National Happiness (GNH) indicator, as well as “de-growth” research
and case studies in Europe. Her published translations include “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Limits to Growth: The 30-year Update,” and an
anthology of the “Resurgence” magazine. Her publications include “Beyond ‘Eco’ – How to Make a Happy Future,” “A Way Out of
Energy Crisis,” and “How to Fix the Earth.”
William Rees
William E. Rees is an ecologist, ecological economist, Professor Emeritus and former director of the University of British Columbia’s
School of Community and Regional Planning in Vancouver, Canada. His research focuses on the bio-physical prerequisites for
sustainability and on the behavioral and cognitive barriers to progress. He is the originator and co-developer of ecological footprint
analysis. He has lectured widely across North America and in 25 other countries. He is a member of the Global Ecological Integrity
Group; A fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute; a founding member and past President of the Canadian Society for Ecological Economics;
and Founding Director of the One Earth Initiative. The Vancouver Sun has named Professor Rees one of British Columbia’s top public
intellectuals. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2006, awarded a prestigious Trudeau Foundation Fellowship in 2007,
and recently received an honorary doctorate from Laval University. In 2012 Rees was the Boulding Award winner, the biennial
exemplary character and scholarship award of the International Society of Ecological Economics.
William N. Ryerson
William N. Ryerson is Founder and President of Population Media Center (PMC) (www.populationmedia.org), an organization that
strives to improve the health and well being of people around the world through the use of entertainment-education strategies. He also
serves as Chair and CEO of The Population Institute in Washington, DC (www.populationinstitute.org), which works in partnersh ip with
Population Media Center. In developing countries, PMC creates long-running serialized dramas on radio and television, in which
characters evolve into role models for the audience resulting in positive behavior change. The emphasis of the organization's work is to
educate people about the benefits of small families, encourage the use of effective family planning methods, elevate women's status,
prevent exploitation of children, and promote avoidance of HIV infection. He has a 40-year history of working in the field of reproductive
health, including two decades of experience adapting the Sabido methodology of social change communications to various cultur al
settings worldwide. He has also been involved in the design of research to measure the effects of such projects in a number of
countries, one of which led to a series of publications regarding a serialized radio drama in Tanzania and its effects on HIV/AIDS
avoidance and family planning use. The results of this work have been demonstrably highly effective. He received a B.A. in Biology
(Magna Cum Laude) from Amherst College and an M.Phil. in Biology from Yale University (with specialization in Ecology and
Evolution). He served as Director of the Population Institute's Youth and Student Division, Development Director of Planned
Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania, Associate Director of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and Executive Vice
President of Population Communications International before founding Population Media Center in 1998 .
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PROGRAM
Wednesday, 23 January
12:00-12:45
12:45-13:05
13:05-13:35
13:40-14:10
14:10-14:50
Cosmos Room
Ran 1
Room 1
Room 2
Room 3
14:50-15:00
15:00-16:40
Cosmos Room
SOCIAL &
CULTURAL
SUSTAINABILITY
REGISTRATION OPEN
CONFERENCE OPENING: Phillip Kalantzis-Cope, Common Ground Publishing, USA;
Amareswar Galla, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Denmark
PLENARY SESSION: Junko Edahiro, Japan for Sustainability & Institute for Studies in Happiness,
Economy and Society, Japan, Toward Sustainability with Resilience: Fledgling Trends before/after
2011 Disaster and Future Vision Perspectives from Japan’
BREAK & GARDEN SESSION
TALKING CIRCLES
Talking Circle: Environmental Sustainability
Talking Circle: Sustainability Policy and Practice
Talking Circle: Sustainability Education
Talking Circle: Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability
Talking Circle: Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability
BREAK
Parallel Session 1
(100 Minute Themed Sessions & 45 Minute Poster Session)
Re-creating Traditional Rituals for the Construction of Human-Nature Ontology: Cultural
Actions on the Korean West Coast
Prof. Kyoung Mann Cho, Mokpo National University, Muan-gun, South Korea
Overview: Since 2000s, in Korea, people's re-creation of traditional rituals to protect endangered
tidal flats has been the highlighted cultural response with transformational conceptualizations of
ecological beings, with broad social efficacy.
The Role of Dialogue in Social Sustainability
Dr. John Whitton, Centre for Energy and Power Management, Preston, Ioan Mihangel Parry,
Centre of Energy and Power Management, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Overview: The perceived sufficiency, fairness and effectiveness of nuclear-related dialogue
between local stakeholders and officials, and potential impacts on social sustainability are studied,
based upon previous research from the UK.
Sustainability Storylines: The Politics of Distribution
Dr. Judith Rogers, Landscape Architecture Program School of Architecture and Design, RMIT
University, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: This paper details a methodology and a method for analyzing discussions about and for
sustainability as text.
Social Sustainability Assessment: Towards the Elaboration of a New Unified Conceptual
Measurement, The SOCI00 Index
Mrinal Sohoraye, Open University of Mauritius, Réduit, Dr. Chandradeo Bokhoree, Poomalay
Poinen, University of Technology, Pointe-aux-Sables, Mauritius
Overview: This describes a new way of assessing social sustainability based on existing
frameworks in the field.
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15:00-16:40
Ran 1
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT:
1
Parallel Session 1
Sustainable Development, Economic Growth and Energy Intensity
Dr. Rasa Smaliukienė, General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy, Lithuania, Dr. Manuela
Tvaronavičienė, General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy, Lithuania, Dr. Renata Korsakiene,
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania, Abel Adekola, University of Wisconsin, USA
Overview: This paper aims to reveal relationships between the intensity of energy resource use,
economic growth and its sustainability.
Sustainable Development in an Energy Dependent Country: A Choice of Methodological
Approach
Dr. Manuela Tvaronavičienė, General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Dr. Rasa
Smaliukienė, Chair of Department of Management, Military Academy of Lithuania, Lithuania
Overview: Aim of the paper is to outline of a research methodology which ultimately would allow
predicting and modeling of competitiveness of less developed economies encountering energy
security issues.
Ran 2
POSTER
SESSION:
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY:
1
*Session Runs
15:00 – 15:45
Reflexivity in Practice: Potentials and Obstacles to the Application of Reflexive Governance
in Development Assistance
Martin Karlsson, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo Ward, Japan
Overview: Reflexivity has been brought forward as a key component of efforts working towards
sustainability. This paper explores practical use of reflexivity in organizations working towards
sustainable development.
The Influence on Urban Green Spaces of Renewing the Master Plan of Greenery in
Hiroshima City
Satoki Hayashi, Hiroshima, Prof. Nobukazu Nakagoshi, Takuya Shimada, International
Development and Cooperation Graduate School, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan
Overview: This study compares the greenery data (from 2001 and 2011 Hiroshima City Master Plan
of Greenery) and estimates the influence factor on urban green spaces.
An Ecological Evaluation of the Green Space in Hiroshima City Seifu-shinnto
Takuya Shimada, International Development and Corporation of Hiroshima University,
Higashihiroshima, Professor Nobukazu Nakagoshi, Satoki Hayashi, International Development
and Corporation, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: This study observes the state of the green space in Hiroshima city Seifu-shinnto in terms
of its biodiversity and habitat functions.
Cooperative Reef Restoration in Derawan Island, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Dexiang Chen, Environment and Ecology Department, DHI Water and Environment Singapore,
Zhiyi Yeo, Team Derawan Reef Restoration, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: A team of environmentally-conscious divers attempted to bring down the cost of reef
restoration by involving stakeholders in a mutually beneficial way. We call this Cooperative Reef
Restoration.
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15:00-16:40
Room 1
SUSTAINABLE
SYSTEMS &
STRUCTURES
Parallel Session 1
Hydrogen Production and Storage Technology for a Sustainable Energy System
Dr. Hiroki Miyaoka, Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development, Hiroshima University,
Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: In this paper, we proposed a promising model for a sustainable energy system using
hydrogen. Particularly, recent research on the hydrogen production and the hydrogen storage are
reported.
A Mathematical Model to Obtain Maximum Recovery for Green Waste in Case of Conflicting
Intrests in Usage as Feedstock for Renwable Material or Energy
Ir Dirk Inghels, Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp, University of Antwerp,
Antwerp, Belgium, Prof. Wout Dullaert, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU
University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Overview: Life Cycle Assessment does not always favour the best overall environmental outcome
in case of conflicting goals of bio waste recovery. A meta-heuristic is presented to overcome this
problem.
Research and Development in the Solar Facilities Unit of the Weizmann Institute of Science:
Past, Present and Future
Michael Epstein, Solar Research Facilities Unit, Dr. Irina Vishnevetsky, Department of
Environmental Science and Energy Research, Dr. Akiba Segal, Department of Chemical Research
Support, Rachamim Rubin, Doron Lieberman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Overview: The paper describes the Solar Facilities Unit of the Weizmann Institute of Science, and
the main projects that were successfully realized during last 25 years.
The Glasgow School of Art – a Model for Sustainability? Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s
Masterful Resolution of the Pragmatic and the Poetic as a Model of Sustainable Design
Alan Hooper, Glasgow School of Art, Dr. Tim Sharpe, Glasgow School of Art, UK
Overview: All buildings are experiments. Buildings that have stood the test of time, by their very
longevity, can provide valuable insights and lessons for architects working today.
Room 2
CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable Housing in Developing Countries: Meeting Social and Environmental Targets by
Greening Low Income Settlements in South Africa
Dr. Claudia Loggia, Dr. Vittorio Tramontin, Dr. Cristina Trois, Engineering Department,
University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
Overview: Greening low income settlements could represent the key for sustainability to meet
environmental and social challenges. The concept is intended as a synergy among environmental
conservation, affordability and social issues.
Rethinking the Concept of Sustainability: The Use of Hiroshima as a Subject of Peace
Education
Kanako Ide, Faculty of Education, Soka University, Hachiouji, Japan
Overview: This paper is an attempt to philosophically examine the notion of sustainability by
creating values for peace education from the event in Hiroshima.
A Postgraduate Program for Sustainability Professionals
Dr Joy Murray, Integrated Sustainability Analysis School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney,
Australia
Overview: A broad understanding, some in-depth study, a tool kit and an action-learning project
provide what is proving to be the ideal components of a postgraduate program for sustainability
professionals.
Sustainability Education: A Service Learning Project
Dr. Srijana Bajracharya, Health Promotion and Physical Education, Ithaca College, Ithaca, USA
Overview: This presentation will describe a service learning project integrated into a graduate
course to help students to have hands on experience in teaching sustainability to elementary school
children.
Modelling Sustainability in a Fourth Year Mathematics and Science Pre-service Primary and
Middle Pathway Course
Dr. Kathryn Paige, School of Education, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Overview: One vehicle that has provided real world connections for embracing science and
mathematics in a primary and middle school setting has been through educating for sustainability.
Raising Commencing Student Awareness through Embedded Sustainability Literacy in a
Preparatory University Program
Christine (Erst) Carmichael, Learning Skills Unit Student Support Services, Neera Handa,
Learning Skills Student Support Services, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Overview: At a "new age" metropolitan university which caters to the most diverse commencing
student population in Australia, sustainability is the content theme of a literacy-based preparatory
program: UniStep.
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15:00-16:40
Room 3
URBAN
PLANNING
Parallel Session 1
Tokyo's Landscape System and Sustainability: An Analysis
Dr. Wybe Kuitert, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University in
Korea, Kyoto, Japan
Overview: Pre-modern Tokyo was set up to buffer disastrous fires, following natural landscape of
upland and valleys. Modern planning towards sustainability continued to follow landscape after
disasters as the Kanto Earthquake.
The Walkability Indicator: A Case Study of Boulder City, CO, USA
Tsuyoshi Kaburagi, Urban and Regional Planning College of Architecture and Planning, Wheat
Ridge, Daryoosh Ardalan, Urban and Regional Planning College of Architecture and Planning,
University of Colorado, Denver, Boulder, USA
Overview: Our goal was to create an indicator of walkability and find evidence that improving
walkability will alter the distribution of pedestrian traffic in the area.
A Study of Bike Transfers in Mass Rapid Transit Stations: A Case Study of Kaohsiung New
Town
Dr. Oliver F. Shyr, Kristin Jen, Department of Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University,
Tainan, Taiwan
Overview: This research studies the feasibility of bicycle transfer service.
The Role of Commuter Cycling in Sustainable Urban Mobility
Ashwani Kumar, Singapore - MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, Dr. Kwong Meng Teo,
Industrial and Systems Engineering, National University of Sinagpore, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: This paper takes a systems perspective to understand the role of commuter cycling in
promoting sustainable urban mobility in the congested cities of the developing world.
Room 4
LEADERSHIP &
POLICY IN
BUSINESS
An Economic View of the Railway Networks in Nile Basin Countries: An Assessment Study
Ibrahim Tawfiq Ghanem, Economics Department, American University, Cairo, Egypt
Overview: The paper highlights how the railway network between Nile basin countries can encourage
investments, tourism, and increase trade.
Nature-Centered Leadership: Nature as a Stakeholder in Strategic Planning
Dr. Spencer S. Stober, Graduate Studies, Alvernia University, Reading, USA
Overview: Leadership is not just about people, strategic planning with nature in mind will help us to
fulfill our obligation to future generations, human and otherwise.
A Labour Law Reform to Maintain Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in China
Dr Kay-Wah Chan, Faculty of Business & Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Overview: This paper argues that the 2007 labour law reforms adopted in China contribute to
maintaining not only social harmony and social sustainability but also economic and environmental
sustainability.
Commercial Pilot Shortages and Impacts on Pilot Training Programs and the Sustainability of
the Air Transport Safety System
Dr. Javad Gorjidooz, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, USA
Overview: A shortage of airline pilots is expected to develop by 2015. The sustainability of the air
transport safety system is considered as pilot training programs are conducted.
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15:00-16:40
Room 5
Parallel Session 1
Coral Reef Restoration: A Framework for Assessment, Management and Evaluation
Tai Chong Toh, Prof. Loke Ming Chou, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: In this study, we propose a cyclical AME framework in planning and scoping reef restoration
projects involving three sequential phases: assessment, management and evaluation.
MODELS &
FRAMEWORKS
OF
SUSTAINABILITY Developing a Simulation Model for Predicting Innundated Areas Affected by Land Use Change:
A Case Study of Keduang Sub-watershed
Dr. Imam Buchori, Faculty of Engineering, Diponegoro University, Kartika Tanjung, Architecture and
Planning Consultant, Trikarsa Buwana Persada Gemilang Consultant, Semarang, Indonesia
Overview: This paper is a part of a research entitled "Flood Model of Watershed Area" involving two
Master and four Bachelor students in the research team.
Sustainable Economies: An ILOWA Approach
James George, Editorial, Association for Enterprise Integration, Arlington, Professor James Rodger,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Hooversville, USA
Overview: This paper pursues a sustainable economic model that preserves positive dynamics of
capitalism, while improving collaboration between government and industry to engineer economic
performance from optimizing returns on resources.
APEX Modeling and Evaluation of Conservation Practices for Sediment and Nutrient
Reductions at Wildcat Creek
Dr. Wendy Francesconi, University of Florida/NSERL-ARS-USDA, Gainesville, USA
Overview: The Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model was used to evaluate the
effect of agricultural conservation practices on water quality in Wildcat Creek, a tributary to the
Wabash and Mississippi Rivers.
Room 6
WELL-BEING
Socio-economic Determinants of National Ecological Footprints in Asia Pacific Countries: A
Multiple Regression Analysis of the Factorial Impacts
Dr. Ebenezer Aka, Urban Studies Program, Morehouse College, Atlanta, USA
Overview: This study seeks to establish and explain the socio-economic determinants of ecological
footprints in Asia Pacific countries.
Futures, Well-being and Flourishing Communities
Dr. David G. Lloyd, Transition Adelaide Hills, Stirling, Australia
Overview: In this paper, I look at the interconnectedness of three ideas – futures thinking, well-being
and sustainability - using a variety of literatures, participant futures work and focus group discussions.
Creating a Sacred Space in Daily Cultural Life: A Case Study for Meditation and Prayer
Dr Pi-Fen Wang, The Department of Interior Design, Shu-Te University, Tainan, Taiwan
Overview: Creating a sacred space in daily life is a significant issue for modern spiritual practitioners.
Meditators have significant powers to identify with their culture and connect the sacred world.
The Impacts of Electrification with Renewable Energies on Local Economies: The Case of
India’s Rural Areas
Dr. Kenichi Imai, The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, Kitakyushu,
Japan, Debajit Palit, Decentralized Electricity Solutions Devision, The Energy and Resources
Institute, India
Overview: The purpose of this paper is to clarify how India’s rural electrification, using renewable
energies in particular, contributes to raising the well-being in India’s rural areas.
The Happiness and Social Exclusion of Indigenous People in Taiwan: A Social Sustainability
Perspective
Dr. Jiun-Hao Wang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Overview: This study examines association between subjective wellbeing and objective living
conditions of the indigenous people in Taiwan. Accessing support from public services is a key
determinant for social sustainability.
17:00 - 19:00
Technological and Social Transformation of the World: The Omnitemporal Dreams of
Kurosawa
Dr. Meral Serarslan, Radio, Television and Cinema, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Overview: How long the world can sustain is humanity's concern. Kurosawa's concerns about this, his
attitudes towards the subject in Yume / Dreams film were investigated.
Maruumiya Tatemachiten Conference Dinner, *Pre-registration required*
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Thursday, 24 January
7:45
8:30-10:00
10:00-10:15
10:15-11:55
Cosmos Room
TOURISM
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
PLENARY PANEL: “The Anthropocene: Acknowledging the extent of global resource overshoot,
and what must we do about it?”
Featuring: Ed Barry, Sustainable World Initiative, USA; William Rees, Co-author Our Ecological
Footprint, Canada; William Ryerson, Population Media Center, USA
BREAK
Parallel Session 2
(100 Minute Themed Sessions, 45 Minute Poster Sessions)
Tourism and Environmental Conservation in Yakushima Island
Ryouho Maeda, Manufacturing Division, Kyoei-Sheetmetal Works Corp., Fuji coop 202 Idaka dai
202 Meitou-ku Nagoya, Shuichi Tamura, Faculty of Environmental and Information Sciences,
Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Robert Marek, Naval Facilities Engineering Far East,
U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering, Sasebo, Japan
Overview: Pollution caused by human waste is a threat to natural resources in the Jomon Cedar
Tree area. A management system is proposed so that tourism and environmental conservation are
compatible.
Tourists' Preferences and the Sustainability of Agricultural Landscape: A Case Study in
Noto Peninsula, Japan
Dr. Zhenmian Qiu, Ishikawa Kanazawa Operating Unit, Dr. Bixia Chen, Ishikawa / Kanazawa
Operating Unit, United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Kanazawa, Japan
Overview: This will discuss identifing tourists' preferences for sustainability of agricultural cultural
landscapes by using the choice model.
The Development of Rural Tourism through Local Community Involvement: Yamashiro
District Iwakuni
N.M. Sofia Wijaya, Tourism (Udayana) Graduate School of East Asian Studies (Yamaguchi),
Udayana University, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Japan
Overview: The study is an analysis of rural tourism development through local community
involvement. Objectives study focus on creating a model for the development rural tourism in
Yamashiro, Japan.
Free Hospitality Networks and Sustainable Tourism Principles: A Comparison of
Couchsurfing Members’ Expectations and Actual Experiences
Derrick Lancaster, John Middleton, Danuta DeGrosbois, Department of Tourism and
Environment, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
Overview: An analysis of 160 CouchSurfing.org users showed that sustainable travel principles are
often declared as important when planning travel but they are less often reported as part of actual
experiences.
Sustainable Rural Development and Green Tourism: A Case Study in Noto Peninsula, Japan
Dr. Bixia Chen, Dr. Zhenmian Qiu, Ishikawa Kanazawa Operating Unit, United Nations University,
Institute of Advanced Studies, Kanazawa, Japan
Overview: This combined literature review and in-depth interviews with farm inn owners to
investigate tourism development in the depopulated rural areas of Japan, examine its challenges,
and opportunies to international tourists.
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10:15-11:55
Ran 1
AGRICULTURE:
RURAL & URBAN
Parallel Session 2
Activating the Urban Beescape: Towards Sustainable Pollination Practices in Urban
Agriculture
Christopher Alton, Advanced Studies Program (Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology), Harvard
University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
Overview: This paper finds the urban matrix in Toronto, Canada to benefit wild bee habitats and
investigates the role of pollination within local food security initiatives.
The Effects of an Agricultural Shift from Shifting Cultivation to Rubber Tree Plantation on
Food Expenditure in Northern Laos
Duangmany Luangmany, Development Policy Graduate School for International Development
and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: Subsistence economy allows households to live with lower amounts of cash, but in the
market-oriented economy, higher income is accompanied by larger cash expenditures for food at
the market.
Sustainability of Vegetable Cultivation and Marketing: Exploring the State of Indian Farmers
Mohammad Muqeet Khan, Dr. Nizamuddin Khan, Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim
University, Aligarh, India
Overview: Vegetables cultivation is an important component of Indian agriculture. Its cultivation is
caste oriented and mainly dominated by small farmers, mainly practiced due to its remunerative
value and fast returns.
Sustainable Agriculture and Indigenous Community Development: Some Experiences from
Taiwan
Ai-Ching Yen, Department of Land Economics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Overview: The paper aims to investigate the efforts of indigenous communities through their
practices of local knowledge to natural farming to avoid the environmental unfriendly outcomes of
conventional farming.
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10:15-11:55
Ran 2
POSTER
SESSION:
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY:
2
*Session Runs
from 10:15-11:00
Parallel Session 2
Aligning Awareness and Action for the Future We Want
Evelyn Sasamoto, Brahma Kumaris, Yokota West Elementary School, Tokyo, Rajni Daulatram,
National Coordinating Office, Brahma Kumaris, Kobe, Japan
Overview: Is awareness being paired with action for sustainability? This exhibition provides
suggestions for the alignment of spiritual awareness and on-going action for sustainability by showcasing examples from the Brahma Kumaris.
The Improvement in Environmental Awareness by the Introduction of an Environmental
Management System to a High School
Mekumi Tomimura, Environmental Technology Division, Osaki, Japan
Overview: Kurokawa High School acquired attestation of an "EMS which fills and goes away" in
2009, built "the school edition EMS," and has taken it into a part of educational activity.
An Analysis of the Transition to Renewable Energy in Emerging Economies from a System
Dynamics Perspective
Elena Bakhanova, Erasmus Mundus Program European Master in System Dynamics, Moscow,
Russian Federation
Overview: The paper highlights the importance of transition to renewable energy in BRIC countries
from economic and environmental viewpoints.
A Brief Intervention to Reduce the Carbon Footprint
Dr. Julie Croff, School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, USA
Overview: A screening and brief intervention program was conducted outside of a bar. This
program was successful in creating minor behavioral changes to reduce carbon footprint.
Ran 2
POSTER
SESSION:
CULTURAL &
SOCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY
(45 Min Session)
*Session Runs
11:10-11:55
Water Quality Monitoring of River and Dam - Lake Watersheds Using an Advanced Ion
Chromatographic System
ChaoHong Shi, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: The potential of an advanced ion chromatography system was demonstrated to monitor
dam - lake and river watersheds.
Citizen’s Viewpoints toward Natural Disaster Threat: An Examination of Cultural Difference
between Thailand and Taiwan
Juthatip Wiwattanapantuwong, Chia-jung Lee, Department of Psychology Graduate School of
Arts and Letters, Prof. Tsuneyuki Abe, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Overview: The present study examines how people in Taiwan and Thailand have different
perceptions and different preparatory actions for threat of natural disaster.
The Swim, Recreation and Education Program
Mrs. Teri Gilmore, Administration Early Childhood Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Braddock, USA
Overview: The Swim, Recreation and Education Program aims to socially sustain the lives of
African American and low income children through comparable access, instruction, hearty
relationships, healthy modeling and encouraging reading.
STEMpowerment: Sustainable Student Action
Dillon Carr, English Anthropology, Ohio State University, Mansfield, USA
Overview: STEMpowerment is a learning community for university students promoting community
improvement. These opportunities are based on supporting healthy youth development through
social justice within the parameters of our technological world.
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10:15-11:55
Room 1
WATER
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Parallel Session 2
Preventing Water Loss through Agricultural Canals in an Arid Region: A Case Study from
Khorezm, Uzbekistan
Ruzimboy Eshchanov, Jamshid Nurmetov, Urgench State University, Uzbekistan, Alexandra
Lutz, Desert Research Institute, USA, Margaret Shanafield, National Centre for Groundwater
Research and Training, Flinders University, Australia, Jabbarov Hojyaz, Urgench State University,
Uzbekistan, John PA Lamers, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany
Overview: Water loss from unlined irrigation canals is linked with various sustainability issues. In
this case study, a plastic liner beneath a canal resulted in reduced water loss and groundwater
levels.
Natural Sources and Thresholds of Taste and Hydrogen Stability in Drinking Water
Dr. Mst. Shamsun Nahar, Toyama City, Jing Zhang, University of Toyama, Japan
Overview: This work would enable the production of better tasting H2-rich water from local sources
and investigates the mechanisms responsible for H2 gas stabilization in drinking water.
Acid Mine Drainage and Sustainable Development in South Africa
Suvania Naidoo, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Overview: This will discuss acid mine drainage and sustainable development in South Africa.
Sustainability and Water Quality: An Appalachian Case Study
Nicholas Cook, Biological System Engineering Mining and Minerals Engineering, Dr. Leigh-Anne
Krometis, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Dr. Emily Sarver, Department of Mining
and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Overview: This paper presents a case study of potential contributions to sustainable development
and water quality by mining operations in the Central Appalachian region of the United States.
Room 2
CULTURAL
SUSTAINABILITY
IN SOUTHEAST
ASIA
Converting Paper Mill Waste into a Storable Nutrient Source
Wan Rasidah Kadir, Forest Plantation Programme Biotechnology Division, Forest Research
Institute Malaysia, Rozita Ahmad, Kepong, Rosazlin Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Overview: This paper is about the reutilization of paper mill biosludge.
A Study of Understanding the Characteristic of Indigenous Peoples’ Culture of Taiwan from
the Color and Pattern of Textile
Po-Hsun Wang, Doctoral Graduate School of Design, Chi-Shiung Tseng, Graduate School of the
Visual Communication Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Overview: Using fieldwork methodology, this paper contrasts and analyzes the colors and the
embroidered textures through the costume samples that the researcher collected over three years
from the Atayal Beishi Group.
Matrilineal Society and the Minangkabau House of Western Sumatera, Indonesia
Dr. Azizi Bahauddin, Interior Design Programme School of Housing, Building and Planning,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Dr. Aldrin Abdullah, University of Science Malaysia, Pulau
Pinang, Setiawan Hardono, Dr. Nor Zarifah Maliki, School of Housing, Building and Planning,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
Overview: The paper discusses the influence of the matrilineal society on the design of the
Minangkabau house in Western Sumatera, Indonesia in relation to sustainable architectural and
cultural values.
Developing a Model for Revitalizing the Traditional Performance of Dulmuluk by the
Application of Structural and Reader Response Theories
Dr. Nurhayati, Dr. Subadiyono, Magister Program of Language Education Faculty of Teacher
Training and Education, Dr. Didi Suhendi, Language Education Study Program, Sriwijaya
University, Palembang, Indonesia
Overview: Unlike kabuki, Dulmuluk in Palembang Indonesia is dying. Several factors cause this
traditional performance neglected. This research developed a model to revitalize it. Structural and
response reader theories were applied.
Empirical Research on the Traditional Technique of Facial Threading
Li-Ying Lin, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Prof. Shang-chia Chiou,
National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Yun lin, Taiwan
Overview: This paper is to discuss the traditional technique of facial threading, a comparative
scientific research, in order to test the meanings of both values and sustainability in the traditional
technique.
The Cultural Architecture of Economic and Social Sustainability, the Kantu' and Taman
Dayaks of Borneo: Plurality in the Upper Kapuas Region in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Johan Weintré, School of International Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Overview: Regional autonomy has provided local cultural parameters to communities in natural
resource exploration in the central region of Indonesian. Historical economic independence has
been part of those cultures.
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10:15-11:55
Room 3
HERITAGE
PRESERVATION
Parallel Session 2
Pilgrim Cultures: Places, Movement and Meaning
Dr. Michael Murray, Belfast, Dr. Stephen McKay, David Houston, Institute of Spatial and
Environmental Planning, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Overview: This paper explores the heritage representation and spatial experiences offered by two
contrasting pilgrimage complexes: the Camino de Santiago journey in Spain and the National Mall
destination in Washington DC.
A Study of City Curators and Urban Sustainability
Hui-Ying Lai, Institute of Creative Industry Design, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,
Taiwan
Overview: Understanding and actively involving city curators, a role mixed of community opinion
leader, social entrepreneur, and culture gate-keeper, might be an ideal approach to facilitate cities’
sustainability.
The Social Sustainability of Historic Centres in North Africa: Cases in Algiers, Tunis and Fes
Dr. Djamel Boussaa, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qatar University, Qatar
Overview: This paper deals with social sustainability issues in historic centres in North Africa and
how they can be a catalyst for sustaining their life in the present and future.
On the Local Cultural Sustainability of the Graphic Design and Expression: The Case of
Majolica Tile in Kinmen, Taiwan
Yu-Ya Wang, College of Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology,
Kaohsiung, Prof. Chi-Shiung Tseng, Yunlin, Taiwan
Overview: Tile graphic design—with its regional and cultural differences, temporal changes, etc.—
develops its unique graphic cultural and local symbols, making the traditional graphic pattern and
cultural image more possible and continuous.
Room 4
CLIMATE
CHANGE
The Normative Force of Recipes: Food Writing from Thirteenth Century China in Historical
and Ethnological Perspective
Robban Toleno, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Overview: Social actors use recipes to negotiate status values for food practices, which are partially
predetermined by a coarseness-to-refinement continuum that appears to be a natural feature of
human society.
The Governance of Geoengineering: Policies, Politics and Institutions
Dr. David Humphreys, Geography Discipline Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, UK
Overview: Geoengineering techniques are large scale planetary interventions to counter
anthropogenic climate change. This paper examines some of the global governance issues that
relate to the geoengineering of the climate.
Responding to Climate Change as a Transformative Stressor through Metro-Regional
Planning
Tony Matthews, Urban Research Program Griffith Climate Change Response Program Southeast
Queensland Climate Adaptation Research Initiative, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Overview: This paper 27evitalizatio climate change as a transformative stressor that will compel
change within urban governance frameworks in order to better manage the impacts of climate
change in urban environments.
The Impact of Urbanization on National Residential CO2 Emissions and the Implications for
Climate Change: A Panel Data Analysis for 132 Countries
Dr. Phetkeo Poumanyvong, Prof. Shinji Kaneko, Graduate School for International Development
and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: This paper examines the influence of urbanization on national residential emissions
using STIRPAT and EKC models. The main results suggest that residential emissions first fall and
then rise with urbanization.
The Possible Response of Singapore’s Coastal and Marine Ecosystems to Climate Change
Kok Ben Toh, Prof. Loke Ming Chou, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of
Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: The possible fate of the already compromised coastal and marine ecosystem in
Singapore under climate change impacts and future direction of coastal development are
discussed.
The Climate Vulnerability of Food Enterprises in Finnish Food Supply Chains
Ari Tapio Paloviita, Antti Puupponen, Marja Järvelä, Department of Social Sciences and
Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
Overview: This paper’s purpose is to explore the adaptive capacity of Finnish food supply chains
with respect to climate change.
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10:15-11:55
Room 5
EVALUATION &
DECISION
MAKING
MODELING
Parallel Session 2
Evaluating the Sustainability of Urban Development in New Zealand in Relation to Effects on
Water Bodies
Jonathan Moores, Urban Aquatic Environments, National Instiute of Water and Atmospheric
Research Ltd., Auckland, Dr. Christopher Batstone, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, Dr. Jennifer
Gadd, Auckland, Dr. Malcolm Green, Hamilton, Dr. Sharleen Harper, National Insitute of Water
and Atmospheric Research Ltd., Dr Annette Semadeni-Davies, Auckland, Dr Richard Storey,
National Insitute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand
Overview: This paper describes the development of a decision support system to evaluate the
environmental, economic, social and cultural sustainability of urban development in relation to
effects on receiving water bodies.
A Systematic Search of Trends in Rural Development Research: Type of Research,
Originating Regions, and Engagement with Sustainability
Dr Neus (Snowy) Evans, Centre for Research and Innovation in Sustainability Education The
Cairns Institute and School of Education, Dr Michelle Lasen, Centre for Research and Innovation
in Sustainability Education School of Education, Prof. Komla Tsey, Centre for Research and
Innovation in Sustainability Education The Cairns Institute and School of Education, James Cook
University, Cairns, Australia
Overview: This systematic search investigates trends in rural development research since the
1980s to assess whether growth in the field reflects research, policy priorities and wider social
trends related to sustainability.
Shrimp Poly-culture Development and Local Livelihoods in Tam Giang-Cau Hai Lagoon,
Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam
Quynh Chi Nguyen Thi, Prof. Mitsuyasu Yabe, Laboratory of Environmental Life Economics
Department of Agricultural Resource Economics Faculty of Agriculture Graduate School of
Bioresource and Bioenvironment Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Overview: This study was conducted to analyze productive efficiency and to determine factors
affecting inefficiencies of shrimp poly-culture farms in Tam Giang-Cau Hai Lagoon, Vietnam.
An Evaluation of the Cattle Raising Business in Miyakojima Island
Shuichi Tamura, Faculty of Environmental and Information Sciences, Yokohama National
University, Ryouho Maeda, Manufacturing Division, Kyoei-Sheetmetal Works Corp., Prof. Kouichi
Fujie, okohama National University, Japan
Overview: An analysis of nitrogen in the cycle between cattle and grassland via pasturage and
manure can make clear possibility of self-sufficient sustainable cattle breeding and raising in
Miyakojima Island.
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10:15-11:55
Room 6
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT:
2
Parallel Session 2
New Roots for Sustainable Development: Bamboo Resources and Triple Bottom Line
Performance in Alabama’s Black Belt Region
Dr. Jonathan M. Scherch, Graduate Program in Environment and Community Center for Creative
Change, Antioch University, Seattle, USA
Overview: This paper will introduce a new initiative among public, private, and academic leaders to
create a multisector bamboo industry for sustainable community and economic development within
Alabama’s black belt region.
Greening Marine Transportations: The Case of the Baltic Sea Region in Northern Europe
Dr. Björn Hassler, Department of Life Sciences, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden
Overview: This paper investigates to what extent regional and sub-regional initiatives could
complement international regulation in marine transportations and thus make them more
environmentally sustainable than they are today.
Decentralized Energy Systems for the Dairy Industry
Dr. Ravi Prakash, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of
Technology, Allahabad, India, Dr. Alex Henham, Division of Mechanical, Medical and Aerospace
Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Overview: The objective of this paper is to explore the technical feasibility of decentralized energy
systems along with associated energy saving opportunities for a commercial milk processing plant
in India.
Thermoelectric and Superconducting Materials for Sustainable Development: Recent
Research Advances in Nanostrucured Oxide Thin Films
Dr. Paolo Mele, Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development, Hiroshima University, Higashi
Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: Advanced materials (superconductors and thermoelectrics) will play a key role in the
challenge to develop sustainable energy technologies, reduce dependence on nuclear and fossil
fuels and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
An Approach to Incorporating Indigenous and ‘Western’ Knowledge Systems for the
Advancement of Community-based Land Use Planning Process in a Remote Indigenous
Community in Northern Ontario, Canada
Holly Gardner, Dr. Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Skye Vandenberg, Andrea D. Isogai, Emily Martin,
University of Waterloo, Graham Whitelaw, Queens University, Dr. Daniel McCarthy, Department
Environment and Resource Studies, Dr Don Cowan, University of Waterloo, Canada
Overview: This presentation explores an approach to improving accessibility of ‘western knowledge’
to complement indigenous knowledge sources to contribute to the development of communitybased land use planning in northern Ontario, Canada.
12:00-12:55
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Infill Design Opportunities
Lee-Anne Khor, Monash Architecture Studio Centre for Metropolitan Transformations Faculty of
Art Design & Architecture, Monash University, Prof Nigel Bertram, Monash University, NMBW
Architecture Studio, Prof Shane Murray, Department of Architecture, Diego Ramirez-Lovering,
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: This paper reconsiders informal infill redevelopment to achieve better quality, greater
diversity, and higher density housing outcomes while responding to the realities of small-scale
project delivery in middle suburban locations.
LUNCH (in Dahlia Room)
12:55-14:15
Ran 1
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY:
1
Parallel Session 3
(80 Minute Themed Sessions, 45 Minute Roundtable and the start of a 45 Minute Roundtable
Session)
The Lack of Sustainability by not Replacing Dead or Hazard Trees in United States
Midwestern Cities
Dr. Charles Wade, Division of Science and Math, C.S. Mott Community College, Flint, Dr. James
Kielbaso, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Overview: As trees die or are removed for being hazards, they are not being replaced. There are
fewer trees in the urban forest, however, the remaining trees are bigger on average.
The Role of Community-based Conservation in Addressing the Vulnerability of Forest
Communities in Bangladesh
Prof. Anar Koli, International Public Policy, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Overview: Focusing on the community forest management paradigm, this study explores the
pattern of conservation and development linkage in Bangladesh in relation to response towards
climate change.
Livestock Husbandry in the Urban Fringe Area of Aligarh and Its Effects on Environmental
Sustainability and Farmers: A Geographical Analysis
Dr. Nizamuddin Khan, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
Overview: Livestock husbandry intensified in a fringe area of Aligarh city. It resulted in improvement
in the economic viability of farmers and an unsustainable environment in the study area.
Ran 2
ROUNDTABLE:
POLICY &
PRACTICE
(45 Min)
*Session Runs
12:55-13:40
Ran 2
ROUNDTABLE:
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
(45 Min)
*Session Runs
13:50-14:35
The Sustainable Supply of Labisia pumila in Malaysia: Production of Planting Materials,
Cultivation and Agronomy Practices
Dr. Aminah Hamzah, Forest Nursery, Kepong, Dr. Farah Fazwa Mohd Ariff, Herbs Improvement,
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Malaysia
Overview: The propagation and nursery techniques for planting stock production and cultivation
techniques and growth performance of Labisia pumila will be discussed.
Time for a New Paradigm? Learning from an Earlier Incarnation of Sustainable Development
and Green Economics
Dr. Jesse Hastings, Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore Dr. Tiffany Tsao,
School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
Overview: Analysis of historical documents reveals that sustainable development and green
economics are part of a 200 year old failed belief system irrationally insisting that economic growth
and nature are compatible.
Science in Sustainability: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Science–Policy
Interface in Sustainable Water Resource Management
Edward Alexander Morgan, Urban Research Program Griffith School of Environment, Griffith
University, Brisbane, Australia
Overview: This disscusses an emerging theoretical framework to analyse how science can
contribute to sustainable outcomes by considering the use of science within governance
collaborations as a model for science–policy interfaces.
International Political Obstacles and Solutions to Sustainable Development on a Global
Scale: Cap-and-Trade and Global Compromise
Phillip Dane Warren, Department of Economics, Mariah Lord, Texas A&M University, USA
Overview: Through a thorough examination of policy initiatives, scientific capabilities, and
economic/social development, a global consensus can be reached for the purpose on creating a
more sustainable global community.
Higher Education Institutions’ Social Responsibility toward Sustainable Energy Utilization
Dr. Jennifer Florida, Research and Publication Center, La Consolacion College, Dr. Nerisa
Paladan, Business Management Department, Ateneo de Naga, Manila, Philippines
Overview: This paper aims to examine the integration of social responsibility toward energy
sustainability in the key performance of higher education institutions in promoting responsible
energy utilization.
Human Science Aspects of Energy Systems: A Discussion of Energy Use Behaviours
Llinos Brown, Centre for Energy and Power Management, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Overview: Energy use behaviours within workplace and domestic environments are investigated, as
well as theoretical and methodological approaches framed in the context of sustainable
development.
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12:55-14:15
Room 1
STUDYING
SUSTAINABILITY
Parallel Session 3
Session)
The Effects of Internal Migration on Residential Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions in
Hanoi
Dr. Satoru Komatsu, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima
University, Higashi-hiroshima, Japan, Hieu Dinh Ha, Viet Nam, Prof. Shinji Kaneko, Graduate
School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima,
Japan
Overview: The objective is to estimate the potential effects of migration on residential energy use
and CO2 emissions in Hanoi city.
A Sustainability Assessment of the Competition between Crops and Weeds for Efficient Use
of Nitrogen
Assoc. Prof. Amir Aynehband, Sara Asadi, Dr. Afrasyab Rahnama, Agronomy and Crop
Breeding, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Overview: This research examined the effects of intra- and interspecific competition on grain yield
and nitrogen efficiency indices of wheat with different nitrogen fertilizer levels.
Factors Affecting Singapore’s Residential Energy Use: An Index Decomposition Analysis
X.Y. Xu, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Professor B.W. Ang, Industrial and
Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: Energy consumption and environmental sustainability are closely related. This study
investigates energy consumption in Singapore’s residential sector and identifies factors contributing
to the growth in consumption using index decomposition analysis.
Room 2
RELIGION
Perceptions of a Sustainability Report: A Movement to a Higher Standard of Reporting
Dr. Hank I-Hsiang Lin, Department of Accounting, Feng Cha University, Taichung, Taiwan, Dr.
Otto Chang, Doermer School of Business, Indiana University, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, USA
Overview: This paper explored how users and preparers rated the importance of performance
indicators suggested by the GRI guidelines to measure the environmental, economic, and social
performance of a company.
Sustainability by Design: Kenosis as a Framework for Environmental, Cultural and Social
Dialogue
Randall Lindstrom, School of Architecture and Design, University of Tasmania, Launceston,
Australia
Overview: The theology and philosophy of kenosis is explored as an interdisciplinary and
crosscultural framework for encouraging hermeneutic discourse, fostering attitudinal change, and
bridging difference in the logics of sustainability.
Harnessing the Goals of Dialogue through Cultural and Religious Collaborations between
Muslims and Christians in Northern Nigeria toward Cultural, Economic, and Social
Sustainability in Nigeria
Dr. Marinus Iwuchukwu, Theology Department, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA
Overview: This paper will discuss how effective dialogues between Muslims and Christians in
northern Nigeria will promote cultural, economic, and social sustainability in the country.
Religion and Sustainability: Our Moral and Ethical Sustainability Responsibilities toward
Others
Katherine Wyllie Mansoor Fuji, Graduate School of Medicine Department of Global Health and
Epidemiology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Dr. Anthonette Gibson-Niwa, Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: Mankind has a I to sustain the earth that sustains our human family. The golden rule is
contained in many religions and provides a framework which reaches beyond mere words.
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12:55-14:15
Room 3
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT:
1
Parallel Session 3
Session)
The Key Role of Social Inclusion in Promoting Social Sustainability: An Exploration and
Application to Health Equity
Dr. Eileen Muench Brennan, Regional Research Institute for Human Services School of Social
Work, Prof. Veronica Dujon, College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Jesse Dillard, School of Business, Dr.
Jana L. Meinhold, Child and Family Studies School of Social Work, Portland State University,
Portland, USA
Overview: Social inclusion is central in the theoretical framework we propose to promote socially
sustainable processes in a university-community partnership working to eliminate health disparities
for low income urban residents.
Shedding Light: How Fair Is the Discourse of Local Government Climate Change Planning in
South Africa and What Is ICLEI’s Role?
Dominique Doyle, School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch, Johannesburg, South
Africa
Overview: Communities in South Africa are denied basic services, while local governments are
preparing ambitious climate mitigation plans influenced by ICLEI. Do these plans incorporate
people’s sustainable development?
Room 4
DISASTER &
RECOVERY: 1
Movie Design for Science an Technology: Scenario Support for Knowledge Diffusion
Dr. Chakrapipat Assawaboonyalert, Media Art, King Mongkut’s University of Technology
Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Overview: Thailand must expand learning opportunities for improving quality of life. In order to
increase the understanding of environments and ecosystem, scientific knowledge must be tailored
to suit variety of audiences.
Integration of Aeromodelling with Geotagging Based on the Geographic Information System
as a Disaster Victim Evacuation Strategy
Fajrun Wahidil Muharram, Department of Geographic Information Science and Regional
Development Faculty of Geography, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Overview: Making a vehicle of aeromedelling equipped GPS, camera, and a transmitter which can
record the disaster area to produce the quickest and most effective evacuation routes with very low
cost.
Open Source Mapping: Towards Social Sustainability
Mark Mismash, Lester Mismash, Department of Architecture, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand
Overview: This investigates mapping techniques suitable for lay persons, specifically communities
and post-disaster relief organizations, enabling the creation of open source geo-spatial information
crucial to aid appropriation and community recovery.
Help or Detriment? The Role of Non-governmental Organizations in Post-earthquake Haiti
Jacob Bogart, Department of International Studies, West Chester, Dr. Terri Teal Bucci,
Department of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University, Mansfield, USA
Overview: For non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to have a sustainable role in the
development and relief in Haiti, dialogue, communication, and coordination between the NGO and
the community is essential.
A Comparison of the NOAA and MODIS Satellites Fire Hotspots as an Indicator of Forest
Fires in Indonesia
Israr Albar, Department of Forest Management, Syamsu Rijal, Agricultural University, Indonesia
Overview: Forest and land fires in Indonesia, indicated by fire hotspots derived from the NOAA and
MODIS satellites, should be considered at the national and provincial levels in the policy-making
process.
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12:55-14:15
Room 5
SUSTAINABLE
POLICIES &
PRACTICES
Parallel Session 3
Session)
The Controversy over the Development of Taiwan’s Electronic High Tech Industry
Hua-Mei Chiu, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Overview: By examining the development of Taiwan’s electronic industry, this paper aims to explain
why social dissent increases where environmental institutionalization and the trend of corporation
social responsibility are growing.
The Integration of Policy, Science and Interjuridictional Engagement in Developing China’s
National Wetland Management Guidelines
Professor Richard Price, Kiri-ganai Research, Canberra, Australia
Overview: This paper summarises participatory and interdisciplinary methods used to develop
China’s national wetland management guidelines, and the lessons for stakeholder engagement in
supporting evidence-based policy at the national scale.
Socio-economic Determinants for the Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices under the
Rice-Wheat System in the Tarai Region of Nepal
Mr Narayan Khanal, Regional and Cultural Studies Graduate School for International Development
and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: This study examines the influence of socio-economic variables on the adoption of
different soil conservation practices adopted under rice-wheat system of Nepal.
Room 6
ARCHITECTURE:
1
Estimating Rice Productivity to Achieve Self-Supporting Needs: An Ecological Approach
Based on Remote Sensing Data and GIS Analysis
Chaidir Arsyan Adlan, Gadjah Mada University, Gerry Kristian, Udkhiyah Robiatul, Erna
Kurniati, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Khalifah Insan Nur Rahmi, Faculty of Geography, Gadjah
Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Overview: This research uses ALOS imagery as remote sensing data through GIS analysis for the
study of rice-plant productivity to manage import regulation and achieve food security.
Optimizing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment
Shaun O’Rourke, School of Landscape Architecture Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Boston
Architectural College, Boston, Andrew Lavallee, Design and Planning, AECOM, New York, USA
Overview: Municipal green infrastructure programs are shaping the way we envision, design, and
manage our urban environment. Strategies for developing high performance ecological landscapes
in the urban environment will be explored.
Passive Cooling by Living Wall Systems: An Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of
Distance
Qiuyu Chen, Baofeng Li, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of
Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Overview: This research is an experimental evaluation of the living wall system’s cooling effect
according to different distances to the wall.
14:15 – 14:25
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Climate Adapted Typologies: Architecture Needs to Respond to Its Environmental Context
Maud Cassaignau, Department of Architecture Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: The presentation will show how architects can design climatically adapted building types
which address specific environmental conditions in the tropics, the deserts, and temperate and cold
environments.
BREAK
14:25-15:25
Ran 1
FEATURED
SESSION BY
PANEL MEMBER
2012 BOULDING
AWARD SPEECH
Ran 2
ROUNTABLE:
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
(45 Min)
*Session Runs
13:50-14:35
Parallel Session 4
(60 Minute Workshops, 60 Minute Themed Sessions, 45 Minute Roundtable Session continued
& start of 45 Minute Poster Session)
Is Humanity Unsustainable by Nature?
William Rees, Co-author Our Ecological Footprint, Canada
Overview:This presentation makes the case that techno-industrial society is inherently
unsustainable. Like all species, H. sapiens has a natural propensity to expand to occupy all
accessible habitats and to use up all available resources. These behavioural predispositions could
theoretically be constrained by cultural values and norms. However, the prevailing beliefs, values,
and assumptions of modern society's growth-oriented development paradigm serve to reinforce
humanity's inherent expansionist tendencies and are fundamentally incompatible with the de facto
structure and function of real-world biophysical and social systems. Modern global society is
therefore on a potentially catastrophic development tack
Why Don’t We Adapt? Understanding the Barriers and Challenges to Adapting to Sea Level
Rise in Coastal Communities
Dr. Brenda B. Lin, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation, Melbourne, Dr. Emma Yuen, Perth, Dr. Russell Gorddard, Dr. Russell
Wise, Ecosystem Sciences, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
Overview: This roundtable will explore the barriers to sea level rise adaptation in coastal systems
testing a framework for understanding decision making and values within coastal communities with
coastal managers.
Higher Education Institutions’ Social Responsibility toward Sustainable Energy Utilization
Dr. Jennifer Florida, Research and Publication Center, La Consolacion College, Dr. Nerisa
Paladan, Business Management Department, Ateneo de Naga, Manila, Philippines
Overview: This paper aims to examine the integration of social responsibility toward energy
sustainability in the key performance of higher education institutions in promoting responsible
energy utilization.
Human Science Aspects of Energy Systems: A Discussion of Energy Use Behaviours
Llinos Brown, Centre for Energy and Power Management, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Overview: Energy use behaviours within workplace and domestic environments are investigated, as
well as theoretical and methodological approaches framed in the context of sustainable
development.
Analysis of Farmers’ Field Schools as a Tool of Capacity Building for Resource-poor
Farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Prof. Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Chairman Department of Agricultural Extension Education and
Communication, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan
Overview: Farmers’ Field Schools as a tool of capacity building for farmers in province seven
county were examined and showed high capacity building results.
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POSTER
SESSION
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY: 3
*Session Runs
14:45 – 15:30
Parallel Session 4
Energy Harvesting through the Wave Force Generator based on Dielectric Elastomers
Ran Hee Lee, Department of Polymer-nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University,
Jeunju, Gi-Bbeum Lee, Se-Young Jang, Changwoon Nah, Jeonju, South Korea
Overview: Energy was harvested by a generator based on dielectric elastomer. We can control the
amount of harvested energy through the degree of the deformation of elastomer.
The Development of Sustainable Braille Display Based on Dielectric Elastomers
Gi-Bbeum Lee, Department of Polymer, Nano-Science, & Technology, Changwoon Nah,
Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Jeonju, Ran Hee Lee, Jeunju, Sungjin
Kim, Department of Polymer, Nano Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju,
South Korea
Overview: In this study, we developed a dielectric elastomer actuator display form to develop
sustainable Braille materials for blind readers.
Planning and Design Strategies of Assisted Independent Living Housing under the Climate
Variation Trend: The Sustainable Community Approach
Dr. Jieh-Jiuh Wang, Department of Architecture, Ming Chuan University, Gweishan, Taiwan
Overview: This study aimed to examine the concept of sustainable community and lifecycle in
assisted independent living housing, to establish a green community and buildings.
Detection and Quantification of Fish Presence and Biomass Using Environmental DNA to
Monitor Population Sustainability
Dr. Teruhiko Takahara, Dr. Hideyuki Doi, Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development,
Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Dr. Toshifumi Minamoto, Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Dr. Hiroki Yamanaka, Faculty of Science and Technology, Ryukoku
University, Otsu, Dr. Zen'ichiro Kawabata, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
Overview: Measuring environmental DNA dissolving in field water offers a non-invasive and rapid
method for estimating fish presence and biomass. This method can estimate the population
sustainability of aquatic organisms.
Room 2
WORKSHOP
Room 3
ECONOMICS &
FINANCE
The Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Paddy Plant
Rajes Guna, The School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources Faculty of Science and
Technology, Bangi, Khairiah Jusoh, School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources,
National University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Overview: Determination of heavy metal content in paddy plant and soil: The heavy metal
concentration in the rice grain will be calculated to ensure its potential for human consumption.
Inner Ecology: Aligning Awareness and Action for the Future We Want
Charles Hogg, Brahma Kumaris Regional Coordinating Office, Brahma Kumaris, Australia,
Sydney, Australia, Chiharu Morimura, Japan, Kobe National Coordinating Office, Mizue Honda,
Tokyo Main Center, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization, NPO, Tokyo, Japan
Overview: Our outer world mirrors our inner world. When we nurture, value and pay attention to
inner ecology, we will naturally align our awareness with action to sustain our environment.
The Brazilian Social Fund and International Experience in Sovereign Wealth Funds: Lessons
to be Learned from Existing International Practices on Sovereign Wealth Funds
Tania Calvao, Finance MBA Executive Program, University of St. Thomas, Houston, USA
Overview: In this paper, we explore existing models of sovereign wealth funds and present new
features introduced in the Brazilian model of social fund to manage revenues from oil exploration.
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Value of Financial Analysts' Stock
Recommendations
Dan Palmon, Changhee Lee, Rutgers University, Newark, USA
Overview: This study shows the relationship between corporate social responsibility and the value
of financial analysts' stock recommendation revisions.
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14:25-15:25
Room 4
WASTE &
SANITATION
SERVICES
Parallel Session 4
Rural Wastewater Treatment in India: Bio-augmentation
Klaus Voss, BW-Indah, Chicago, USA
Overview: Bio-augmentation technology to treat wastewater in rural India, at a cost of $1 - $1.50
per resident per annum, will be discussed.
Willingness to Pay for Improved Sanitation Services in Cambodia: A Contingent Valuation
Application
Pich Koun, Department of Agricultural Resource Economics Faculty of Agriculture Graduate
School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Prof. Mitsuyasu Yabe, Laboratory of
Environmental Life Economics Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Faculty of
Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Overview: The causal relationship between people’s health awareness and willingness to pay for
improved sanitation in Cambodia was determined in this study.
Room 5
WORKSHOP
Room 6
WORKSHOP
15:25-15:35
Successive Use of Mischantus Sinensis x Giganteus in Wetlands and Adsorption Treatment
for Sustainable Environmental Implementation
Dr. Esra Yel, Environmantal Engineering, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Overview: Successive utilization of a crop for two consecutive treatment applications were
investigated.
The Urban Components of Social Sustainability in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area
Dr. Carlos Aparicio, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Ana Elisa Castro Sánchez,
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico, Alberto Canavati Espinosa, Universidad
Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico, Jorge Garcia Escamilla, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo
León, Mexico, Dr. Arunkumar Acharya, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico,
Francesco Spano, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico,
Overview: Looking for papers associated to theory and empirical works at the Monterrey
Metropolitan Area, we aim to integrate different approaches and recommendations on the urban
social dimension of sustainable development.
Practical and Cultural Implications of Sustainability in an Indigenous Community in
Ecuador: The Yambiro Project
Dr LuAnn Reif, Nursing, Dr. Patricia Bolanos, Gender Studies/Hispanic Studies, College of St.
Benedict/St. John’s University, Judy Purman, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, USA
Overview: A project working with an indigenous community in Ecuador to enhance their
environmental, economic and cultural sustainability. College students, faculty, staff, and volunteers
work with the community to complete projects.
BREAK
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Ran 1
SUSTAINABLE
LIFESTYLES: 1
Parallel Session 5
Not Just Any Old Place: How Place, People and Technology Affect the Impact of Area
Approaches to Domestic Resource Conservation
Alice Owen, School of Geography Facult of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
Overview: Drawing on primary research in England, a framework is developed to show how people,
place, technology and installation change the impact of schemes aiming to reduce domestic
resource use.
The Sufficiency Economy for Social and Environmental Sustainability: A Case Study of Four
Villages in Rural Thailand
Dr. Weerakul Chaiphar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon
Kaen, Dr. Thongphon Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn, Research Center for Asia Pacific
Development Studies Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
Overview: The sufficiency economy is a philosophy that was presented more than 25 years ago by
H. M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej to guide the way Thai villagers live.
The Mentawain Move from Upstream Uma to Settlement, and from Sago to Rice: The
Prospects of Economic Cash Crops and Reflections on Cultural Change and Sustainability
in Indonesia
Maskota Delfi, Faculty of Social Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Johan
Weintré, School of International Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Overview: A study was undertaken of a Mentawai community in a village on Siberut Island off the
west coast of Sumatera.
The Myth of Poverty Alleviation through Microcredit: A Study of Microcredit’s Impact on
Borrowers’ Income
Dr. Sajit Chandra Debnath, College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Overview: We investigated the contribution of microcredit schemes in poverty reduction in
Bangladesh, and we found that the present form of microcredit scheme not enough to drastically
alleviate poverty in Bangladesh.
Ran 2
POSTER
SESSION:
EDUCATION &
ECONOMICS,
POLICY &
PRACTICE
*Session Runs
15:40-16:25
Knowing Locally: Methodologies for Engaging Community-based Knowledge Sources in
Resilience and Sustainability Research
Natalie Osborne, Urban Research Program School of Environment, Griffith University, Australia
Overview: This paper analyses epistemological, methodological, practical and personal challenges
as well as methodological approaches for engaging community-based knowledge sources in
resilience and sustainability research, drawing from two Australian case studies.
Toxocity Studies for Indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates from East Java on Aedes
aegypti Larvae
Zulfaidah Penata Gama, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation,
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Overview: This research investigates indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from East Java,
finding they were most effective in killing Aedes aegypti larvae.
Discovering an Appropriate New Product Development Process for Wastewater Treatment
Products in Thailand
Pat Ekpanyaskun, Technopreneurship and Innovation Management Program, Professor Dr.
Achara Chandrachai, Dr. Pasawadee Pradipasena, Food Technology, Dr. Chaleeda
Borompichaichartkul, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Overview: This is a conceptual model of a new product development process for wastewater
treatment business in Thailand, with some preliminary results.
The Improvement in Environmental Awareness by the Introduction of an Environmental
Management System to a High School
Mekumi Tomimura, Environmental Technology Division, Osaki, Japan
Overview: Kurokawa High School acquired attestation of an "EMS which fills and goes away" in
2009, built "the school edition EMS," and has taken it into a part of educational activity.
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Room 1
EDUCATION: 1
Parallel Session 5
The Responsible Designer
John Hudson, Creative Advertising Arts Media and Design, Staffordshire University, UK
Overview: My proposal focuses on ways to 38evit sustainability within the context of design
education. I will be discus my recently developed innovative learning tools.
Fashion for Sustainability: The Past and the Future of Fashion
Ass. Prof. Sidika Arli, Departmant of Fashion and Textile Design, Atilim University, Turkey
Overview: This study is prepared to assess the past and future fashion design in terms of
sustainability status. The importance of education is emphasized by fashion design projects in
education.
Five Litres? But I Only Leave It Trickling: Developing a Water Literacy and Citizenship
Education Programme for Young People in the UK
Georgina Wood, School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Overview: This paper evaluates the effectiveness of education programmes in cultivating water
literacy and citizenship amongst young people, with the aim of reducing domestic demand for water
in the UK.
Sustainability Education in Resource Development Fields
Dr. Emily Sarver, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis,
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
Overview: We use the mining and agricultural engineering fields to explore the need for further
training in responsible resource development practices in higher education, as well as existing or
perceived challenges.
Room 2
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY:
2
Research on Interaction Media Teaching Material Design for Shadow Play
Peng-Wei Hsiao, Doctoral Program Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of
Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan
Overview: This discusses using the physical media of shadow puppets, the effect of entertainment,
and the applications of the traditional culture and emerging technologies.
Regeneration in Canopy Gaps of Tierra Firme Forests in the Peruvian Amazon: A
Comparative Study of the Ecological Implications of Sustainable Forest Management
Rune Juelsborg Karsten, Faculty of Science Forest and Landscape, International Woodland
Company, University of Copenhagen, Copenagen, Denmark
Overview: Reduced impact logging (RIL) has been promoted as a cornerstone in sustainable forest
management. However, the ecological impacts of RIL guidelines are poorly understood.
The Role of Natural Resource Valuation in Implementing a Landscape Approach to
Biodiversity Conservation: Elephant Conservation Ranges in Sri Lanka’s Southeastern
Landscape
Sanjay Kalpage, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
Overview: This paper explores how natural resource valuation could help convince policymakers to
implement mixed agricultural and conservation landscapes to reduce the human-elephant conflict in
southeastern Sri Lanka.
Sustainability and Local Knowledge: How Do Indigenous Peoples Sustain Themselves?
Yin-An Chen, Department of Ethnology, National Chengchi University, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Overview: This paper is going to investigate how local knowledge helps environmental
sustainability.
A Case Study of the Correlation between Rural Governance and Rural Development Frame
Chih-Hua Wang, School of Design, Yunlin, Prof. Shyh-Huei Hwang, Department of Creative
Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Douliou, Taiwan
Overview: This study examined the working effects and the changes after the policy of rural
regeneration has been adopted in Taiwan with theoretical governance.
Architectural Intervention in Energy Conservation: Implications and Barriers
Reema Shaukat Khan, Department of Architecture, Muhammad Umer Muhammad, Department
of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Overview: A survey inspected the barriers for the implementation of the laws/policies and the
incentives for the implementation of energy efficiency techniques and to achieve energy
conservation through building design.
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Room 3
SUSTAINABILITY
IN BUSINESS
Parallel Session 5
Uncertainty and Sustainable Management of Complex Socio-ecological Systems: The Case
of Baltic Sea Environmental Management
Oksana Udovyk, Life Science Department, Michael Gilek, Department of Life Sciences, Sodertorn
University, Stockholm, Sweden
Overview: This attempts to understand the reasons behind successful management decisions
made in condition of uncertainty, as well as to identify barriers for effective policymaking, and thus,
sustainable management under uncertainty.
The Sustainability of the American Mall: Economic Boom or Ghost Town?
Dr. Donald Risker, Management, Webster University, St. Louis, USA
Overview: The American mall, including the strip mall, was once nearly a sure success. Now its
sustainability is in doubt as hundreds of malls sit idle, leaving urban and suburban blight.
The Custom Hiring Model: Pilot Implementation in Tobacco Farmers in India
Aswathaman Vijayan, Srinath Ramakkrushnan, Farm Mechanization, ITC Ltd., Guntur, India
Overview: To enhance the sustainability of tobacco cultivation through famer friendly and cost
effective technological intervention, a new and modified custom hiring model has been proposed
and tested in India.
Room 4
EVALUATIONS
OF ENERGY &
RENEWABLE
ENGERY
Enterprise Risk Management under a Sustainability Platform
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Narumon Saardchom, NIDA Business School, National Institute of Development
Administration, Bangkok, Thailand
Overview: The area of volatility included in the enterprise risk management framework should be
extended to include emerging sources of instability in environment and society for organizations to
achieve robust growth.
The Alice Solar City Program: A Central Australian Contribution to Community Sustainability
and Resilience
Prof Rolf Gerritsen, Dr. Benxiang Zeng, The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Alice
Springs, Australia
Overview: This paper reviews the positive impact of a solar energy program in central Australia
Factors Influencing Household Demand in the Early Stage Diffusion of Photovoltaic
Technology: A Case Study of Australia and Germany
Zhaoxi Meng, Emeritus Professor Peter Hall, School of Business, University of New South
Wales, Canberra, Australia
Overview: The presents a two country comparative case study of experience and cause-effect
relationships in the growth of market demand for household photovoltaic systems. The countries
studied are Australia and Germany.
An Assessment of the Chinese Government’s Initiative to Achieve Sustainable Development
in the Energy Sector: China’s 12th Five Year Plan in Relation to the Production of Energy
Patricia Blazey, Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Accounting and Corporate
Governance, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
th
Overview: The approach of China in its 12 Five Plan to the sustainable production of energy will
be discussed.
Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Local Dynamics of Production and
Consumption Activities in Southeast Queensland
Lavinia Poruschi, Urban Research Program Environmental Futures Centre Griffith School of
Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Overview: This presents a case study of local dynamics of production and consumption and how to
differentiate between these processes.
The Socio-economic Sustainability of Potential Shale Gas Development in the Northwest of
England
Prof. Joseph M. Howe, Preston, Dr. John Whitton, Jonathan Cooper, Centre for Energy and
Power Management, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Overview: This is a comparison of proposed shale gas development in the northwest of England
with two analogous case studies, and an analysis of its potential impact on regional socio-economic
sustainability.
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Room 5
CULTURAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Parallel Session 5
Finding the Cultural Identity of Taiwanese Teapots: Examples from the Exbition, The Finest
Teapots in Taiwan
Po-Wen Yu, Professor Ming-Chyuan Ho, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology,
Douliou, Taiwan
Overview: Only products with cultural identities could have chance to be a representative in the
cultural history and develop its sustainability.
The Sacred Groves of Sierra Leone: Conserving Cultural Traditions and Biodiversity
Sierra Voss, Department of Environmental Studies, Alison Ormsby, Environmental Studies,
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, USA
Overview: The sacred groves in Sierra Leone are critical to indigenous cultural rituals, religions, and
community structures. Studies show the cultural significance of these groves promotes
conservation and natural resource management.
The Wirlomin Project: Sustaining Aboriginal Language and Song in the Southwest of
Australia
Clint Bracknell, School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Overview: This examines a community-driven Aboriginal language 40evitalization project in the
southwest of Australia and suggests the potential function of local Aboriginal song idioms in broader
cultural sustainability activities.
Exploring the Challenges Resulting from Regulatory Requirements to the Persistence of
Subsistence Economies in Remote Indigenous Communities in Canada
Holly Gardner, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo, Dr.
Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Waterloo, Canada
Overview: Subsistence hunting is central to the social, cultural and economic sustainability of
indigenous communities in Canada. This research explores some barriers to hunting practices that
result from government licensing requirements.
Room 6
POPULATION
DYNAMICS
The Contemporary Iban Longhouse: The Sustenance and Applicability of a Socio-spatial
Culture
Dr. David Beynon, School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
Overview: Contemporary Iban longhouses are evidence of both Iban cultural autonomy and the
broader applicability of their traditional socio-spatial practices to socially sustainable housing.
Aging in Japan: Selected Models for Learning Lessons in Sustainability
Dr. Anthonette Gibson, Tokyo, Katherine Wyllie Mansoor Fuji, Department of Global Health and
Epidemiology Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido Information University, Japan
Overview: Lessons learned from Japan with regards to sustainability and aging. A variety of
dimensions from a declining population in Japan are examined that include governmental
responses to this global crisis.
Population Growth – the Neglected Sustainability Issue: Multiplier of Environmental Impacts,
Degrader of Cultures, Divider of Economic Resources, Provoker of Social Conflict
Dr. Roger John Adam Martin, Population Matters, Wells, UK
Overview: Population growth has become absurdly taboo. The Rio Earth Summit ignored it. Yet it
compounds all our big sustainability problems. The paper will illustrate the links across the board.
The Weight of Nations: An Exploration of Managing and Maintaining Human Body Mass
Dr. Denise M. Conroy, The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand, Prof
Christina Lee, Marketing, Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Overview: Obesity is a worldwide problem and a greater threat to sustainable initiatives than global
warming. We explore the role identity and status play in weight loss effort, success and failure.
A Global Warming May Influence Biparental Care and Population Sustainability in the
Kentish Plover of the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia
Monif AlRashidi, Department of Biology Faculty of Science, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
Overview: How does high ambient temperature influence parental care and thus population
sustainability in a desert environment where ground temperatures are more often reach 60 °C at
midday.
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8:00-8:30
8:30-8:50
8:50-9:20
9:20-9:50
9:50-11:10
Cosmos Room
HEALTH &
SUSTAINABILITY
*Session Runs
9:50-10:35
Cosmos Room
PUBLISHING
SESSION
*Session Runs
10:40-11:10
Ran 1
EDUCATION: 2
REGISTRATION OPEN
BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Enough for All Forever’ by Joy Murray, University of Sydney, Australia
PLENARY SESSION: Hideyuki Doi, Institute for Sustainable Sciences and Development,
University of Hiroshima, Japan, "Ecological Perspectives for Sustainable Science"
BREAK, GARDEN SESSION & BOOK SIGNING
Parallel Session 6
(80 Minute Themed Sessions)
Sleep Management as an Effort to Reach Health Sustainability of Student in Faculty of
Health Science, University of Indonesia
Wilda Af'idah Bitari, Department of Nutrition Faculty of Public Health, Bhekti Setya Ningrum,
Faculty of Nursing, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
Overview: Analyzing the health sustainability for young college students who have poor sleep
habits
Jetsons Health Care: Broadening the Reach of Sustainable Health
Danika Tynes, International Development, University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, USA
Overview: This study aims to add value to the understanding of the instances in which telehealth
can yield the most benefit for sustainable global health.
Publishing Your Paper or Book with Common Ground
Jamie Burns, Managing Editor, Common Ground Publishing
Overview: In this session the Managing Editor of The Family of Sustainability Journals and On
Sustainability: A Book Series will present an overview of Common Ground’s publishing philosophy
and practices. She will also offer tips for turning conference papers into journal articles, present an
overview of journal publishing procedures, introduce The Sustainability: A Book Series, and
provide information on Common Ground’s book proposal submission process. Please feel free to
bring questions—the second half of the session will be devoted to Q & A.
Sustainability in Science Education Using the Students’ First Language in Teaching and
Learning Science
Jualim Vela, Division of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies Graduate
School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Dr. Hideo Ikeda,
Division of Educational Development and Cultural and Regional Studies, Graduate School for
International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Japan
Overview: This study advocates the use of students’ first language to sustain their learning process
in teaching and learning of science concepts at the primary level.
Education for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education: An Opportunity for Change
Assoc. Prof. Joy Hardy, National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology
and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia, Dr. Frances Quinn, University of
New England, Armidale, Dr. Susen Smith, School of Education, University of New South Wales,
Australia
Overview: This outlines the findings of a comprehensive audit of the presence of education for
sustainability in core education units across initial teacher education programs offered at a regional
Australian university.
Academic Collaboration and their Role towards Community Engagement Projects and
Social Sustainability: A Case Study of the Ladmayom Canal Market
Kisnaphol Watanawanyoo, Architecture Program School of Architecture and Design, Bangkok,
Supawadee Boonyachut, Architecture Program, Chai Sunyavivat, Communication Design
Program, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Overview: This is an ongoing research focusing on the collaboration and role of academics
towards community engagement. Participatory design is the key element and will benefit both the
school and community.
Media Coverage in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development: Climate Change
in Thailand’s Newspapers
Dr. Jessada Salathong, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
Overview: The study focused on discussions on what the characteristics of news coverage in the
context of education for sustainable development should be by using climate change in Thailand’s
newspapers.
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9:50-11:10
Ran 2
CARBON &
NUCLEAR
MANAGEMENT
Parallel Session 6
Exploring the Global Nitrogen Challenge: Why Nitrogen is Underrepresented on Civil
Society Agendas
Lisa Dittmar, Peace Studies, London, UK
Overview: This is an exploration into why, despite the severe environmental, economic and public
health impacts of reactive nitrogen, there is relatively little discussion of it among civil society
organizations.
The Development of a Sustainable Construction Toolkit: Driving the Construction Sector
towards a More Sustainable, Low Carbon Economy
Peter Roberts, School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, Preston, Prof. Joseph
M. Howe, Dr. John Whitton, Centre for Energy and Power Management, University of Central
Lancashire, UK
Overview: This presents a sustainable construction toolkit, developed to enable construction
practitioners to make better informed sustainable decisions throughout the construction process
and to report good sustainability performance.
Carbon Management in the Nuclear Energy Industry in the United Kingdom
Jonathan C. Cooper, Preston, Prof. Joseph M. Howe, Centre for Energy and Power
Management, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Overview: This is a mixed methodological study of attitudes towards carbon management and
sustainability within the UK nuclear energy industry.
Room 1
SUSTAINABLE
LIFESTYLES: 2
The Green Tax
Ari Nova Firnanda, Cartography and Remote Sensing, Sleman, Mr Kasyful Humam, Cartography
and Remote Sensing (Faculty of Geography), Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Overview: Green Tax is an environmental project based on student participation and taking
responsibility for what they have been emitting and have to pay back to create a better
environment.
Certifying Social Equity: Consumer Preferences for Fair Labor Certification in Austin, Texas
Jennifer Scott, School of Social Work, University of Texas, Gregorio Casar, Workers Defense
Project, Austin, USA
Overview: Are consumers willing to pay more to ensure that workers are treated fairly? This paper
discusses a study exploring home buyer willingness to pay for Fair Labor Certification.
The Eco Consumer: Motives for Transitioning to a Sustainable Lifestyle
Michelle Hunting, Department of Marketing Business School, University of Auckland, Auckland,
New Zealand, Denise M. Conroy, The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New
Zealand
Overview: This paper explores the diverse and evolving motives of individuals living in urban
centres who are attempting ecologically sustainable lifestyles.
Antecedents of Green Fashion Consumerism in Hong Kong: Investigating the Influence of
Green Apparel Knowledge, Collectivism, Green Concern and Perceived Consumer
Effectiveness
Dr. Mei-chun Cheung, Institute of Textils and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Puiman Tsang, Dr. Derry Law, Dr. Joanne Yip, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Overview: This study aims to investigate the influence of green apparel knowledge, collectivism,
green concern and perceived consumer effectiveness on green fashion consumerism in Hong
Kong.
Sustainability as an Object of Desire: A Peaceful Path to Sustainability
Dr. Justyna Anna Karakiewicz, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, University of
Melbourne, ABP, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: This seeks to identify the factors that motivate people to aspire towards sustainable
living and determine the role of communications in persuading people of the benefits of sustainable
living.
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Parallel Session 6
Room 2
The Sino-Portuguese Architectural Identity of Chinese Descendants and Sustainable
Development in Phuket, Thailand
ARCHITECTURE Punya Tepsing, Research Center for Asia Pacific Development Studies Faculty of Liberal Arts, Dr.
& CITY
Thongphon Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn, Research Center for Asia Pacific Development Studies
DYNAMICS
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
Overview: This study examines the identity of Sino-Portuguese architectural styles in Phuket and
studies sustainable development in this region.
Forgetting, Space and Survivance: Ethico-Aesthetics and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Kim Roberts, School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: This paper investigates the cross-cultural influences on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Park design and its cultural and spatial legacy of aesthetic transmutation, forgetting and survivance.
A Self-regenerating City: New Lives of Old Houses in the Historic City of Tainan, Taiwan
Jo-Hsun Huang, Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Overview: By analysing the projects of the old house, new life movement and proposing an easily
deployable guideline of reusing old houses, Tainan City is expected to become a self-regenerating
city.
Room 3
COMMUNITY
DYNAMICS
Urban Lighting Masterplans: Environmental and Sustainable Guidelines
Dr. Kevin Mansfield, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, UCL, London, UK, Diana Del-Negro,
Lighting Department, City Hall, Lisbon, Portugal
Overview: Elements from a range of existing international examples have been used to inform a
template for stakeholders to improve the coherence and sustainability of future urban lighting master
plans.
Place-based Belonging and Ecological Citizenship in Australia’s Outer Suburban Communities
Dr. Rimi Khan, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Overview: This paper examines the relationship between local and global attachments to place in
outer suburban communities, and how these might be translated into a sense of ecological citizenship.
The Politics and Impact of Environmental Racism
Dr. Earnest N. Bracey, Department of Social Sciences, The College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas,
USA
Overview: We must consider what it means to be environmentally responsible because eventually we
will be forced to grapple with the impact of environmental racism in minority communities across the
U.S.
Government Support for the Life Sustainability of Thai Migrant Workers before and after
Working in Singapore
Dr. Thongphon Promsaka Na Sakolnakorn, Research Center for Asia Pacific Development Studies,
Punya Tepsing, Research Center for Asia Pacific Development Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts,
Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Dr. Utit Sungkharat, Research Center for Asia Pacific
Development, Hat Yai, Thailand
Overview: This study investigates the motivation behind Thai workers migration to Singapore,
obstacles they face in Singapore and after they return home, and government support for their life
sustainability.
The Antinomies of Social Sustainable Development in the Periphery
Carlos Mallorquin, Development Studies, Zacatecas, Mexico
Overview: These are not “normal times” for Latin America. This can be seen from the rudimentary
diagnosis of certain social questions.
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Room 4
DISASTER &
RECOVERY: 2
Parallel Sessions
The Cultural Sustainability of the Post-disaster Community: Research of Cultural Construction
in Siao-lin Village in Taiwan
Shih-Feng Hung, Graduate School of Architecture, Kaohsiung, Prof. Chao-Ching Fu, Department of
Architecture, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Overview: This examines the reconstruction progress in the post-disaster Siao-lin village in Taiwan.
Sustainability and Disasters: The View from New Zealand
Prof. Jeremy Finn, School of Law, Elizabeth Toomey, Law School, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Overview: This paper considers environmental, social and cultural sustainability issues in New
Zealand law and practice, and in the response to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 - 2011.
Room 5
COASTAL
ISSUES
Sustained Voluntarism as a Vehicle for Disaster Intervention and Post-disaster Development
Dr. Roni Kaufman, Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University, Bear Sheva, Israel, Dr. Vinya
Ariyaratne, Sarvodaya Headquarters, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dr.
Amos Avgar, Tag International Development, London England, Jerusalem, Julia Mirsky, Spitzer
Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Overview: High volume volunteer action is a manifestation of solidarity. Volunteer action is not only an
important resource in the emergency phase, but also human capital for post-disaster community
development.
Can Marinas Function as Marine Biodiversity Refugia?
Chin Soon Lionel Ng, Prof. Loke Ming Chou, Department of Biological Sciences, National
University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Overview: Coastal development obliterates natural marine habitats but the new infrastructure and
modified conditions can still support biological communities. We report on the marine biodiversity
within Singapore’s marinas.
Optimizing Ecosystem Services of Southeast Asia’s Coral Reefs: Choices between
Management, Degradation, and Rehabilitation
Prof. Loke Ming Chou, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore,
Singapore, Singapore
Overview: Southeast Asia has 29% of the world's coral reefs and they offer valuable ecosystem
services. Management compared to degradation and restoration is best for economic optimization of
these services.
Fish Communities in a Highly Modified Marine Enclave
Dexiang Chen, Environment and Ecology Department, Prof. Loke Ming Chou, Department of
Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Overview: Valuable coastal habitats are under threat from increasing anthropogenic modification. A
fish community survey in a highly modified marine enclave revealed its potential as a novel ecological
habitat.
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Room 6
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT:
2
Parallel Sessions
Sustaining a Local Food Security Initiative in a Remote Sub-Arctic Community: Engaging First
Nation Youth in Agroforestry Community Gardens
Andrea D. Isogai, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Erin Alexiuk, Environment and
Resource Studies, Holly Gardner, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Dr. Daniel
McCarthy, Environment and Resource Studies, Vicky Edwards, Dr. Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Nicole
Spiegelaar, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Overview: This study aims to engage the youth of Fort Albany First Nation in the agroforestry
community gardens initiative to gain insight into their perspectives on local food security.
Rescuing Water to Sustain Communities in Rural China: A Case Study in Collective Action
Dr. Patrick Lucas, CIEE Study Center, Council on International Educational Exchange, Beijing, China
Overview: This case study examines the approaches and resources leveraged by a poor rural
community in China attempting to rescue its sole water source after creation of a nearby refuse
landfill.
Diffusion and Adoption of the Environmentally Friendly Agricultural Land Protection Program
Ismet Boz, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University,
Kahramanmaras, Turkey
Overview: This study investigates factors influencing the adoption and diffusion of an environmental
land protection program. The project is supported by the Turkish Scientific Council.
11:20-11:50
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Place Making: Using the Case of Seoul, South Korea
Dr. Hee Sun Choi, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Overview: Place making and its evolving role in urban design has become a major issue in setting
21st century urban development agenda.
CONFERENCE CLOSING, Future Directions, Graduate Scholar Awards Ceremony. Located in the
Cosmos Room.
GRADUATE SCHOLARS
Graduate scholars contribute to the flow and overall success of the conference. Their key responsibilities include chairing the
parallel sessions, keeping the conference on schedule, providing audio-visual technical assistance and assisting with the
registration process.
We would like to thank the following Graduate Scholars who participated in the Sustainability Conference.
Elena Bakhanova
Elena is second-year student in European Master in System Dynamics, the Erasmus Mundus program of European
Commission. Currently she lives in the Netherlands, but her country of origin is Russia. In 2011 she graduated from Moscow
City Government University of Management with diploma of specialist in economics and major in accounting and auditing. She
has working experience in this field in business companies and governmental organization. During current studies in Europe her
spheres of interest changed to sustainability science, renewable energy and degrowth.
Toh Tai Chong
Toh Tai Chong is currently a PhD candidate in the Reef Ecology Laboratory, National University of Singapore and his research
interests include scleractinian coral reproduction, coral larvae biology, coral reef management and restoration. His dissertation
topic is entitled “The use of sexually propagated scleractinian corals for reef restoration”, focused on examining and improving
the effectiveness of this novel technique of providing source materials for rehabilitating coral reefs. His work utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive assessment of this approach, covering a diverse range of topics including
biology, bioeconomics, ecological modelling and experimental ecology.
Maskota Delfi
Maskota Delfi is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences with a focus on anthropology at Gadjah Mada University,
Jogjakarta Indonesia. In her recent library research she has been a visiting scholar at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia
and KITLV in Leiden, The Netherlands. Her main research interests include ethno-medicine and staple food intake as well as
how recently introduced regional autonomy has affected the bridging of gender and generational capacities in remote
communities. Her current research is on how regional autonomy has moved tradition into a new relevance at the small
archipelago of Mentawai located in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra. As part of national research orientation she
was also in the Indonesian part of Borneo where she investigated food traditions, shifting cultivation and land management of
several Dayak groups.
Dominique Doyle
Dominique Doyle has always held an avid interest in community development techniques and in the development challenges
which communities face in sub-Saharan Africa. This interest inspired her to study her Bachelor of Arts Degree and Honors
Degree in Development Studies through distance learning with the University of South Africa while working in nonprofit
organizations and education in developing countries such as Vietnam, China and Ethiopia. Later she became a junior lecturer
in the Department of Development studies at the University of South Africa. In 2012, she graduated with an MSc International
Relations Global Environmental Governance from the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, and it was during this study that her
interest in community development opened up to how the community at the grass roots level is impacted by global decision
making. Here, Dominique was also inspired to the topic of her PhD, which is currently registered with the University of
Stellenbosch School of Public Leadership in South Africa, which is focused on the theoretical underpinnings of development
and its relation to climate change adaptation. She will return to lecturing at the University of South Africa in January 2013.
However, she is currently engaged with consulting work with the South African government on matters of climate change and
development. She is working with the National Department of Environmental Affairs and mapping the near term climate change
and mitigation flagship programmes which were outlined in the countries National Climate Change Response and working with
the National Department of Rural Affairs and Land Reform in developing a national strategy for the adaptation of rural human
settlements.
Wendy Francesconi
Wendy Francesconi is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory USDA-ARS.
She recently received her doctoral degree from the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida,
and holds a master’s degree in Environmental Science from Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her
doctoral research was focused on the dissemination and evaluation of agroforestry practices for their potential to increase
functional connectivity in fragmented agricultural landscapes, and her current professional interests include the application of
the Agriculture Policy/ Environmental eXtender (APEX) model to compare the effects of different agricultural practices on water
quality and biodiversity conservation.
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Katherine Fuji
Katherine Fuji is a university teacher and grad student in her seventies. She is not of the generation that grew up with the rich
unlocked world of computer knowledge that thence builds on older contributions such as stone carvings, papyrus scrolls and
cuneiform wedges. Our shared backgrounds, experiences--and history--nurture sustainability. Some of us--the older ones-bring a longer legacy of academia, medical/health related research, multilingual skills, conference presentations in various
fields, etc. and are teachers, translators, and certified hospital AAMs. A US native with family ties to England and Lithuania,
respectively, she gained business/jobs knowledge as well as agricultural--milking cows, tending bee hives and making butter.
She has also studied/worked/taught and learned internationally. All of these bits of life involve maintenance of conditions which
enable future generations of humans to harmoniously, productively and continuously exist with nature, thereby promoting social,
economic, cultural and other necessary life requirements to be in place and shared. That is sustainability. Our life experiences
in health, aging, business, education, etc. and respecting our earth, contribute to sustainability. Religions can advocate/foster
attitudes to advance societies as a united whole and not to rape the earth's resources destroying synergy to benefit only certain
groups. Life must be lived with conscience; she believes we have a moral responsibility to equally educate all children to
develop/share their God-given intelligence/gifts with bettering the world. Religion can be a motivating contributing force and
benevolent reminder that sustainability is everyone’s survival.
Edward Morgan
Edward Morgan is a PhD candidate with the Urban Research Program at Griffith University. He is studying the role science can
play in sustainability. His interests lie in the interactions between science and policy, as well as science and society more
widely. His current PhD research is focussed on analysing how and why science is used in policy, with a focus on water
resource management, in order to better understand the role science can play in creating sustainable outcomes. Coming from a
background in environmental chemistry, he is interested in how scientific knowledge can cross boundaries both within and
beyond the scientific community, and how this can help in the search for sustainability.
Tony Matthews
Tony Matthews is a final year PhD candidate based at the Urban Research Program, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He
is a member of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP) and the Southeast Queensland Climate Adaptation
Research Initiative (SEQ-CARI). His research interests include managing climate change impacts in urban systems; the role of
planning in delivering adaptive interventions; urban adaptation through development management and urban design; and
institutional change processes in response to acute stressors.
Lavinia Poruschi
Lavinia Poruschi is a researcher in climate change mitigation and adaptation issues, with particular focus on carbon emissions
assessment and reporting for different land use types (urban areas or forests). Having a background in policy research
economics and spatial analysis applied in environmental science, she is currently undertaking a PhD project to analyse local
urban boundary setting in climate change GHG emissions measurement and reporting. Perspectives from which this work
draws on are the urban metabolism, ecological economics, urban sustainability and ecological modernisation. She has
previously worked with the Global Carbon Project, the National Institute for Environmental Studies and the Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies. Currently she is also undertaking an internship with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
training in greenhouse gas emissions accounting with the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
Jennifer Scott
Jennifer (Jen) Scott is a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research is focused on the experiences of
people in poverty, particularly related to understanding the ways families and communities work together to support survival and
community-based initiatives to create long-term policy change. Jen has been working in varying capacities with Workers
Defense Project, an Austin member-based organization that is dedicated to policy change for low-wage workers, since August,
2010. The organization recently won a policy change that will require a living wage floor for all construction workers on jobs
receiving incentives from the county. She holds Masters degrees in Social Work and International Affairs from Columbia
University in the City of New York and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Philosophy from Trinity University in San Antonio,
Texas. Over the course of her career she has worked with Quechua communities outside Cusco, Peru in a project that
combined agro-biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in Indigenous Biocultural Heritage Areas, with immigrant
families in Austin and New York, with a Human Rights organization in Mexico and was a member of a research team
investigating agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Danika Tynes
Danika Tynes has worked in health care and public health information technology for the past 13 years for large impact-oriented
organizations that include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kaiser Permanente, and Molina Healthcare, and has
also collaborated with IBM, SAIC, Northrop Grumman, and other large health IT infrastructure firms toward the aim of supporting
the U.S. national public health and health care agenda. She has supported multiple non-governmental organizations in program
evaluation and monitoring for sustainable-health programs focused primarily in Africa. She holds a Bachelor degree from Tufts
University in Massachusetts, a Master of Science degree from San Diego State University in California, and is pursuing her
doctorate in International Development with the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research focuses on global best
practices for proactive, sustainable, low cost, and accountable public health policies and interventions through leveraging
information technology.
Oksana Udovyk
Oksana Udovyk is a doctoral candidate in Water and Environmental Studies at Linköping University based at Södertörn
University, Sweden. Her research interests include uncertainty, risk and science policy interactions in environmental
governance. Empirically, she focuses on the chemicals management in marine environments. She is engaged in the project
called RISKGOV. This project is dealing with environmental risks management in the Baltic Sea (chemical pollution mainly). She
also has journalistic and photojournalistic experience. She worked with such issues as environmental protection,
democratization in Eastern Europe and youth development. She also has a vast training and moderator experience in different
environmental camps, seminars and projects.
Jualim Datiles Vela
Jualim Datiles Vela is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima
University, where he also earned his Master’s Degree in Education majoring in Curriculum Development for Science Education.
He is also a freelance artist. He obtained a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts major in visual communication and Master of Arts in
Education major in Educational Technology at the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He taught for 8 years at the Philippine
High School for the Arts before being awarded a scholarship by the Japanese government. His previous research emphasized
on the use of puppetry and other folk media as alternative instructional medium in teaching specific environmental issues to
primary students. He is currently focusing his research on the use of students’ mother language in teaching and learning
science.
Johan Weintré
Johan Weintré is currently in his final year of his candidature at the Flinders University Asia Centre in Australia with a research
focus on natural resources, social capital and governance in Indonesia. As a previous visiting guest lecturer in Indonesia and
former associate at several research institutions he has been able to visit several remote locations in the archipelago. Through
this awareness a particular attraction was developed of the natural resource management and human social capital
development at those communities located at the peripheries of the Indonesian archipelago. Conditions of natural resources are
often promising in those locations while local human resource input has remained limited to develop those. Matching elements
of governance and use of local social capital capacity to create favorable long term resource development that contributes
satisfactory to regional community advancement remains a challenging position
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Dang Van Bai, Ministry of Culture and Information, Vietnam
Michael Cameron, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Richard M. Clugston, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future, Washington, D.C., USA
John Dryzek, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Steven Engelsman, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands
John Fien, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor Dr. Amareswar Galla, Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Denmark &
India; Director, Centre for Inclusive Museum Studies, Department of Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of
Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; and former Vice President, ICOM, Paris
Suzanne Grant, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Steve Hamnett, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair, Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability, York University, Toronto,
Canada
Paul James, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Lily Kong, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Jim McAllister, Central Queensland University, Rockhamptom, Australia
Helena Norberg-Hodge, The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), United Kingdom
Peter Phipps, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Behzad Sodagar, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, United Kingdom.
Judy Spokes, Cultural Development Network, Melbourne, Australia
Manfred Steger, Illinois State University, Normal, USA; RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Douglas Worts, LEAD Fellow (Leadership for Environment and Development), Toronto, Canada
David Wood, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Lyuba Zarsky, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia; Tufts University, Medford, USA
David Wood, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Lyuba Zarsky, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia; Tufts University, Medford, USA
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Jamie Burns
Beth Mueller
Izabel Szary
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Tsuneyuki
Abe
Tohoku University
Japan
Chaidir Arsyan
Adlan
Geography Study Club
Indonesia
Ebenezer
Aka
Morehouse College
USA
Israr
Albar
Bogor Agricultural University
Indonesia
Monif
AlRashidi
University of Hail
Saudi Arabia
Christopher
Alton
Harvard University
USA
Carlos
Aparicio
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Daryoosh
Ardalan
Urban and Regional Planning
USA
Sidika
Arli
Atilim University
Turkey
Chakrapipat
Assawaboonyalert
King Mongkut's University of Technology
Thailand
Amir
Aynehband
Shahid Chamran University
Azizi
Bahauddin
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Iran (Islamic Republic
of)
Malaysia
Srijana
Bajracharya
Ithaca College
USA
Elena
Bakhanova
Erasmus Mundus Program of European Commission
Russian Federation
Ed
Barry
Population Institute
USA
Iwona M.
Batyk
University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn
Poland
David
Beynon
Deakin University
Australia
Wilda Af'idah
Bitari
University of Indonesia
Indonesia
Patricia
Blazey
Macquarie University
Australia
Jacob
Bogart
The Ohio State University
USA
Patricia
Bolanos
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
USA
Djamel
Boussaa
Qatar University
Qatar
Amy
Boyce
Korea International School
USA
Jeff
Boyce
Korea International School
USA
Ismet
Boz
Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Turkey
Earnest N.
Bracey
The College of Southern Nevada
USA
Clint
Bracknell
University of Western Australia
Australia
Eileen Muench
Brennan
Portland State University
USA
Llinos
Brown
University of Central Lancashire
UK
Hidayat Budiarman
Buchari Saaduddin
Yayasan 1Malaysia Development Berhad
Malaysia
Imam
Buchori
Diponegoro University
Indonesia
Tania
Calvao
University of St Thomas
USA
Karen L.
Campbell
Goddard College
USA
Christine (Erst)
Carmichael
University of Western Sydney
Australia
Dillon
Carr
USA
Maud
Cassaignau
Monash University, Melbourne
Australia
Natthawut
Chaengkrachang
Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration
Thailand
Weerakul
Chaiphar
Khon Kaen University
Thailand
Kay-Wah
Chan
Macquarie University
Australia
Qiuyu
Chen
Huazhong University of Science & Technology
China
Yin-An
Chen
National Chengchi University
Taiwan
Dexiang
Chen
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Bixia
Chen
United Nations University- Institute of Advanced Studies
Japan
Mei-chun
Cheung
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Hua-Mei
Chiu
National Sun Yat-sen University
Taiwan
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Kyoung Mann
Cho
Mokpo National University
South Korea
Hee Sun
Choi
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
China
Loke Ming
Chou
Singapore
Denise M.
Conroy
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
Nicholas
Cook
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
USA
Jonathan C.
Cooper
UK
Julie
Croff
Oklahoma State University
USA
Pui
Cuifen
DHI Water and Environment Pte Ltd
Singapore
Khairudin
Damhoeri
Malaysia
Rajni
Daulatram
Brahma Kumaris, NPO, Kobe
Japan
Sajit Chandra
Debnath
Ritsumeikan University
Japan
Maskota
Delfi
Gadjah Mada University
Indonesia
Diana
Del-Negro
UCL
UK
Lisa
Dittmar
University of Bradford
UK
Hideyuki
Doi
Hiroshima University
Japan
Dominique
Doyle
University of Stellenbosch
South Africa
Junko
Edahiro
Japan for Sustainability
Japan
Micah
Effron
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
USA
Pat
Ekpanyaskun
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
Jeremy
Finn
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
Ari Nova
Firnanda
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Indonesia
Jennifer
Florida
La Consolacion College Manila
Philippines
Wendy
Francesconi
University of Florida
USA
Chao-Ching
Fu
National Cheng Kung University
Taiwan
Katherine Wyllie Mansoor
Fuji
Hokkaido University
Japan
Shannon
Galary
Stryker Orthopaedics
USA
Amareswar
Galla
The University of Queensland
Australia
Zulfaidah Penata
Gama
Japan
Qi
Gao
Holly
Gardner
Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Japan
Center, Inc.
University of Waterloo
Canada
Rolf
Gerritsen
Charles Darwin University
Australia
Tawfiq
Ghanem
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Teri
Gilmore
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
USA
Javad
Gorjidooz
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
USA
Rajes
Guna
National University of Malaysia
Malaysia
Aminah
Hamzah
Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Malaysia
Neera
Handa
University Of Western Sydney
Australia
Joy
Hardy
University of New England
Australia
Björn
Hassler
Södertörn University
Sweden
Jesse
Hastings
Singapore
Satoki
Hayashi
Japan
Long
Hoang Van
Kyushu University
Japan
Charles
Hogg
Japan
Mizue
Honda
Brahma Kumaris, NPO, Tokyo
Japan
Alan
Hooper
Glasgow School of Art
UK
David
Houston
Queen's University Belfast
UK
Joseph M.
Howe
UK
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Peng-Wei
Hsiao
National Yunlin University of Science & Technology
Taiwan
Pearly
Huang
Singapore
Jo-Hsun
Huang
Taiwan
John
Hudson
Staffordshire University
UK
Kasyful
Humam
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Indonesia
David
Humphreys
The Open University
UK
Shih-Feng
Hung
Taiwan
Michelle
Hunting
University of Auckland
New Zealand
Kanako
Ide
Soka University
Japan
Kenichi
Imai
Japan
Dirk
Inghels
The International Centre for the Study of East Asian
Development, Kitakyushu
University of Antwerp
Khalifah
Insan Nur Rahmi
ARDGISS
Indonesia
Andrea D.
Isogai
Canada
Marinus
Iwuchukwu
Duquesne University
USA
Jofa Hilmi
Jaafar
Malaysia
Kristin
Jen
Taiwan
Veli
Jiyane
University of South Africa
South Africa
Khairiah
Jusoh
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Malaysia
Tsuyoshi
Kaburagi
University of Colorado, Denver
USA
Wan Rasidah
Kadir
Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Malaysia
Sanjay
Kalpage
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Australia
Piyamas
Kangwankijwanich
Thailand
Justyna Anna
Karakiewicz
The University of Melbourne
Australia
Martin
Karlsson
The University of Tokyo
Japan
Rune Juelsborg
Karsten
International Woodland Company
Denmark
Roni
Kaufman
Ben Gurion University
Israel
Huynh Viet
Khai
Can Tho University
Viet Nam
Mohammad Muqeet
Khan
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Nizamuddin
Khan
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Reema Shaukat
Khan
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Pakistan
Rimi
Khan
University of Melbourne
Australia
Narayan
Khanal
Japan
Pranee
Khemklutthong
The Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office
Thailand
Lee-Anne
Khor
Monash University, Melbourne
Australia
James
Kielbaso
Michigan State University
USA
Anar
Koli
University of Tsukuba
Japan
Satoru
Komatsu
Japan
Pich
Koun
Kyushu University
Japan
Gerry
Kristian
ARDGISS
Indonesia
Leigh-Anne
Krometis
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
USA
Wybe
Kuitert
Seoul National University
Japan
Erna
Kurniati
ARDGISS
Indonesia
Hui-Ying
Lai
Taiwan
Derrick
Lancaster
Brock University
Canada
Andrew
Lavallee
AECOM
USA
Courtney
Lawrence
Hiroshima Jogakuin University
Japan
Gi-Bbeum
Lee
Chonbuk National University
South Korea
Belgium
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Ran Hee
Lee
Chonbuk National University
South Korea
Changhee
Lee
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
USA
Li-Ying
Lin
Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology
Taiwan
Hank I-Hsiang
Lin
Feng Chia University
Taiwan
Randall
Lindstrom
University of Tasmania
Australia
David G.
Lloyd
Claudia
Loggia
University of KwaZulu Natal
South Africa
Mariah
Lord
Texas A&M University
USA
Duangmany
Luangmany
Japan
Patrick
Lucas
Council on International Educational Exchange
China
Alexandra
Lutz
Desert Research Institute
USA
Thomas
Mach
Konan University
Japan
Ryouho
Maeda
Kyoei-Sheetmetal Works corp
Japan
Carlos
Mallorquin
Autonomous University of Zacatecas
Mexico
Roger John Adam
Martin
Population Matters
UK
Tony
Matthews
Urban Research Program
Australia
Stephen
McKay
UK
Paolo
Mele
Japan
Zhaoxi
Meng
University of New South Wales, Canberra
Australia
Mark
Mismash
Unitec Institute of Technology
New Zealand
Hiroki
Miyaoka
Japan
Jonathan
Moores
National Instiute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd
New Zealand
Edward Alexander
Morgan
Griffith University
Australia
Chiharu
Morimura
Japan
Chadchawan
Muangpruan
Thailand
Fajrun Wahidil
Muharram
Gadjah Mada University
Indonesia
Michael
Murray
UK
Joy
Murray
University of Sydney
Australia
Mst. Shamsun
Nahar
University of Toyama
Japan
Suvania
Naidoo
University of South Africa
South Africa
Chin Soon Lionel
Ng
Singapore
Quynh Chi
Nguyen Thi
Kyushu University
Japan
Pornpol
Noithammaraj
Thailand
Jaruwat
Noothong
Srinakharinwirot University
Thailand
Rinboon
Nuchnomboon
Thailand
Nurhayati
Sriwijaya University
Indonesia
Shaun
O'Rourke
Boston Architectural College
USA
Natalie
Osborne
Griffith University
Australia
Alice
Owen
University of Leeds
UK
Kathryn
Paige
University of South Australia
Australia
Nerisa
Paladan
Ateneo de Naga University
Philippines
Ari Tapio
Paloviita
University of Jyväskylä
Finland
Ioan Mihangel
Parry
UK
Prachaya.
Piemkaroon
Thailand
Korakoch
Pobprasert
Thailand
Pilan
Poonyaprapha
Thailand
Lavinia
Poruschi
Griffith University
Australia
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Australia
Phetkeo
Poumanyvong
Japan
Ravi
Prakash
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
India
THITIRAT
Prakasukarn
The Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office
Thailand
Richard
Price
Kiri-ganai Research
Australia
Thongphon
Prince of Songkla University
Thailand
Judy
Promsaka Na
Sakolnakorn
Purman
College of St. Benedict
USA
Zhenmian
Qiu
United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies
Japan
Srinath
Ramakkrushnan
ITC Limited - Agri Business Division - ILTD
India
Mei-Leng
Rankin
Northern Melbourne Institute of Tafe
Australia
William
Rees
University of British Columbia
Canada
LuAnn
Reif
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
USA
Syamsu
Rijal
Bogor Agricultural University
Indonesia
Donald
Risker
Webster University
USA
Kim
Roberts
Deakin University
Australia
Peter
Roberts
UK
James
Rodger
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
USA
Judith
Rogers
RMIT University
Australia
William
Ryerson
Population Media Center
USA
Narumon
Saardchom
National Institute of Development Administration
Thailand
Noriko
Sakamoto
Japan for Sustainability
Japan
Jessada
Salathong
Thailand
Evelyn
Sasamoto
Brahma Kumaris, NPO, Tokyo
Japan
Jeremiah
Sawma
Manchester Community College
USA
Jonathan M.
Scherch
Antioch University Seattle
USA
Jennifer
Scott
The University of Texas, Austin
USA
Meral
Serarslan
Selcuk University
Turkey
Bhekti
Setya Ningrum
University of Indonesia
Indonesia
Margaret
Shanafield
Flinders University
Australia
ChaoHong
Shi
Japan
Takuya
Shimada
Japan
Oliver F.
Shyr
Taiwan
Cheah Wai
Siong
Singapore
Rasa
Smaliukien?
The General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania
Lithuania
Mrinal
Sohoraye
Open University of Mauritius
Mauritius
Spencer S.
Stober
Alvernia University
USA
Lois
Stober
Shamsul Anwar
Sulaiman
Malaysia
Shamsul Anwar
Sulaiman
Yayasan 1MDB
Malaysia
Prit
Supasetsiri
Thailand
Ruangrawee
Suwanpramote
Thailand
Teruhiko
Takahara
Japan
Shuichi
Tamura
Yokohama National University
Japan
Terri
Teal Bucci
USA
Kwong Meng
Teo
National University of Sinagpore
Singapore
Punya
Tepsing
Prince of Songkla University
Thailand
Kok Ben
Toh
Singapore
Tai Chong
Toh
Singapore
USA
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Robban
Toleno
University of British Columbia
Canada
Mekumi
Tomimura
High School Teacher
Japan
Vittorio
Tramontin
University of KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Dania
Trespalacios
Yale University
USA
Cristina
Trois
University of kwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Tiffany
Tsao
University of Newcastle
Australia
Komla
Tsey
James Cook University
Australia
Leonard J. S.
Tsuji
Canada
Manuela
Tvaronavi?ien?
Danika
Tynes
The General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania,
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
University of Southern Mississippi
Lithuania
USA
Oksana
Udovyk
Södertörn University
Sweden
Bijan
Vasigh
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
USA
Ginger
Vaughn
Waseda University
USA
Jualim
Vela
Japan
Savin
Ven Johnson
Japan
Aswathaman
Vijayan
ITC Limited - Agri Business Division - ILTD
India
Irina
Vishnevetsky
Weizmann institute of Science
Israel
Sierra
Voss
Eckerd College
USA
Klaus
Voss
BW-Indah
USA
Charles
Wade
C.S. Mott Community College
USA
Po-Hsun
Wang
Taiwan
Yu-Ya
Wang
Taiwan
Jieh-Jiuh
Wang
Ming Chuan University
Taiwan
Jiun-Hao
Wang
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Chih-Hua
Wang
Taiwan
Pi-Fen
Wang
Shu-Te University
Taiwan
Phillip Dane
Warren
Texas A&M University
USA
Kisnaphol
Wattanawanyoo
King Mongkut's University of Technology
Thailand
Johan
Weintré
Flinders University
Australia
John
Whitton
UK
N.M. Sofia
Wijaya
Yamaguchi University
Japan
Juthatip
Wiwattanapantuwong
Tohoku University
Japan
Georgina
Wood
University of Nottingham
UK
X.Y.
Xu
Singapore
Esra
Yel
Selcuk University
Turkey
Ai-Ching
Yen
National Chengchi University
Taiwan
Zhiyi
Yeo
Team Derawan Reef Restoration
Singapore
Po-Wen
Yu
Taiwan
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THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
SUSTAINABILITY
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A FAMILY OF JOURNALS
The Sustainability knowledge community creates a place for the publication of papers presenting innovative theories and
practices of sustainability. The journals in the Sustainability Family are cross-disciplinary in their scope, a meeting point for
natural and social scientists, researchers and practitioners, professionals and community representatives.
The perspectives presented range from big picture analyses addressing global and universal concerns, to detailed case studies
that speak of localized applications of the principles and practices of sustainability. The papers traverse a broad terrain,
sometimes technically and other times socially oriented, sometimes theoretical and other times practical in their perspective,
and sometimes reflecting dispassionate analysis whilst at other times suggesting interested strategies for action.
The Sustainability community publishes into a family of journals consisting of an annual review and four thematically focused
journals:
Annual Review:
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The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review
Themed Journals:
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The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability
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The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice
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The International Journal of Sustainability Education
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The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context
Authors can request which of the thematic journals they would prefer for the publication of their article. Alternatively, when the
author does not opt to make a selection, the Common Ground editorial team will curate each paper into the appropriate thematic
journal.
The annual review consists only of articles considered to be of wide interest across the field selected by our editorial team in
consultation with the Advisory Board. We do not accept direct submissions to the annual review. Candidates for inclusion in the
survey journal will include top-ranked articles, works by invited contributors, papers offered by plenary speakers at the
conference, and articles selected from thematic journal submissions for their wide applicability and interest across the field.
Subscribers and conference participants are offered access to the whole family of journals, which is organized into thematic
sections and the survey journal for ease of access and clearly differentiated focus of interest. While all of the journals in this
family have unique ISSNs, they largely share index listings.
EDITOR
Amareswar Galla, Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Denmark & India; Director, Centre for
Inclusive Museum Studies, Department of Cross Cultural and Regional Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark; and former Vice President, ICOM, Paris.
OPEN PEER REVIEW
All the journals in the Sustainability Family are fully peer reviewed. Common Ground’s approach to peer review is open and
inclusive. Instead of being dominated by the exclusive academic hierarchies represented by many traditional editors and their
networks, Common Ground journals build lateral knowledge communities. Our referee process is criterion-referenced, and
referees are selected on the basis of subject matter and disciplinary expertise. Ranking is based on clearly articulated criteria.
The result is a refereeing process that is scrupulously fair in its assessments. At the same time, the process offers a carefully
structured and constructive contribution to the shape of the published paper.
INTELLECTUAL EXCELLENCE
The result of our peer review process is a publishing method which is without prejudice to institutional affiliation, stage in career,
national origins, or disciplinary perspective. If the paper is excellent, and has been systematically and independently assessed
as such, it will be published. This is why Common Ground journals have such a vast amount of exciting new material. Much of
the content originates from well-known research institutions, but a considerable amount of material comes from brilliantly
insightful and innovative academics in lesser-known institutions in the developing world, emerging researchers, people working
in hard-to-classify interdisciplinary spaces, and researchers in liberal arts colleges and teaching universities. In recognition of
the highest levels of excellence, an international prize is awarded annually for the top-ranked paper in each journal.
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ACCESSIBILITY
Common Ground is developing a low-cost commercial approach to academic publishing. We believe there are limitations in both
the high-cost commercial publishing and the seemingly no-cost open access publishing models. This is why we are seeking to
find a practical middle way between the idealism of open access and the inefficiencies and greed of which the big journal
publishers are increasingly accused. The idealism of open access often creates new problems, leaving academics in the often
less-than-happy role of amateur publisher. And ironically, open access journals and repositories sometimes give insider
networks even greater control over what gets published than was traditionally the case with the big commercial publishers.
This is one of the reasons that Common Ground has recently made all of its journals hybrid open access. The hybrid open
access model offers authors the choice to pay a small fee to have their article made freely available for viewing and
downloading by anyone immediately upon publication. This model also grants readers broad reuse rights to encourage the
widespread republication and distribution of open access articles. Thus, while all Common Ground journal articles are
automatically available via personal and institutional subscriptions and can be purchased for a small per-article fee, authors may
also opt to make their article available to anyone for free by making it open access.
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review - ISSN: 1832-2077
The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability - ISSN: 2325-1077 (print), 2325-1085 (online)
The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice - ISSN: 2325-1166 (print), 2325-1182 (online)
The International Journal of Sustainability Education - ISSN: 2325-1212 (print), 2325-1220 (online)
The International Journal of Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context - ISSN: 2325-1115 (print), 2325114X (online)
Frequency: The annual review publishes 1 issue per volume; the thematic journals each publish 4 issues per volume
Website: http://onsustainability.com/journal/
Publisher: Common Ground - www.CommonGroundPublishing.com
INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION
Information on library subscriptions may be found at http://onsustainability.com/publications/journal/subscriptions-and-orders.
Subscriptions are also available through EBSCO and ProQuest.
COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTION
As part of the conference registration, participants are provided with a complimentary electronic subscription to all full-text
papers published the Sustainability Family. The duration of this access period is from the time of registration until one year after
the end date of the Sustainability Conference. To view articles, go to http://ijs.cgpublisher.com/. Select the “Login” option and
provide a CGPublisher username and password. Then, select an article and download the PDF. For lost or forgotten login
details, select “forgot your login” to request a new password.
LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION FORM
If you wish to recommend the Journal to your library, we have library recommendation forms at the Registration Desk. They are
also available for download at http://onsustainability.com/publications/journal/about-the-journal.
CONTACT
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].
HYBRID OPEN ACCESS
Common Ground Journals are now offered on a Hybrid Open Access model. This is a new development in scholarly publishing,
increasingly offered by both university presses and well-known commercial publishers.
Hybrid Open Access means that some articles are available only to subscribers, while others are made available at no charge to
anyone searching the web. Authors pay an additional fee for the open access option. They may do this because open access is
a requirement of their research funding agency. Or they may do it so that non-subscribers can access their article for free.
There are still considerable benefits for paying subscribers, because they can access all articles in the journal, from both current
and past volumes, without any restrictions. But making your paper available at no charge increases its visibility, accessibility and
thus potential readership.
More information: http://onsustainability.com/publications/journal/open-access
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SUBMISSION INFORMATION
Registration for the Sustainability Conference allows participants the opportunity to publish in one of the thematic journals in the
Sustainability Family. Presenters may submit their papers up to one month after the conference. Submitted papers will be fully
refereed. The publication decision will be based on the referees’ reports. To submit, at least one author of each paper must be
registered to attend the conference (to a maximum of one paper per registered author).
General Requirements:
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We only accept text files or files in .doc format (such as from Microsoft Word or OpenOffice). We do not accept PDF
submissions or .docx files.
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Papers should be approximately 2,000-5,000 words in length. They should be written as continuous expository
narrative in a chapter or article style – not as lists of points or a PowerPoint presentation.
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Please remember that the papers are to be published in a fully refereed academic journal. This means that the style
and structure of your text should be relatively formal. For instance, you should not submit a verbatim transcript of your
oral presentation, such as, “Today I want to speak to you about …”
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Paper submissions must contain no more than 30% of textual material published in other places by the same author or
authors, and these other places must be acknowledged and cited; in other words, the remaining 70% of the paper must
be unique and original to your current submission.
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Authors must ensure the accuracy of citations, quotations, diagrams, tables and maps.
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You may use any recognized scholarly referencing style you choose, as long as you use it consistently and to the
appropriate standards.
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Spelling can vary according to national usage, but should be internally consistent.
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Papers should be thoroughly checked and proofread before submission, both by the author and a critical editorial
friend – after you have submitted your paper you are unable to make any changes to it during the refereeing process.
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Papers will be assessed by referees against ten criteria – or fewer if some criteria do not apply to a particular kind of
paper (see the Peer Review Process).
Illustration/Electronic Artwork Guidelines:
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Figures and images must be clear and easy to view. Common Ground cannot improve the quality of images.
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Figures and tables need to be placed where they are to appear in the text. If preferred, you may also place images and
tables at the end of your paper.
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Please refrain from using Word Drawing objects. Instead use images imported from a drawing program. Word Drawing
objects will not be rendered in the typeset version.
Keyword Guidelines:
Keywords are extremely important in search engine rankings. To achieve better exposure for your paper, please make sure
your keywords are clear and accurate.
Resubmission Policy:
If your paper has been rejected, we will allow a maximum of ONE further resubmission until TWO months prior to the
anticipated publication date.
How to submit a paper:
For information on how to submit a paper, please visit http://onsustainability.com/submitting-your-work/journal-articles/.
The publication process is as follows:
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When we receive a paper, it is verified against template and submission requirements. If there are any problems,
authors will be asked to resubmit the paper.
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The paper will be prepared and matched to two appropriate referees. When a paper has been submitted to the
referees, authors will receive an email notification. Additionally, authors may be asked to referee up to 3 papers.
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When the referee reports are uploaded, authors will be notified by email and provided with a link to view the reports
(after the referees' identities have been removed).
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If a paper is accepted, we will confirm conference registration before sending a Publishing Agreement.
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Authors will then be asked to accept the Publishing Agreement and submit the final paper.
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Papers will be typeset and proofs made available for final approval before publication in the journal’s online bookstore
as well as in individual author Creator Sites.
The final date for submission of papers to the Journal (for one way blind refereeing) is 25 February 2013 – one month
after the close of the conference.
Papers are published continuously in the online bookstore. Authors may view the status of their paper at any time by logging
into their CGPublisher account at www.CGPublisher.com.
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OTHER SELECTED JOURNALS PUBLISHED BY COMMON GROUND
Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides an international forum for the discussion of a rapidly growing segment of
the population, in developed countries as well as in developing countries. Contributions range from broad theoretical and global policy
explorations to detailed studies of the specific physiological, health, economic, and social dynamics of aging in today’s global society.
Website: www.AgingandSociety.com/Journal
The International Journal of the Arts in Society aims to create an intellectual frame of reference for the arts, and to create an
interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. This peer-reviewed journal is intended as a place for critical engagement
and examination of ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world.
Website: www.Arts-Journal.com
The International Journal of the Book provides a forum for publishing professionals, librarians, researchers, authors, retailers, and
educators to discuss that iconic artifact, the book—and to consider its past, present, and future. Discussions range from the reflective to
the highly practical, with an eye towards new practices of writing, publishing, and reading.
Website: www.Book-Journal.com
The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses seeks to create an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of
evidence of climate change, its causes, its ecosystemic impacts, and its human impacts. This peer-reviewed journal also explores
technological, policy, strategic and social responses to climate change.
Website: www.Climate-Journal.com
The International Journal of the Constructed Environment publishes broad-ranging and interdisciplinary articles on human
configurations of the environment and the interactions between the constructed, social and natural environments. This peer -reviewed
journal brings together researchers, teachers, architects, designers, and others interested in how we interact with our environment.
Website: www.ConstructedEnvironment.com/journal
Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal is a site of discussion exploring the meaning and purpose of “design” and
the use of designed artifacts. This peer-reviewed journal examines transdiciplinary conversations between the theoretical and the
empirical, the pragmatic and the idealistic.
Website: www.Design-Journal.com
The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations allows educators, professionals, and anyone
interested in the mediation of cultural difference and diversity to empirically and strategically discuss globalization, identity and social
group formation. This peer-reviewed journal reflects the business of negotiating diversity in organizations and communities.
Website: www.Diversity-Journal.com
Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of agricultural, environmental,
nutritional, health, social, economic and cultural perspectives on food. Contributions range from broad theoretical and global policy
explorations, to detailed studies of specific human-physiological, nutritional and social dynamics of food.
Website: www.Food-Studies.com/Journal/
The Global Studies Journal is devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization. This peer-reviewed
journal attempts to do this from many points of view and from many locations in the world, working between empirical and general
modes of engagement with one of the central phenomena of our contemporary existence.
Website: www.GlobalStudiesJournal.com
The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society addresses a number of interdisciplinary health topics, including:
physiology, kinesiology, psychology, health sciences, public health, and other areas of interest. This peer-reviewed journal is relevant to
anyone working in the health sciences, or researchers interested in exploring the intersections between health and society.
Website: www.HealthandSociety.com/journal
The International Journal of the Humanities provides a space for dialogue and publication of new knowledge which builds on the
past traditions of the humanities whilst setting a renewed agenda for their future. The humanities are a domain of learning, reflection
and action, and a place of dialogue between and across epistemologies, perspectives and content areas. It is in these unsettl ing places
that the humanities might be able to unburden modern knowledge systems of their restrictive narrowness.
Website: www.thehumanities.com/Journal/
The International Journal of the Image interrogates the nature of the image and the functions of image-making. This peer-reviewed,
cross-disciplinary journal brings together researchers, practitioners, and teachers from areas of interest including: architecture, art,
cultural studies, design, education, history, linguistics, media studies, philosophy, religious studies, semiotics, and more.
Website: www.OntheImage.com/journal
The International Journal of Learning sets out to foster inquiry, invite dialogue and build a body of knowledge on the nature and
future of learning. This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for any person with an interest in, and concern for, education at any of
its levels and in any of its forms, from early childhood to higher education and lifelong learning.
Website: www.Learning-Journal.com
The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management examines the nature of the organization in all its forms
and manifestations. Across a variety of contexts, a pragmatic focus persists—to examine the organization and management of groups
of people collaborating to productive ends, and to analyze what makes for success and sustainability.
Website: www.Management-Journal.com
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The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum asks: In this time of fundamental social change, what is the role of the museum,
both as a creature of that change, and as an agent of change? This peer-reviewed journal brings together academics, curators,
researchers, and administrators to discuss the character and future of the museum.
Website: www.Museum-Journal.com
The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society aims to create an intellectual frame of reference for the academic
study of religion, and to create interdisciplinary conversations on the role of religion and spirituality in society. This pe er-reviewed
journal seeks to critically examine ideas that connect religious philosophies to their contexts throughout history.
Website: www.Religion-Journal.com
The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences aims to examine the nature of disciplinary practices and the
interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of ‘real world’ applications. This rigorously peer-reviewed journal also interrogates
what constitutes ‘science’ in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences.
Website: www.SocialSciences-Journal.com
Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies addresses some of the most pressing and
perturbing social, cultural, economic and environmental questions of our time. This peer-reviewed journal focuses on spaces of
production, consumption, and living, and flows of people, goods, and information as crucibles and vectors of ongoing transfor mation.
Website: www.SpacesandFlows.com/Journal
The International Journal of Sport and Society provides a forum for wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination of sport. This
peer-reviewed journal examines the history, sociology, and psychology of sport; sports medicine and health; physical and health
education; and sports administration and management. Discussions range from broad conceptualizations to highly specific readings.
Website: www.SportandSociety.com/Journal
The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability creates a place for the publication of
papers presenting innovative theories and practices of sustainability. This peer-reviewed journal is cross-disciplinary in its scope, a
meeting point for natural and social scientists, researchers and practitioners, professionals and community representatives.
Website: www.Sustainability-Journal.com
The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society creates a place for the publication and presentation of innovative
theories and practices relating technology to society. This peer-reviewed journal is cross-disciplinary in its scope and provides a
meeting point for technologists with a concern for the social and social scientists with a concern for the technological.
Website: www.Technology-Journal.com
Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal sets out to define an emerging field. Ubiquitous Learning is a new educational
paradigm made possible in part by the affordances of digital media. Our changing learning needs can be served by ubiquitous
computing. This peer-reviewed journal investigates the affordances for learning through digital media, in school, and throughout
everyday life.
Website: www.Ubi-Learn.com/Journal
The Journal of the World Universities Forum seeks to explore the meaning and purpose of the academy in times of striking social
transformation. This peer-reviewed journal brings together university administrators, teachers and researchers to discuss the prospects
of the academy and to exemplify or imagine ways in which the university can take a leading and constructive role.
Website: www.Universities-Journal.com
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SUSTAINABILITY BOOK SERIES
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SUBMIT YOUR BOOK PROPOSAL
Common Ground is setting new standards of rigorous academic knowledge creation and scholarly publication. Unlike other
publishers, we’re not interested in the size of potential markets or competition from other books. We’re only interested in the
intellectual quality of the work. If a book is a brilliant contribution to a specialist area of knowledge that only serves a small
intellectual community, we still want to publish it. If it is expansive and has a broad appeal, we want to publish it too, but only if it
is of the highest intellectual quality.
TYPE OF BOOKS
Each conference and journal community has an accompanying book series. We welcome proposals or completed manuscript
submissions of:
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Individually and jointly authored books
Out of print works with new scholarly introductions
Edited collections addressing a clear, intellectually challenging theme
Collections of papers published in the Sustainability Family
Editorial selection can occur after the conference; or a group of authors may first wish to organize a colloquium at the
conference to test the ideas in this broader intellectual context.
PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Books should be between 30,000 and 150,000 words in length. They are published simultaneously in print and electronic
formats. To publish a book, please send us a proposal including:
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Title
Author(s)/editor(s)
Back-cover blurb
Table of contents
Author bionote(s)
Intended audience and significance of contribution
Sample chapters or complete manuscript
Manuscript submission date
Proposals can be submitted by email to [email protected]. Please note the book series that you are
submitting to in the subject line. You may also visit http://onsustainability.com/submitting-your-work/book-proposals for more
information.
CALL FOR BOOK REVIEWERS
Common Ground Publishing is seeking distinguished peer reviewers to evaluate book manuscripts submitted to The
Sustainability Book Series.
As part of our commitment to intellectual excellence and a rigorous review process, Common Ground sends book manuscripts
that have received initial editorial approval to peer reviewers to further evaluate and provide constructive feedback. The
comments and guidance that these reviewers supply is invaluable to our authors and an essential part of the publication
process.
Common Ground recognizes the important role of referees by acknowledging book reviewers as members of the Sustainability
Book Series Editorial Review Board for a period of at least one year. The list of members of the Editorial Review Board will be
posted on our website. In addition, Common Ground also offers a US$200 voucher for each completed review that meets the
standards set out by the Managing Editor at the commencement of assignment. Vouchers may be used in the Common Ground
Bookstore or for registration at one of our international conferences.
If you would like to referee book manuscripts please send an email to [email protected] with:
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a brief description of your professional credentials
a list of your areas of interest and expertise
a copy of your CV with current contact details
If we feel you are qualified and we require refereeing for manuscripts within your purview, we will contact you.
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FEATURED BOOKS BY COMMON GROUND
Limited quantities will be available for purchase at the Registration Desk and the Book Launch for Enough for All
Forever. These and other books are also available for purchase as e-books at http://onsustainability.cgpublisher.com/.
Enough for All Forever: A Handbook for Learning about Sustainability
Joy Murray, Glenn Cawthorne, Christopeher Dey, and Chris Andrew (eds.)
Enough for All Forever is a handbook for learning about sustainability. It has been
written specifically for educators: classroom practitioners; school and system
administrators and managers; those who develop curriculum; academics; and others
who share the goal of environmental equity for all. It is about integrating
sustainability into teaching and learning at all levels. The focus of the book is how to
live sustainably, in harmony with a planet that has finite resources. This is not a ‘one
size fits all’ handbook. Rather, it is a broad collection of work from over fifty different
authors, all of them experts in their field and all committed to doing something about
sustainability.
Please join us for the launch of this book: Friday, January 25 at 8:30am.
A signing with Joy Murray, one of the book’s editors, will follow at 9:20am.
Intergenerational Democracy: Rethinking Sustainable Development
Kirsten Jane Davies
Intergenerational Democracy takes an intimate look at the influences underpinning
human-environmental relationships. It describes how human-ecosystem connections
have been severed and how issues such as global climate change threaten the
future of mankind. This book advocates for concerted efforts to re-establish viable
and sustainable Cycles of Life by proposing models that can assist this process. The
foundation of these models is Intergenerational Democracy (ID), a whole-ofcommunity method of engagement and participation that requires the inclusion of
citizens of all ages. ID is embedded in the principles of direct democracy and human
rights, recognising that there are many quieter but equally legitimate voices,
particularly those of children, which are rarely heard in policy and planning forums.
This book includes three case studies that describe the methods application and
affirm the importance of capturing the voices of children, the planet’s future
custodians. The book stresses the importance of rebuilding environmental
relationships at the local level, centred on the social and environmental identity of
each place, as the basis for rethinking sustainable development.
Building our Sustainable Cities
Rita Yi Man Li
Sustainable development has become a hot topic worldwide in recent decades.
Following the Copenhagen Summit, politicians and the general public were once
again faced with the reality of inevitable climate change. Is there anything we can do
to stop global warming? Are there any possible ways to achieve the goal of zero
carbon? What can we, as laymen in the global village, do in the coming years so
that future generations can enjoy a natural environment similar to ours?
This book consists of three parts. The first part is an introduction that provides a
general overview of sustainable development in China, Singapore, the United
Kingdom, the United States of America and Australia. The second part introduces
the concept of sustainability in the built environment. The third part of this book
focuses on sustainable land use planning in Hong Kong.
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SCHOLAR: ANNOUNCING AN EXCITING NEW 'SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE' SPACE FROM COMMON GROUND
Three years in development, Common Ground is pleased to announce its innovative new 'social knowledge' environment,
Scholar. If the social glue that holds together Facebook is 'friends' and the stickiness of Twitter is having 'followers', then the
common bond created in Scholar is 'peers' working together in knowledge producing communities. Scholar also allows you to
invite peers, create new communities and write papers in its Creator space. All this is free.
You can also request a free 60 day 'educator' account for the Publisher space, where you can co-ordinate peer review of works
created in knowledge communities or amongst your students.
ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY APPLICATION ON SCHOLAR
Log on to Community, CG Scholar’s secure social media space to connect, network and continue the Sustainability dialogue
with your fellow conference colleagues during and after the conference. Follow these easy steps to get started:
1. Go to www.CGScholar.com and create your account.
2. When you create your account you will be asked to enter a “blip” (a very brief one-sentence description of yourself).
You may also choose to upload a profile picture of yourself, find other peers and create posts and updates at this time
or wait until later to do this.
3. As soon as you create your account, you will be placed in the Community social media space (the Community tab will
be highlighted in orange on the tool bar located at the top of the page). You are now ready to use Community by
finding your peers or joining and creating knowledge communities.
For more detailed information on Community’s capabilities as well as account and privacy settings visit:
http://learning.cgscholar.com/software-resources/user-guide/community/getting-started
JOINING THE SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY
Once you have created your account and have been taken to the Community social media space, you can now join the
Sustainability Knowledge Community:
1. On the left hand navigation bar, click on the “Find and join communities” link located under the YOUR COMMUNITIES
heading. You will be taken to the Join Communities page.
2. On the Join Communities page, enter Sustainability in the search field. Click on ‘”Join Community” when the
Sustainability knowledge community pops up.
3. Sustainability will now be added to YOUR COMMUNITIES located on the left hand navigation bar. Click on this
anytime you are in Scholar to enter the Sustainability knowledge community.
4. To navigate the Sustainability community, simply hover over the Sustainability name located on the top left hand
navigation and a drop down menu will appear. Select “Activity Stream” to see all current activities for the community or
select “Updates” to view only member updates.
*Note: All recent activities for the community can also be viewed by referencing the “Recent Activity” section located on
the right hand navigation.
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