Disaster and climate change issues in Japan's society 5.0-A discussion

Aleksandrina V. Mavrodieva; Rajib Shaw

doi:10.3390/su12051893

Disaster and climate change issues in Japan's society 5.0-A discussion

Aleksandrina V. Mavrodieva, Rajib Shaw

Graduate School of Media and Governance

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Abstract

Faced with a number of socio-economic challenges and a continuously rising risk of more frequent and higher-impact disasters, the Japanese government, in cooperation with the private sector, has formulated a new comprehensive strategy, under the name of "Society 5.0", which is to utilize a number of various technological innovative solutions in an attempt to provide a secure future for its citizens, centering around several important sectors. The current paper aims to discuss disaster risk and climate change policies in Society 5.0 in particular, with some special focus on adaptation and inclusiveness. We start with giving details on the Society 5.0 concept and its goals, after which we focus more specifically on how disaster and climate change policies are integrated into the new strategy and proceed to discuss several contentious issues which represent both opportunities and risks or challenges for implementing the concept in a truly sustainable way. The paper tries to present various points of view and hopes to provide some food for future thought and research, rather than solutions or specific suggestions.

Original language	English
Article number	1893
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su12051893
Publication status	Published - 2020 Mar 1

Keywords

Adaptation
Climate change
Disaster management
Inclusiveness
Innovation
Japan
Society 5.0
Technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science (miscellaneous)
Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Building and Construction
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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