RIHN 11th International Symposium

Asia s Transformations
to Sustainability:
Past, Present and Future of the
Anthropocene

10 -11, 2017

Keynote Address

MarchLecture Hall,

Research Institute for
Humanity and Nature
Kyoto,JapanLanguage

EnglishSession 1

Impact of Climate Change, Waterand Energy on Long-term
Socio-economic Changes
Session 2

Wise Governance of Diverse
Resources
Session 3

Building Lifeworlds ofSustainability and Wellbeing

Anthropocene andTranshumanism

Augustin BerqueÉcole des hautes études en sciences
sociales (EHESS), France

Does Chinese History
Suggest a Sustainable
Growth Trajectory?

Kenneth Pomeranz
University of Chicago, USARIHN 11th International Symposium

Asia s Transformations to Sustainability:

Past, Present and Future of the Anthropocene
Friday ‒ March10, 2017

Plenary Session
Keynote Address 1

Anthropocene and Transhumanism
Augustin Berque (École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), France)
Keynote Address 2

Does Chinese History Suggest a Sustainable Growth Trajectory?
Kenneth Pomeranz (University of Chicago, USA)

Session 1

Considering Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs including
Biodiversity and Culture in the Water-energy-food Nexus

Impact of Climate Change, Water and Energy
on Long-term Socio-economic Changes

Kimberly Burnett (University of Hawaii, USA)

The Adaptive Watershed Governance: Biodiversity,Nutrient Cycling and Human Well-being

Impact of Climate Change on Social Transformationsin Japan and Beyond

Noboru Okuda (RIHN)

Takeshi Nakatsuka (RIHN)

Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services and Disservices Case Study of a Protected Area in India

On Climate, Demography and Social Change in theJapanese Archipelago

Karachepone N. Ninan (Centre for Economics, Environment and Society, India)

Osamu Saito (Hitotsubashi University)

Roundtable Discussion

Monsoon Asia, Industrialization and Urbanization: TheMaking and Unmaking of the Regional Nexus

The above speakersKaoru Sugihara (RIHN)

Session 3

Carbon Forests and Rivers of Conﬂict: Reﬂections on
South Asian Environmental History in the Epoch of the
Anthropocene

Building Lifeworlds of Sustainability andWellbeing

Rohan D Souza (Kyoto University)

Land Tenure and Degradation of Peatlands in Sumatra,Indonesia

Program 3 and Future Design

Kosuke Mizuno (RIHN and Kyoto University)

Seeking Sustainability through Asian Values and Culture

Roundtable Discussion

Rakesh Kapoor (Alternative Futures, India)

The above speakers, Mark Metzler (University of Texas at Austin, USA),
Takahiro Sato (Kyoto University), Kohei Wakimura (Osaka CityUniversity), and Roy Bin Wong (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

Lifeworlds as Pedagogy for Socio-cultural Change:
Sensuous Food Futures, Practices, and Meaning inEveryday Experience

Saturday ‒ March11, 2017

Session 2
Wise Governance of Diverse Resources
Concept of Wise Governance of Resources andEcosystem Services in Asian context
Tohru Nakashizuka (RIHN and Tohoku University)

Evidence-based Deliberation for Some Issues inLocal Nexus Structure: Some Participatory
Approaches towards Adaptive GovernanceTatsuyoshi Saijo (RIHN and Kochi University of Technology)

Steven McGreevy (RIHN)Sanitation Value Chain: Its Concept and Element
Technologies
Naoyuki Funamizu(RIHN and Hokkaido University)

Roundtable Discussion
The above speakers, Ueru Tanaka (RIHN) and Satoshi Ishikawa(RIHN)

General Discussion
Session summaries and discussion across all sessions

Kenshi Baba (Tokyo City University)

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