PROPOSAL OF ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCHES OF REGIONAL CIRCULAR AND ECOLOGICAL SPHARE

Abstract

 “Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere (R-CES)” is a new approach for simultaneously achieving environmental, social, and economic benefits in local scale. It was proposed in the Fifth Environmental Basic Plan of the Government of Japan in 2018. Environmental systems research and R-CES have common interest in many aspects. In this research, we aim to propose basic framework for systems researches refereeing R-CES. As a preparatory work, we propose three “principles” of development of R-CES which consists of “Goals”, “Method”, and “Conditions”. After reviewing related area-based sustainability research, common framework of actions for developing R-CES is defined and their structuring and visualization method is proposed.