dc.contributor.author | Sato, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Usubiaga-Liaño, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fairbrass, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ekins, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Asuka, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-26T13:53:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-26T13:53:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sustainability Science (2024) | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/66117 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper assesses the environmental sustainability of Japan by applying the environmental sustainability gap (ESGAP) framework, which builds on the concepts of strong sustainability, critical natural capital, environmental functions, and science-based reference values. The assessment is carried out using two indices of environmental sustainability (Strong Environmental Sustainability Index (SESI) and Strong Environmental Sustainability Progress Index (SESPI)) that provide a snapshot and a trend perspective on environmental sustainability performance and on progress toward it. The results reveal that Japan has not experienced significant changes in terms of aggregate environmental sustainability throughout the 2011–2017 period, but this is primarily a consequence of the mutually offsetting movements of different indicators. The country performs best for the human health and other welfare indicators, but worst for the sink function indicators such as the per-capita CO2 emissions and the eutrophication of fresh water. The indices also expose the main policy areas that Japan needs to strengthen to improve its environmental performance. They include issues such as tropospheric ozone pollution, which has long been discussed in scientific literature but never been a primal policy focus of the government until very recently. © 2024, The Author(s). | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | AF was supported by UCL-Tohoku University Strategic Partner Funds; MS and JA were supported by Tohoku University–University College London (UCL) Matching Fund 2021; AU-L was supported by the María de Maeztu Excellence Unit 2023-2027 Ref. CEX2021-001201-M, funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Sustainability Science | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIN/CEX2021-001201-M | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | Composite indicators | es_ES |
dc.subject | Environmental sustainability | es_ES |
dc.subject | ESGAP | es_ES |
dc.subject | Japan | es_ES |
dc.subject | Strong sustainability | es_ES |
dc.title | Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2024 The Authors. | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 España | * |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01441-x | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11625-023-01441-x | |