The Political Ecology of Coastal Societies

英国和日本都通过与海洋的关系来定义自己的身份，并且都在努力应对海平面上升和气候变化的影响。这个新的研究网络将汇集英国和日本学者，为沿海社会的政治生态开发新的社会科学方法。我们的网络将研究两个主题。第一，围绕海藻收获的社会和政治背景，特别关注传统权利和建设“蓝色经济”的方法。其次，我们还将调查英国和日本基于社区的洪水管理和缓解系统的遗产，以确定最佳实践。这两个问题是相互关联的，是每个地区当局的核心关切。我们的网络将围绕两个网络研讨会和两个“范围活动”建立，英国和日本的研究人员将与利益相关者，管理人员一起匡威，并访问当地社区，以调查围绕一个主题设计重大研究项目的可能性。

Both the UK and Japan define their identity by their relationship to the sea and both have struggled with the effects of rising sea levels and climate change. This new research network will bring together British and Japanese scholars to develop new social science approaches to the political ecology of coastal societies. Our network will examine two topics. First, the social and political context surrounding the harvesting of seaweed, with special attention to traditional rights and methods of building a "blue economy". Second, we will also investigate the legacies of community-based flood management and mitigation systems in both UK and Japan with an eye to identifying best practice. Both issues are connected and of central concern to authorities in each area. Our network will build around two network seminars and two "scoping events" where British and Japanese researchers will together converse with stakeholders, managers, and visit local communities to investigate the possibility of designing a major research project around one or the topic.