| プロジェクトタイトル | Ecotourism Model for Shiretoko Peninsula UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| 研究ユニット | Sustainability |
| 代表者 | Abhik Chakraborty |
| メンバー | 竹中 健（シマフクロウ環境研究会代表） |
| プロジェクト期間 | 2018年5月1日～2019年3月31日 |
| プロジェクト概要 | This project is a follow-up of the research project of 2017-18 supported by CTR, and aims to: (1) Implement a questionnaire survey at World Heritage Visitor Centers of Shiretoko Peninsula to understand visitor attitudes towards natural environment/conservation (2) Collect materials for an English guidebook/natural heritage explanation manual for international tourists The principal researcher will coordinate with the Ministry of the Environment and local specialists for both survey implementation and material collection for guidebook/manual. |
実績?成果
The project outcomes were published in an internationally peer reviewed journal on an open access format, and were reported in an international academic conference; making the achievement rate higher than initially expected. The target journal was changed to allow timely publication and the potential impact of open access.
- Peer Reviewed Publication: A Qualitative Exploratory Analysis of Ecological Integrity for Safeguarding World Natural Heritage Sites: Case Study of Shiretoko Peninsula, Japan. A. Chakraborty & T. Takenaka. Heritage 2019, 2(1), 898-919; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage2010060
- Peer Reviewed International Conference Presentation: ‘The problem of tourism sustainability in an age of global environmental change: Insights from Shiretoko World Heritage Site, Japan’. 3rd Asian Symposium on Sustainable Tourism for Development (AST4D 2019) held in Hiroshima, Japan from 22nd to 23rd March, 2019. * The paper was awarded as ‘The best abstract that conveys the conference themes and sustainability goals’.
In addition, a workshop with local collaborators and stakeholders were held at the Shiretoko Foundation, and a session with information exchange with the Ministry of the Environment’s Shiretoko Rausu Office was held during the project period.
［出版］Emplacing non-human voices in tourism research: the role of dissensus as a qualitative method
