Exhaustion of a natural resource stock may be a rational choice for an individual and/or a community, even if a sustainable use for the resource is feasible and the resource users are farsighted and well informed on the ecosystem. We identify conditions under which it is optimal not to sustain...

We assume that people value employment not only to earn income to satisfy their consumption needs but also as a means of community/social involvement that provides socio-psychological (non-pecuniary) benefits. We show that the latter incentive can encourage full employment harvesting resources...

Knowledge Integration and Open Social Innovation for Sustainable Development -- Reconstruction under Nuclear Disaster and Making Resilient Society in Fukushima -- Rural Development in Japan -- Sustainable Development Goals from the Perspective of Photographic Archives: A Case Study on...