Effectiveness of Incorporating the Concept of City Sustainability into Sustainability Education Programs

Akito Kinoshita, Koichiro Mori, Ernan Rustiadi, Shin Muramatsu and Hironori Kato
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Akito Kinoshita: Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tokyo 100-8918, Japan
Koichiro Mori: Faculty of Economics, Shiga University, Hikone 522-8522, Japan
Ernan Rustiadi: Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Shin Muramatsu: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
Hironori Kato: Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 17, 1-23

Abstract: This study developed a sustainability education program that incorporated the concept of city sustainability, delivered it to local university students in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (Jabodetabek), Indonesia, and then evaluated its effectiveness using questionnaire surveys. The educational materials consisted of a case story and scenario analysis report relating to city sustainability. The case story was a fictional narrative describing sustainability issues in Jabodetabek, in which the protagonist is the head of the local urban planning bureau. The scenario analysis provided three hypothetical scenarios regarding land-use patterns with predicted values of sustainability indicators in 2050. In January 2016, 46 students from Bogor Agricultural University participated in three workshops. Participants completed questionnaire surveys before and after the workshops. The results from the ordered probit models that were based on participants’ responses to 68 items of sustainability-related attitudes and perspectives showed that their participation in the workshops enhanced participants’ environmental concerns and their intention to take pro-sustainability actions. In addition, the participants tended to have a more balanced view on sustainability issues across economic, social, and environmental dimensions. This suggested that the sustainability education program focusing on city sustainability successfully enhanced the motivation of learners to contribute toward a more sustainable future.

Keywords: sustainability education program; city sustainability; education effect; case method; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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