Socioeconomic Environmental Policies And Evaluations In Regional Science

Author : Hiroyuki Shibusawa,Katsuhiro Sakurai,Takeshi Mizunoya,Susumu Uchida
Publisher : Springer
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811000997

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Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science by Hiroyuki Shibusawa,Katsuhiro Sakurai,Takeshi Mizunoya,Susumu Uchida Pdf

This book is a volume of essays celebrating the life and work of Yoshiro Higano, professor of Environmental Policy, Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Prof. Higano’s research strongly focuses on the comprehensive evaluation of resources and research content for decision science and engineering, including simulation modeling for environmental quality control, the evaluation of environmental remediation technologies, integrated river (lake) basin management, and synthesized environmental policy. Yoshiro Higano is the past president of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the current president of the Japan Section of the RSAI (JSRSAI). He also served as executive secretary for the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organizations (PRSCO). This edited volume covers a wide range of regional science approaches, theory, policy, evaluation, modeling, simulation, and practice. It is a valuable reference work for researchers, scholars, policy makers, and students in the field of regional science. The volume celebrates Prof. Higano’s contributions to the JSRSAI, PRSCO, and RSAI. Essay contributors include his former students and a wide array of regional scientists, each with a personal connection to Prof. Higano.

Author : D. Burkhardt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781468425208

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Environmental Assessment of Socioeconomic Systems by D. Burkhardt Pdf

Neglect of the relation between the socio-economic system and its natural environment has had detrimental consequences in the past, for example - the pollution of the natural environment (water, air and soil) by producing, using and consuming the products of our industrialized economy, - the forseeable exhaustion of natural resources by continuing the increase of industrial production. Most of the recent activities, both in research and in adminis tration, against these impacts have been technically oriented, with the aim of stimulating and introducing new technologies of produc tion and new products to diminish the environmental pollution. But these efforts, which are of course necessary, cannot be successful in approaching the aim - which should and must in the long-term view be defined as the development of society in balance with the natural environment. Therefore, in addition to an assess ment of technologies, emphasis should be put on an assessment of socio-economic systems. On di~~erent levels, individual and social preferences determine quantities and qualities of production and consumption using economical values, e.g., market prices as regula tors. Following this argumentation, an environment assessment of activities against pollution has especially to consider the social response to environmental impacts. Of course, this topic must be a subject of interdisciplinary research. The challenge concerned in this context is to increase the knowledge of the relationship between social, economic and tech nical subsets.

Author : Yoshiro Higano,Lily Kiminami,Kenichi Ishibashi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811645013

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New Frontiers of Policy Evaluation in Regional Science by Yoshiro Higano,Lily Kiminami,Kenichi Ishibashi Pdf

This book is especially valuable for its policy evaluation studies using both a theoretical model for policies carried out at national and regional levels and for gathering policy evaluation studies in diverse disciplines by empirical study. Policy analysis shown here employs theoretical models such as an international trade model, an optimal tariff, and spatial reorganization. At the same time, factors in well-being are taken into consideration with land development, changes in migration and local economies by natural disasters, validation of efficiency for emission control methods, the relationship between cyberspace and physical space in urban networks, and NPOs’ investment activities. The empirical research reported in this volume analyzes Japan, China, and Asian-Pacific cities. In the case of Japan, studies focus on the finances of local governments, the real estate industry, the role of consumer cooperatives in a food system, and agriculture and its productivity in hilly and mountainous areas. As well, the effects of industrial clusters in megacities and investment in high-speed railways and prediction of human behavior during an earthquake are studied. In China’s case, studies focus on food policy and the effect of ecology and environment on migration policy. For Asia-Pacific cities, studies show performance rankings of “super cities” in the region. The book defines the frontier of policy evaluation following a middle path between theoretical study and empirical study with regard to evaluation. In addition, the book contributes to an understanding of the relationship between the goals and targets of sustainable development. This book is highly recommended for graduate students, policymakers, and researchers concerned with policy evaluation.

Author : L Graham Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317900115

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Impact Assessment and Sustainable Resource Management by L Graham Smith Pdf

Firmly places impact assessment in the broader context of environmental planning, developing a much-needed integrative approach. The topics covered include: decision making and dispute resolution; the role of environmental law; public policy, administration and publication participation; the nature of planning; impact assessment methodology; the application of impact assessment to frontier developments; linear facilities and waste mana

Author : Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp,Roger Stough
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783950484625

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Quality and Inequality in Regional and Urban Systems by Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp,Roger Stough Pdf

In the aftermath of both ongoing globalisation (with both widening and deepening effects on countries, regions and cities) and structural changes resulting from the 2008 economic recession, regions and cities in our world are confronted with a different arena of players, performances and institutions. The challenges are formidable and numerous. Many regions and cities seem to resort to their indigenous strength, without much regard to other players in the field. This has enormous consequences for the competitive behaviour and profile of regional and urban actors but has at the same time deep impacts on the distribution of wealth, income and employment over and within countries, regions and cities. There is indeed much evidence that disparities among regions and in cities are increasing in this new force field. This special issue of REGION makes a solid scientific attempt (i) to map out the spatial consequences of recent transitions in growth trajectories of countries or regions, and (ii) to trace policy strategies and design effective policy information, to cope adequately with these new challenges. The present special issue does so by highlighting the new force field of regional and urban dynamics from three angles in the context of spatial quality and inequality. These will be briefly sketched below.

Author : José Maria de Ureña,Chia-Lin Chen,Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,Roger Vickerman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000370850

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Spatial Implications and Planning Criteria for High-Speed Rail Cities and Regions by José Maria de Ureña,Chia-Lin Chen,Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,Roger Vickerman Pdf

Spatial Implications and Planning Criteria for High-speed Rail Cities and Regions evaluates the varied experiences that HSR systems have brought about to different station-cities and their regional territories around the world, with an eye towards better future planning and policy of such systems. This edited volume draws from examples of high-speed rail operations in different cities in Europe and Asia to depict the various impacts of this major transportation infrastructure. It attempts to distinguish the short- and long-term impacts described in the literature, classifying them into regional and inter-urban effects, urban effects, and wider economic impacts. Planning challenges appear at two major points: 1) during the initial planning stage that includes the route and location of stations; and 2) during the development process that follows. The case studies in the book concentrate on a variety of topics from the impact of high-speed rail on population growth in some station-cities, to the regional economic impacts that an HSR system can bring about to the larger territories it passes through, to the potential of station-cities to better attract firms, or to experience increases in tourism and commerce. They also assess planning strategies and experiences from station-cities to draw lessons for future HSR planning policies. The Chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of European Planning Studies.

Author : Yasuhide Okuyama,Adam Rose
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030162375

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Advances in Spatial and Economic Modeling of Disaster Impacts by Yasuhide Okuyama,Adam Rose Pdf

This book presents essential advances in analytical frameworks and tools for modeling the spatial and economic impacts of disasters. In the wake of natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti Earthquake, and the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, as well as major terrorist attacks, the book analyzes disaster impacts from various perspectives, including resilience, space-time extensions, and decision-making strategies, in order to better understand how and to what extent these events impact economies and societies around the world. The contributing authors are internationally recognized experts from various disciplines, such as economics, geography, planning, regional science, civil engineering, and risk management. Thanks to the insights they provide, the book will benefit not only researchers in these and related fields, but also graduate students, disaster management professionals, and other decision-makers.

Author : Yoshiro Higano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 4431548211

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Environmental Management Policies and Technologies by Yoshiro Higano Pdf

This book integrates value balance, material balance and energy balance into the interaction model of socioeconomic activities and the environment, providing a comprehensive environmental policy and technology evaluation method accessible for planners and decision makers who must determine the most effective environmental remediation technologies and policies. It provides the intellectual groundwork indispensable for understanding the importance of taking the three balances into account when the optimal set of technologies and policies is decided. It offers, as well, an ecological institutional framework for sustainable development and construction of a low-carbon society. The topics addressed in this book include, inter alia, social versus private value balances and the necessity of environmental policies in motion; the need for evaluation of environmental impacts on all environmental media based on material balance; the necessity of differentiation between fossil versus non-fossil energy sources based on energy balance and improvement of the trade-off between economic development and conservation of the environment with adoption of advanced environmental remediation technologies and policies. These topics are illustrated by applying a comprehensive evaluation method to urgent environmental issues such as sustainable development compatible with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario in developing countries, the ecological institutional framework after COP3, an inclusive watershed management focusing on sustainable development, wide-ranging waste management and construction of a circular-oriented society. The book is highly recommended to readers who seek a comprehensive policy evaluation method for environmental remediation technologies adaptable to complex issues.

Author : Edward Glaeser,Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429892363

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Urban Empires by Edward Glaeser,Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp Pdf

We live in the ‘urban century’. Cities all over the world – in both developing and developed countries – display complex evolutionary patterns. Urban Empires charts the backgrounds, mechanisms, drivers, and consequences of these radical changes in our contemporary systems from a global perspective and analyses the dominant position of modern cities in the ‘New Urban World’. This volume views the drastic change cities have undergone internationally through a broad perspective and considers their emerging roles in our global network society. Chapters from renowned scholars provide advanced analytical contributions, scaling applied and theoretical perspectives on the competitive profile of urban agglomerations in a globalizing world. Together, the volume traces and investigates the economic and political drivers of network cities in a global context and explores the challenges over governance that are presented by mega-cities. It also identifies and maps out the new geography of the emergent ‘urban century’. With contributions from well-known and influential scholars from around the world, Urban Empires serves as a touchstone for students and researchers keen to explore the scientific and policy needs of cities as they become our age’s global power centers.

Author : Alexander E. Farrell,Jill Professor Jäger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136524172

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Assessments of Regional and Global Environmental Risks by Alexander E. Farrell,Jill Professor Jäger Pdf

As environmental challenges grow larger in scale and implications, it is increasingly important to apply the best scientific knowledge in the decisionmaking process. Editors Farrell and Jäger present environmental assessments as the bridge between the expert knowledge of scientists and engineers on the one hand and decisionmakers on the other. When done well, assessments have a positive impact on public policy, the strategic decisions of private firms, and, ultimately, the quality of life for many people. This book is the result of an international, interdisciplinary research project to analyze past environmental assessments and understand how their design influenced their effectiveness in bringing scientific evidence and insight into the decisionmaking process. The case studies in the book feature a wide range of regional and global risks, including ozone depletion, transboundary air pollution, and climate change. Assessments of Regional and Global Environmental Risks offers several important contributions. It provides a clear account of the choices faced in the design of environmental assessments and a clear description of the lessons learned from past assessments. It illustrates why assessments are social processes, not simply reports. And, while they identify no universal, one-size-fits-all design, the authors find that, to be effective, environmental assessments must be viewed by those who produce and use them as being salient; credible in their scientific support; and legitimate, or fair in design and execution.

Author : Amitrajeet A Batabyal,Peter Nijkamp
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789811267666

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Creative Class Revisited, The: New Analytical Advances by Amitrajeet A Batabyal,Peter Nijkamp Pdf

We are now at a point where 'analytical advances' permit researchers to theoretically and empirically formulate, model, and test many of the ideas pertaining to the working of Richard Florida's 'creative class' in interesting and new ways. The kind of advances we have in mind include, but are not limited to, recent developments in growth theory in economics, improvements in statistics and in regional science that permit researchers to analyze data in novel ways, and progress in computer science that allows researchers to take advantage of, for instance, natural language processing. The objective of this book is to demonstrate how new analytical advances permit one to have a richer and more nuanced understanding of the ways in which the creative class has functioned and the ways in which its abilities can be harnessed for the betterment of society at large.

Author : Masamichi Kawano,Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp,Yoshiro Higano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811666957

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Theory and History in Regional Perspective by Masamichi Kawano,Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp,Yoshiro Higano Pdf

This collection of essays presents insight and methodology that are highly relevant for readers today as they consider the future of the world they live in. Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, people have realized how fragile the current economy is and the necessity for reconstructing the socio-economic system. That system, which was considered the default for so long, was succeeded by the analytical framework of economics and regional science. The contents of this book are diversified, as are the achievements of Prof. Yasuhiro Sakai, to whom this volume is dedicated, and cover a wide area from mathematical and experimental economics to conventional and emerging fields of regional science. Some are timeless topics that have had new life breathed into them. Part I deals with, among other areas, risk management with uncertain events; the effectiveness and impacts of regulation and friction related to trading; the stability of strategic behavior and market equilibrium; and sustainable regional development and urban planning from the long-term perspective. Part II also presents a diversity of subjects, including input–output analysis and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling for internal as well as external structure and network linkage, such as a value chain; openness and creativity as related to competition among cities and regions; dispersion versus concentration; and inequality versus equality.

Author : Sohel Rana,Lily Kiminami,Shinichi Furuzawa
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811971150

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Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation for Sustainability by Sohel Rana,Lily Kiminami,Shinichi Furuzawa Pdf

This book aims to assess the roles of entrepreneurship and social innovation for socio-cultural changes. It also evaluates farmers’ performance in disaster risk management at a community level toward sustainable regional development in a rural haor region of Bangladesh. To achieve the purpose of the research, both a qualitative method (Trajectory Equifinality Modeling, TEM) and a quantitative method (Structural Equation Modeling, SEM) are introduced, based on the results of case studies on local entrepreneurs, interview and focus group discussions with stakeholders, and questionnaire surveys of farm households. First, the results clarify that social capital is critically important both for male and female entrepreneurs in the haor region, and that education is more important to women for empowerment and technology adoption in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the haor region of Bangladesh. In addition, it makes clear that the Common Interest Group approach plays a role for women’s empowerment in the target region. Furthermore, it identifies the multi-causal relationships among the factors affecting farm households’ performance in disaster risk management at the community level. This book helps readers to understand regional development through social and cultural transformation in a rural community where poverty and gender discrimination are path-dependent problems.

Author : Luciana Lazzeretti,Stefania Oliva,Niccolò Innocenti,Francesco Capone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000852493

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Rethinking Culture and Creativity in the Digital Transformation by Luciana Lazzeretti,Stefania Oliva,Niccolò Innocenti,Francesco Capone Pdf

This book discusses the role of digital technologies in the growth and development of cultural organizations and the creative sector. It includes contributions by authoritative scholars who address this topic through different perspectives, methodologies and approaches. The first part of the volume focusses on theoretical contributions that identify the main transformations caused by the digital revolution, the use of data, outlining new possible analytic frameworks and future lines of research. The second part of the volume presents empirical contributions applied to different fields in the study of the cultural and creative sectors. These range from analyses of traditional cultural organizations such as museums, the evolution of trajectories in the fashion industry, techno-creative communities, digital services for tourism, to cultural and creative industries and wealth and creative work. This edited volume will be of great value to scholars in the fields of Economics and Management including Economic Geography and Economic Development. Students and researchers interested in learning more about new technologies and their impact on cultural and creative sectors will also benefit from this book. This book was originally published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.

Author : Maurice L. Warner,Edward Henry Preston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Environmental impact analysis
ISBN : UIUC:30112028929385

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A Review of Environmental Impact Assessment Methodologies by Maurice L. Warner,Edward Henry Preston Pdf