Environmental Economics and Computable General Equilibrium Analysis: Essays in Memory of Yuzuru Miyata (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (41))

This book addresses major issues such as a growing world energy demand, environmental degradation due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, and risk management of disastrous events such as pandemics, abnormal climate, and earthquakes. Using cutting-edge analytical tools, particularly computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling, the analyses are focused on a very wide range of policy-relevant economic questions for the Asia-Pacific region, especially for Japan, China, India, Vietnam, and smaller nations, including Brunei, Timor Leste, and Fiji. The first part considers (a) the effects of climate change on agriculture sectors, energy policies, and future GHG emission trends, (b) adaptation to climate changes in energy policy and its impacts on the economies, and (c) risk management of catastrophic events such as global pandemics. The second part examines (a) energy environmental issues, (b) economic impacts of natural disaster and depopulation, and (c) effects of informatics development on risk management, using CGE modelling and other methods in regional science fields. Contributors are internationally active leading CGE modellers and environmental economists. The book should be greatly beneficial for scholars and graduate students as well as policy makers who are interested in the economic effects and management of risks relating to climate change and disastrous events. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Evidence-Based Analysis of Issues in Environment, Energy, and Disaster Risks with CGE Models: An Introduction to Part I (John R. Madden)....Pages 3-12 Do Fertilizer and Electricity Subsidies Benefit Indian Farmers? A Hybrid Regional CGE Analysis with Back-of-the-Envelope Explanations (Peter B. Dixon, Maureen T. Rimmer, Rajesh Chadha, Devender Pratap, Anjali Tandon)....Pages 13-47 Can China Achieve over the Medium-Term Strong Economic Growth with Ambitious Targets for Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions? (Philip D. Adams, Xiujian Peng)....Pages 49-68 Analysing Policy Impact in Preparation for Post-Hydrocarbon Era of Brunei Darussalam (Tsue Ing Yap, Philip D. Adams, Janine M. Dixon)....Pages 69-92 Assessing the Economic Impacts of Changes in Crop Production Due to Climate Change and Adaptation in Vietnam (Nhi H. Tran, James A. Giesecke, Michael Jerie)....Pages 93-127 Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Internal Migration in Brazil (Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho, Mark Horridge)....Pages 129-151 Closing the Yield Gap in Livestock Production in Brazil: New Results and Emissions Insights (Leandro Stocco, Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho, Mark Horridge)....Pages 153-170 The Economic Impacts of UK Fiscal Policies and Their Spillover Effects on the Energy System (Andrew G. Ross, Grant Allan, Gioele Figus, Peter G. McGregor, Graeme Roy, J. Kim Swales et al.)....Pages 171-192 Modelling the Economic Impacts of Epidemics in Developing Countries Under Alternative Intervention Strategies (Nicholas Geard, James A. Giesecke, John R. Madden, Emma S. McBryde, Robert Moss, Nhi H. Tran)....Pages 193-214 Front Matter ....Pages 215-215 Critical Factors Affecting the Socio-economy of Japan: An Introductory Essay to Part II (Yoshiro Higano)....Pages 217-232 Energy Intensity and Population Density in Japan (Akihiro Otsuka)....Pages 233-252 Can Japanese Economy Grow Under Population Decline? Evidence from Dynamic Spatial CGE Model with Endogenous Growth Mechanism (Yoji Kunimitsu)....Pages 253-271 The General Perspective of Japanese Agricultural Policy That Appears from Rice Riots and Artificial Intelligence (Hideji Isomae)....Pages 273-281 Recovery Process of Municipal Economies After a Tsunami in Aichi Prefecture, Japan: A Dynamic Input–Output Approach (Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Ryota Hanaoka)....Pages 283-300 Spatial Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Regional Economies Through Japan’s Rice Production Changes and Innovative Food Industry Cluster: Using the Nine Interregional CGE Model (Suminori Tokunaga, Mitsuru Okiyama, Maria Ikegawa)....Pages 301-332 Environmental Regulation for Non-point Source Pollution in a Cournot Three-Stage Game (Akio Matsumoto, Keiko Nakayama, Makoto Okamura, Ferenc Szidarovszky)....Pages 333-347 Unexpected Natural Disasters and Regional Economies: CGE Analysis Based on Inter-regional Input–Output Tables in Japan (Hiroshi Sakamoto)....Pages 349-366 Survival Strategies of the Displaced People Due to Riverbank Erosion: A Study of Victims Living on the Bank of Padma River, Bangladesh (Md. Fakrul Islam, Md. Mosharof Hossain)....Pages 367-393 Gender and Age as Factors in Disaster Vulnerability: A Study of River Erosion Victims in Bogra District, Bangladesh (Wardatul Akmam, Shubhana Lina Hasin, Md. Fakrul Islam)....Pages 395-414