Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science : Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Regional Science in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 3-8 The Sustainability of Demographic Progress Around the World....Pages 9-36 Methodological Advances in Gibrat’s and Zipf’s Laws: A Comparative Empirical Study on the Evolution of Urban Systems....Pages 37-59 How Can Cross-Sector Partnerships Be Made to Work Successfully? Lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign (1985–2010)....Pages 61-79 Consumption and Environmental Awareness: Demographics of the European Experience....Pages 81-102 Cultural Capital and Local Development Nexus: Does the Local Environment Matter?....Pages 103-124 Who Wants More Open Space? Study of Willingness to Be Taxed to Preserve Open Space in an Urban Environment....Pages 125-146 On Capital Taxation and Economic Growth and Welfare in a Creative Region....Pages 147-159 Some Extensions to Interregional Commodity-Flow Models....Pages 161-175 Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Through Revealed Policy Preferences: Exchange Rates Between Scientific Currencies....Pages 177-202 Optimal International Investment Policy for the Sea Environment in East Asia: Case Study of the Sea of Japan....Pages 203-224 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Spatial Impacts of Endogenously Determined Infrastructure Investment....Pages 227-247 Migration Responses to a Loss in Regional Amenities: An Analysis with a Multiregional CGE Model....Pages 249-277 Valuing the Benefits of Cleaner Air in Jakarta Metropolitan Area....Pages 279-297 Study of Fair Trade Products for Regional Development....Pages 299-308 Social Public Spending in the Countries That Comprise the Andean Community of Nations (CAN)....Pages 309-317 Global Backward and Forward Multiplier Analysis: The Case Study of Japanese Automotive Industry....Pages 319-337 Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China: A Meta-analysis....Pages 339-357 Statistical Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood in China....Pages 359-379 Green Environment Social Economic System for Urban-Rural Integration....Pages 381-393 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Climate Change and Livelihood Adaptation Strategies of Farmers in Northern Bangladesh....Pages 395-410 Nongovernment Organizations’ Contributions to Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of Women through Microcredit: Case of a Village in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh....Pages 411-425 Front Matter....Pages 427-427 On Environmental Risk Management: The Interactions of Economic and Noneconomic Factors....Pages 429-445 Product Design for Recycling and Recycling Industry....Pages 447-459 Optimal Policy and the Threat of Secession....Pages 461-477 Economic Impact of CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax in Electric Vehicle Society in Toyohashi City in Japan....Pages 479-502 Initial Explorations into the Spatial Structure of the Japanese Regional Economies....Pages 503-536 Rural and Agriculture Development in Regional Science....Pages 537-555 Impact of Climate Change on Regional Economies Through Fluctuations in Japan’s Rice Production: Using Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial CGE Models....Pages 557-580 Risk Evaluation of Social Decision Process: A Two-Stage Auction Game Model for Japanese Urban Redevelopment Procedure....Pages 581-599 Preference Elicitation in Generalized Data Envelopment Analysis: In Search of a New Energy Balance in Japan....Pages 601-618 Note on the Framework for Disaster Impact Analysis with Environmental Consideration....Pages 619-629 Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles on Japan’s Regional Economy: Input–Output Model Approach....Pages 631-649 Evaluation of the Water-Environment Policy in the Toyogawa Basin, Japan....Pages 651-666 A Management Policy of Demand-Driven Service for Agricultural Water Use in Japan....Pages 667-681 An Analysis on Social Benefit Derived by Introducing New Technology and Optimal Environmental Policy: Case Study in Lake Kasumigaura....Pages 683-710 Promotion Policies for Sustainable Energy Technologies: Case Studies in Japan....Pages 711-729 Annotation This volume of essays celebrates 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. Professor 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)