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