Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science

Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Associate Professor, Toyohashi University of Technology, hiro-shibu@tut.jp, 1-1 Tempaku Toyohashi Aichi Japan 441-8580 Katsuhiro Sakurai, Associate Professor, Rissho University, k-sakurai@ris.ac.jp, 4-2-16 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8602, Japan Takeshi Mizunoya, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba, mizu@jsrsai.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572 Japan Susumu Uchida, Associate Professor, Ibaraki University, uchida@mx.ibaraki.ac.jp, 3-21-1 Chuo, Ami, Inashiki, Ibaraki, 300-0393 Japan

• Part I: Global perspectives.- 1 Regional Science in the 21st Century.- 2 The Sustainability of Demographic Progress around the World.- 3Methodological Advances in Gibrat's and Zipf’s Laws: A Comparative Empirical Study on the Evolution of Urban Systems.- 4 How Can Cross-sector Partnerships Be Made to Work Successfully? Lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign, 1985-2010.- 5 Consumption and Environmental Awareness: Demographics of the European Experience.- 6 Cultural Capital and Local Development Nexus: Does the Local Environment Matter?.- 7 Who Wants More Open Space? Study of Willingness to Be Taxed to Preserve Open Space in an Urban Environment.- 8 On Capital Taxation and Economic Growth and Welfare in a Creative Region.- 9 Some Extensions to Interregional Commodity-flow Models.- 10 Evaluation of Ecosystem Services through Revealed Policy Preferences – Exchange Rates between Scientific Currencies.- 11 Optimal International Investment Policy for the Sea Environment in East Asia: CaseStudy of the Sea of Japan.- Part II: Asia-Pacific perspectives.- 12 Spatial Impacts of Endogenously Determined Infrastructure Investment.- 13 Migration responses to a loss in regional amenities: an analysis with a multiregional CGE model.- 14Valuing the Benefits of Cleaner Air in Jakarta Metropolitan Area.- 15 Study of Fair Trade Products for Regional Development-Case of Bali Indonesia Bali.- 16 Social Public Spending in the Countries that Comprises The Andean Community of Nations (CAN).- 17 Global Backward and Forward Multiplier Analysis: The Case Study of Japanese Automotive Industry.- 18 Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China: A Meta-Analysis.- 19 The Statistical Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood in China.- 20 Green Environment Social Economic System for Urban-rural Integration.- 21 Climate Change and Livelihood Adaptation Strategies of Farmers in Northern Bangladesh.- 22 Non-Government Organizations' Contributions to Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of Women through Microcredit: Case of a Village in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh.- Part III: Japan perspectives.- 23 On Environmental Risk Management: The Interactions of Economic and Non-economic Factors.- 24 Product Design for Recycling and Recycling Industry.- 25 Optimal Public Policy under the Threat of Secession.- 26 Economic Impact of CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax in Electric Vehicle Society in Toyohashi City in Japan.- 27 Initial Explorations into the Spatial Structure of the Japanese Regional Economies.- 28 Rural and Agriculture Development in Regional Science.- 29 Impact of Climate Change on Regional Economies through Fluctuations in Japan’s Rice Production Using Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial CGE Model.- 30 Risk Evaluation of Social Decision Process: A Two-stage Auction Game Model for Japanese Urban Redevelopment Procedure.- 31 Preference Elicitation in Generalized Data Envelopment Analysis: In Search of a New Energy Balance in Japan.- 32 Note on the Framework for Disaster Impact Analysis with Environmental Consideration.- 33 Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles on Japan’s Regional Economy: Input-Output Model Approach.- 34 Evaluation of the Water-environment Policy in the Toyogawa Basin, Japan.- 35 A Management Policy of Demand-driven Service for Agricultural Water Use in Japan.- 36 An Analysis on Social Benefit Derivedby Introducing New Technology and Optimal Environmental Policy: Case Study in Lake Kasumigaura.- 37 Promotion Policies for Sustainable Energy Technologies: Case Studies in Japan.