This is the first book to provide readers with a theoretical and empirical analysis of sustainable economic growth in Asian countries. Recently, most Asian countries have achieved rapid economic growth and their existence cannot be ignored in the world economy. However, these countries now face the serious problems that have confronted more developed countries such as environmental problems, social security and unemployment. Rapid economic growth has brought environmental pollution, regional disparities, and serious congestion due to insufficient infrastructure. Thus, it is necessary to...
This is the first book to provide readers with a theoretical and empirical analysis of sustainable economic growth in Asian countries. Recently, most ...
This volume presents the most robust and useful methodology for the measurement of the economic effects of public investments. This methodological approach solves inherent defects of the traditional methodology, namely, an ad hoc application of the cost---benefit ratio analysis based on a simple summation of itemized economic effects on public investment criteria. In particular, it comprehensively solves (1) leakage and duplication of economic effects calculated; and (2) arbitrariness of the public investment choice set. The methodology adopts the general and dynamic simulation approach and...
This volume presents the most robust and useful methodology for the measurement of the economic effects of public investments. This methodological app...
The main object of this book is to explain some of the mechanisms of integration and secession among regions from the point of view of game theory. To attain this goal, the incentives of regions in a country to unite or to secede and the conditions in the way for the member countries of a federation to leave peacefully are examined. Tensions over secession have become more and more serious, including separatist tensions in China, India, Iraq, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Studies included in this book stress differing preferences in the type of policy in each region and the influence of a third...
The main object of this book is to explain some of the mechanisms of integration and secession among regions from the point of view of game theory. To...
This book addresses two general questions that have arisen as a result of the uneven rise of the various Asian economies in contemporary times. First, to lift people out of poverty and to improve the quality of their lives, how do we institute policies that will ensure economic growth in the different regions of Asia? Second, what can we do to ensure that the economic growth we seek is sustainable so that the regional economic development that emerges is broad-based, inclusive, and environmentally conscious? Specifically, this edited book will provide a unified perspective on regional...
This book addresses two general questions that have arisen as a result of the uneven rise of the various Asian economies in contemporary times. Fir...
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...
This book is a volume of essays celebrating the life and work of Yoshiro Higano, professor of Environmental Policy, Doctoral Program in Sustainable...
This book provides a contemporary regional science perspective on population change, and its socio-economic consequences, in the Asia Pacific region. The authors, experts in the field of population studies, provide unique viewpoints from the perspective of regional science, drawing together many different disciplines with the common focus on understanding how regional dynamics impacts on today s globalized world. The topics addressed in this book include: broad demographic trends across the Asia-Pacific region, assessment of population decline and spatial distribution using cases from...
This book provides a contemporary regional science perspective on population change, and its socio-economic consequences, in the Asia Pacific region. ...
This book focuses on the application of newly innovated analytical tools for sustainable development on regional economic and environmental issues in Korea. With a range of case studies, the authors explore a series of theoretical models and empirical methods including spatial CCE Model, multiregional Input-Output and econometric analysis, logit model, contingent valuation method, GIS, sample selection model, machine learning technique, stochastic frontier analysis, and panel analysis. These models and methods are tailored to spatial development issues such as agglomeration, clustering and...
This book focuses on the application of newly innovated analytical tools for sustainable development on regional economic and environmental issues in ...
The purpose of this book is to discuss the relationship between information and distribution, with special reference to the role of the merchant in a market economy under conditions of risk and uncertainty. By working with simple models of the market economy and conducting a sequence of comparative analyses, the authors shed new light on an important yet rather neglected area in economics.
In a historical perspective, the merchants of Ohmi, the former name of Shiga Prefecture in western Japan, are known to have put great faith in the principles of Sampo Yoshi or the...
The purpose of this book is to discuss the relationship between information and distribution, with special reference to the role of the merchant in...
This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement projection approaches in data envelopment analysis (DEA). The DFM model can produce a most effective solution in efficiency improvement projections for inefficient spatial entities (decision-making units). The book provides a set of fresh contributions to a quantitative assessment of the performance of such policy entities. First it offers a state-of-the art overview of current DEA models and approaches, followed by the operational design of...
This is the first book to fully introduce a newly developed distance friction minimization (DFM) model, which is one of the new efficiency improvement...
