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This report describes and analyses the current situation of urban organic waste management in Cambodia through field surveys and interviews. The authors introduce various organic waste utilisation technologies that implemented in neighbouring and other developing Asian countries to assist technology selection. In addition, the authors provide...

In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), a growing demand for biofuels could help support the agriculture sector and provide an alternative source of energy. However, if deployed unsustainably, biofuels development can be associated with numerous risks that have negative ramifications for human development. This paper reviews existing literature and...

Remarks: Japanese version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2455

The conventional pricing mechanism used for electricity systematically hides huge investment risks which are embedded in the overall cost of production. Although consumers are often unaware of these risks, they present a large financial burden on the economy. This study applies the portfolio optimization concepts from the field of finance to...

This paper reviews climate change impacts and existing disaster risk management system in Japan and offers results of a structured questionnaire survey of the community leaders and disaster risk management personnel of Saijo city of Japan that assesses their perceptions about dealing with the extreme disasters by the existing disaster risk...