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This paper closely analyzes the status of biomass utilization in Japan, and the approaches, programs and methods of national policy called “Biomass Nippon Strategy”. With Japan’s “Biomass Town Concept” developed under the Strategy and actual cases, it expounds the successful factors and suggests the actions which should also be considered in China...

In this policy report the authors have compiled and analysed the most recent data on waste generation and the national policies related with waste management and climate change in ten countries in Asia. The study found that many countries in the region are now paying more attention to solid waste management from the perspective of climate change...

This paper points out major problems associated with conventional accounting method of ecological footprint and provides a regional approach for ecological footprint calculation using the multi-regional input-output model and regional land use data. By accounting for the ecological footprints of China’s eight regions, this paper draws two...