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Peer-reviewed Article
In Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Author:
Jatan
Debnath
Jimmi
Debbarma
Amal
Debnath
Gowhar
Meraj
Kesar
Chand
Suraj Kumar
Singh
Shruti
Kanga
Dhrubajyoti
Sahariah
Anup
Saikia
Frequent floods are a severe threat to the well-being of people the world over. This is particularly severe in developing countries like India where tropical monsoon climate prevails. Recently, flood hazard susceptibility mapping has become a popular tool to mitigate the effects of this threat. Therefore, the present study utilized four distinctive...
Peer-reviewed Article
In CLIMATE POLICY
Author:
Molly
K. White
Although developing countries have compiled greenhouse gas inventories (GHGI) for over 20 years, improving national GHGI capacity remains a priority under the Paris Agreement. However, a global assessment of GHGI capacity status and change over time has not yet been conducted. By developing a quantifiable GHGI capacity and quality indices based on...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability Science
Author:
Augustin
Vaillant
Naoya
Abe
Different baseline endowments and circumstances among countries, including local events, have resulted in disparities in energy policy and status. Differences in energy status have caused countries to make various decisions, but with the implementation of grid interconnections, some countries elected to plan the development of their energy sector...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability
Author:
Precious
Agbeko Dzorgbe Mattah
Margaret
Fafa Awushie Akwetey
Abrokwah
Abrokwah
Prince
Prah
Domarine
Kwaboah Tuffour
Denis
Worlanyo Aheto
Suneetha
Subramanian
There is a general decline in biodiversity and the environment of coastal wetlands worldwide. Reasons for the decline obviously include overexploitation of wetland resources, climate change and industrialization, to mention but a few. This study used a purely qualitative approach using mainly focus group discussions (FDGs) in the framework of...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability Science
Author:
Jim
Falk
Peter H.
Gleick
Shinichiro
Asayama
Faten
Attig-Bahar
Swadin
Behera
Joachim
von Braun
Rita R.
Colwell
Ashok K.
Chapagain
Adel S.
El-Beltagy
Charles F.
Kennel
Masahide
Kimoto
Toshio
Koike
Agnes Asiimwe
Konde
Phoebe
Koundouri
Sameh Kotb Mohamed
Abd-Elmabod
Rattan
Lal
Yuan Tseh
Lee
Cherry A.
Murray
Vina
Nangia
Amy
Sapkota
Tatsuyoshi
Saijo
Ismail
Serageldin
Jean-François
Soussana
Kaoru
Takara
Thong
Tran
David
Victor
Chiho
Watanabe
Kevin
Wheeler
Tatsuzo
Yasunari
Critical hydrologic impacts from climate change: addressing an urgent global need
Peer-reviewed Article
In 日本LCA学会誌
Author:
征二
橋本
康之
近藤
寛樹
谷川
重定
高木
翔太郎
中西
友莉
谷口
本稿は、環境研究総合推進費(JPMEERF20193002)による研究成果の概要を報告するものである。当該研究では、第 1 に、物質ライフサイクルの 6 つの断面(環境からの資源投入、生産工程への原材料投入、生産工程での原材料利用、製品の使用、使用済み製品の処理、環境への廃物廃棄)に基づいて物質フロー・ストックの指標群を提案した。主要な素材について物質フローデータベースを構築し、主要な指標を適用してその有用性を示した。第 2 に、環境・経済・社会に対する統合的な取組を評価する手法を開発した。産業連関分析に基づく手法については、これを主要な資源循環の取組に適用し、その有用性を示した。また、「循環型社会ビジネスの市場規模」指標について、新たな対象事業とその分類を提案し、推計例を示した。第 3 に...