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Training Needs Assessment Meeting
Capacity building and training has been one of the neglected areas of governance in the Asia-Pacific region often termed as 'by the disposable for the disposable'. This has led to poor planning and investments in capacity building leading to poor capacities at all levels. This has relevance to climate change adaptation where various stakeholders...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
Peer-reviewed Article
In Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation
This paper provides an overview of academic discussions and actual progress of a carbon tax policy in Japan, China and Republic of Korea located in Northeast Asia. Opportunities and barriers of introducing this policy in the region are identified by a comparative analysis of available information. The overview confirms the great importance of...
Conference Proceeding
International Experts Workshop on International Framework and Co-benefits Approach to Promote Air Pollution Control in East Asia 2011
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ERIA Working Group Meeting for 3R Policies in East and Southeast Asia
Peer-reviewed Article
In Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
This paper discusses environmental complaints made by citizens living close to industrial polluters in China. Data collected from a questionnaire survey in Suzhou City is used for the analysis. The results confirm a marginal level of citizen environmental complaints in the study area at present. Meaningful findings include the fact that citizens...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Business Strategy and the Environment
This paper explores the green supply chain management (GSCM) of companies based in the Yangtze River Delta, China. The companies' overall GSCM practice level (LGSCM) is measured by using the data from 165 valid respondents in a questionnaire survey conducted during April and May 2009. The relationships between LGSCM and the classified determinant...
Presentation
Second National Forum on Climate Change Cambodia
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainable Development
Green purchasing (GP) is an important part of sustainable consumption, which reduces the impact of society on the environment. As few studies of people’s GP behaviours exist for China, this paper tries to close the gap by exploring GP behaviours of urban residents in Suzhou city, Jiangsu Province. A total of 336 valid samples in a questionnaire...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Ecological Economics
The calculation of national ecological footprints usingworld average productivities can lead to biased results due to the neglect of spatial variation in in-situ ecological impacts. To address this issue,we apply a regional approach to generate ecological footprints based on the multi-region input–output model. This method enables us to trace the...