Publications

There is a pressing need for sustainable development in Asia to realize more efficient use of resources and materials and to reduce the environmental impact of consumption and production activities. Promotion of 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) thorugh theintegration of policies on waste management and resource management, is one of the keys to...

Remarks: Asian Aspirations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012 http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=535

To discuss and cope with steadily increasing problems in waste management and how to advance the 3R initiative in South Asia, the South Asia 3R Expert Workshop was co-orgnized by IGES, ADB, UNEP, and ICIMOD in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was successful in achieving the multiple objectives of (1) in-depth discussion of solid waste management...

Remarks: Japanese version http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=747

The Asia 3R Conference was held in Tokyo, Japan on October 3oth - November 1st, 2006, hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. The Secretariat of the conference consisted of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies in Japan. There were 19 participating countries from Asia, 5 G8 member...

Environmental Business tends to be regarded as an industrial sector of market economy. However, the mainstream of Environmental Business does not exist in market economy, but in the third sector of community-based organizations, which is different from economies of private enterprises and governments. In fact, this trend is emerging in various...

Groundwater has been overexploited in some Asian cities, causing significant problems such as land subsidence. The resource is also under the threat of aquifer contamination. The SWMP project formulated 14 recommendations, beased on teh SWMP study aiming to achieve sustainable groundwater management in the Asian cities. The recommendations...

The Freshwater Resources Management Proejct at IGES has been carrying out research since 2004. The project comprises two man research components: Sustainable Water Management Policy (SWMP), and Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA). Remarks: A4 size leaflet (PR materials)

Many sustainable development studies have employed intergenerational social welfare functions based on dynamic utility optimisation models (RCK models), which were pioneered by Ramsey and elaborated by Cass and Koopmans. This line of studies, however, rarely scrutinise the relevance of the fundamental assumption that dynamic optimisation in RCK...

The reliable resource you need to improve farm profits without harming the environment. In most developing countires, farming is the best safety net against hunger, and keeping production costs under control without sacrificing crop yield is essential for survival. It presents up-to-date research, field studies, and practical applications from...