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Conference Proceeding

December 2017

Visions for nature and nature’s contributions to people for the 21st century Report

IPBES visioning workshop

The report presents the process in, and outputs from an IPBES visioning workshop, entitled "Visions for nature and nature's contributions to people for the 21st century" held in September 2017, which well captures the contributions from participants in the breakout groups and plenaries.

Book Chapter

March 2017

Disaster Risk Reduction: A Critical Approach

In The Routledge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation

From ancient civilizations to modern ‘ technological-driven’ societies, human history has shaped and been constantly reshaped by natural hazards. One of the several hypotheses behind the collapse of the great Indus Valley Civilization during 1800-1700 bc, is of a series of droughts followed by an eastward shift of the monsoon. Consequently...

Presentation

March 2018

Happiness of cities:Identifying sustainable long-term urban transition pathways - Expansive perspectives of climate change strategies interlinked with SDGs

Cities IPCC

Presentation focused on the development of SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic pathways) for city scale. The case studies of SSPs_ Tokyo and SSPs_Bhutan were presented.

PR, Newsletter or Other

March 2018

Workshop for Capacity Building on Climate Change Impact Assessments and Adaptation Planning in the Asia-Pacific Region: Advancing Practices in Climate Change Adaptation at National, Local, and Sectoral Levels

The workshop on Climate Change Impact Assessments and Adaptation Planning in the Asia-Pacific Region: Advancing Practices in Climate Change Adaptation at the National, Local, and Sectoral Levels was held in Manila, Philippines from January 31 to February 1, 2018 as part of the initiative of the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Japan...

Commentary (Op. Ed)

September 2017

How cities in Southeast Asia are acting on the SDGs ahead of their national governments

In Southeast Asia, national governments are busy incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into national development policies. But while central mandates for implementing the goals are expected to eventually “trickle down” to cities, this process is being slowed by the comprehensive nature of the goals, requiring significant...

Conference Paper

August 2017

A study on the impacts of industry transition under decarbonisation due to the technology innovation and carbon pricing on economy and GHG reduction

East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAAERE) 2017

The low-carbon technology innovation for climate change mitigation attracts increasing attention from both entrepreneurs and policymakers. The accelerated technology development is expected to achieve the stringent climate goals and reduce the costs. The existing sophisticated econometric models incorporate a mechanism in it that allows the economy...

Peer-reviewed Article

May 2018

Performance Evaluation of Pedestrian Facilities from Pedestrian and Vehicular User Perspectives

In Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies

Due to its significance for bringing the considerably benefit to the transportation network performance, the several initiatives has been proposed for evaluating and improving the pedestrian facilities. However, such efforts are generally conducted within the framework of walkability, which typically put the attention to the walker perspectives...

Peer-reviewed Article

May 2017

Perceptive insight into incentive design and sustainability of participatory mangrove management: a case study from the Indian Sundarbans.

In Journal of Forestry Research

Incentive design is among the decisive factors behind active community participation and long-term sustainability of participatory forest management. Especially in case of mangroves, where multiple interests apply, it requires a careful integration of several ecological, economic and institutional factors. The primary objective of this paper is to...

Peer-reviewed Article

June 2017

Determinants of water consumption: A cross-sectional household study in drought-prone rural India

In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Rural household water consumption has not been well-researched compared to urban water consumption, particularly in developing countries. Using cross-sectional household-level data from 330 villages in a drought-prone rural district of India, determinants influencing domestic water consumption are studied. Per capita water consumption is found to...

Commissioned Report

January 2018

A Comparative Analysis of Determinants of Energy Savings in the Transport and Residential Sectors in Bogor, Indonesia

Following the 2015 Paris Agreement, Indonesia joined a growing list of countries pledging to mitigate its greenhouse gases (GHGs) in a nationally determined contribution (NDC). Whether Indonesia will be able to achieve its proposed NDC reduction target of 29 percent (against a 2020 baseline) by 2030 will hinge on how effectively governments at...