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This paper examines whether waste-based ethanol production can contribute to the realisation of a sound material-cycle society and what facilitates and hinders the implementation, based on two case studies conducted in Japan. Each of the selected projects is recognised as being the first projects of its kind in the world: ethanol production from...

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...

Using China’s environmental statistical data set for the period 2001e2006, this paper presents an extensive empirical analysis of the relationships among citizens’ environmental complaints, pollution intensities, and socio-economic characteristics. We found that exposure to harmful pollutants significantly influence people’s complaint behaviors...

閉鎖性海域や沿岸域は、古来その自然的特徴や豊かな生態系により、人びとの活動の場となり、文化を育むなど人類に多大の恩恵をもたらせてきました。しかしながら、近年海面上昇や台風等の自然の力の増大など気候変動の影響が顕著になってきており、沿岸域はこれらの影響を最も受けやすい地域となっています。このため、気候変動に対する取組として、地方や国レベルから国際的にも、緩和策のみならず適応策の重要性が指摘され、その検討が進められています。また、アジア地域に代表されるように、沿岸域は人口の集中する地域であり、今後もその傾向は顕著になると見込まれています。 この様な背景から、沿岸域管理は、環境、防災、利用等について沿岸の陸域、海域を一体的にとらえたものとして...

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...

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...

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...