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The assessment of mitigation targets is particularly important to provide mitigation opportunities for all stakeholders within a country. This paper assessed the mitigation ambition of Japan’s 2030 emission reduction target determined by nationally determined contribution (NDC) for the Paris Agreement based on the comparison of main drivers for CO2...

A new method for classifying land cover features in high resolution satellite imagery was developed. The method involves (1) performing image segmentation to delineate homogeneous ground objects in the image, and (2) using a convolutional neural network classifier to extract the land cover of the segments (i.e. whether they represent buildings...

巻頭言「水資源分野で求められる超学際的研究」

Today, 54% of the world’s population live in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050. Major cities and municipalities in the region rely either fully or partially on groundwater. Four highly relevant Asian cities (Bangkok, Bandung, Ho Chi Minh and Lahore) were selected which bear groundwater dependency in the range of...

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...

Biofuels and Sustainability: Holistic Perspective for Policy-making

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日本の高度経済成長期であった1970年代から1980年代は、国内における輸入木材の需要が大きく、インドネシアは重要な木材の供給国であった。このような背景から、当時の案件は産業育成としての林業開発の案件が多かった。1990年代から気候変動と生物多様性問題への国際的な関心が高まり、これらの環境課題の解決に向けて、インドネシアの熱帯林保全の重要性が認識され始めた。このため、1990年代後半以降、生物多様性保全、気候変動対策の視点からプロジェクトが形成されることが多くなった（1990年以前は、生物多様性、気候変動と名の付いた案件はなかったが、1990年以降、生物多様性関連案件は13件、気候変動関連案件は12件程度ある）。 自然環境保全（森林） 日本の協力により、森林保護...

This paper summarises the results of a literature review, examines the status of MSWM in the Philippines, makes some efforts to estimate the SLCP emissions in the country’s waste sector based on available data, and offers preliminary projections. The paper includes six sections. After a brief introduction in Section 1, background information on...

Southeast Asia energy demand, which increased by 60% in the past fifteen years, is expected to further rise by two-thirds over the next twenty years, thus accounting for one-tenth of global energy demand by 2040.The investments needed to meet a growing energy demand in the ASEAN region will call for the mobilisation of both the public and the...