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With the development of globalisation and the emergence of global environmental issues such as climate change, China has become an important country in many multi-regional economic analysis models, such as the multi-region input-output models and the CGE (computable general equilibrium) models. Since China has large regional disparity in terms of...

This book chapter described the methodology to link a country's interregional input-output table with an international input-output table. The case of China's interregional input-output table and the Asian International Input-Output Table are used as an example to build such a link. In particular, the bilateral trade of China and Japan are used to...

This paper closely analyzes the status of biomass utilization in Japan, and the approaches, programs and methods of national policy called “Biomass Nippon Strategy”. With Japan’s “Biomass Town Concept” developed under the Strategy and actual cases, it expounds the successful factors and suggests the actions which should also be considered in China...

This paper points out major problems associated with conventional accounting method of ecological footprint and provides a regional approach for ecological footprint calculation using the multi-regional input-output model and regional land use data. By accounting for the ecological footprints of China’s eight regions, this paper draws two...

Current national GHG inventory which is based on producer responsibility does not consider emissions embodied in international trade. According to the Kyoto Protocol, industrialised countries have committed to collectively reduce their GHG emissions to an average of 5% against 1990 levels over the period 2008-2012. The Protocol does not commit...

A Comparative Study on Environmental Education between Countries toward Low-carbon, Green Growth This study aims for reference to build the future environmental education policy in Korea, by comparing and understanding recent trends in environmental education in various countries related intimately with Korea. Research has been carried out from...

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