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Training or Learning Material

March 2024

Usage manual and characteristic of soap-based fire fighting foam in English and Indonesian

March 2024

How to Use the Soap-based Fire Fighting Foam

IGES has been collaborating with Shabondama Soap., Ltd., the City of Kitakyusu, the University of Kitakyushu, and the University of Palangka Raya to implment the SDGs Verification Survey funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), titled as "Disseminating Japanese Technologies to Extinguish Forest and Peatland Fire Using...

Keywords:

climate change

Climate change mitigation

forest

forest fire

peatland

Indonesia

Commissioned Report

January 2024

Final Report Japan - IURC Asia & Australasia Project no. PI/2020/419/-885

This is the final report of the city-to-city collaboration between EU cities (including one from the UK) and Japanese cities under the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Asia and Australasia. During 2021-2023, thirteen EU cities (including one UK city) from ten countries and ten Japanese cities participated in the project and...

Presentation

December 2023

インドネシア森林・泥炭地火災の消火技術普及・実証事業

第15回持続可能なアジア太平洋に関する国際フォーラムのポスターセッションにて発表

インドネシアの中央カリマンタン州において実施している「環境配慮型石けん系泡消火剤を用いた森林・泥炭地火災の消火技術普及・実証事業」に関する活動概要である。シャボン玉石けん株式会社、北九州市立大学、北九州市消防局、地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）が、パランカラヤ大学をカウンターパートとして、国際協力機構（JICA）のSDGsビジネス支援事業として、2023年5月～2025年5月において実施している。シャボン玉石けんが開発した石けん系泡消火剤の消火性能、環境性能、社会経済性を実証するとともに、現地に適合した普及方法を調査している。本ポスターは、IGES主催の「第15回持続可能なアジア・太平洋国際フォーラム」（2023年12月に、於：横浜）のポスターセッションにおいて発表された。

Keywords:

気候変動

森林

PR, Newsletter or Other

September 2022

川崎脱炭素戦略の行方（下）住民の意識改革カギ：太陽光義務化や地域電力　モデル地区選び推進

日本経済新聞

「川崎脱炭素戦略の行方（下）住民の意識改革カギ：太陽光義務化や地域電力　モデル地区選び推進」川崎市が環境都市に生まれ変わるには京浜工業地帯の脱炭素化だけでなく、住民の意識改革が欠かせない。市は太陽光パネルの設置義務化やモデル地区をつくることで、住民の行動変容を促そうとしている。来年度施行へ川崎市は7月末、環境審議会の脱炭素部会を開き、市内で新築する住宅への太陽光発電設備の設置義務化に向けた素案を示した。設置義務化の方針を表明している東京都の制度案を参考に、規模が大きい建物だけでなく、... （日本経済新聞の記事のページ：https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO64414520W2A910C2L72000/）...

Keywords:

Solar PV

local climate action

Policy development

Commissioned Report

March 2022

令和３年度都市間連携の促進等を通じた都市の脱炭素化支援委託業務報告書

今年度の本事業では、都市間連携事業を通じた日米連携による第三国の脱炭素支援の推進するため情報収集、情報発信を行うウェブサイトの構築・拡充、また、 post コロナ・ with コロナにおける社会変容を捉まえたうえでの環境インフラ導入等の議論を行うための国際フォーラムを開催した。これらに加え、都市間連携事業パンフレット等の作成、ウェブサイトを通じた情報発信を行う等、 post コロナ・ with コロナにおける脱炭素都市のあり方について検討を行い、脱炭素・低炭素化事業の案件形成や制度構築支援の強化・推進に努めた。

Peer-reviewed Article

September 2021

The impact of high-speed rail on the trajectories of shrinking cities: the case of the extension of the Shinkansen network in northern Japan

In INTERNATIONAL PLANNING STUDIES

As more countries witness depopulation, the expansion of High-Speed Rail (HSR) to reach shrinking cities in peripheral regions is renewing the debate on the effects of this infrastructure. This is the case in Japan, a country that continues to extend its highly developed HSR network hoping to curb regional decline. This paper investigates whether...

Keywords:

Shrinking Cities

High-speed Rail

Shinkansen

Conference Paper

August 2021

But There is Nothing Here, Is There? New Mobilities as an Agent for Sustainable Development in a Postgrowth Society: The Case of Imabetsu, Aomori.

16th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies

Japan’s severe population decline is seriously threatening the sustainability of many of the country’s municipalities. In a desperate run for survival, all levels of government have hurried to apply strategies aiming at stopping decay and the development of new infrastructure is met with particularly high expectations for new prosperity. That is...

Keywords:

Shinkansen

Shrinking Cities

Sustainable Planning

Conference Paper

June 2021

The Impact of High-Speed Rail on the Trajectories of Shrinking Cities: The Case of the Extension of the Shinkansen Network in Northern Japan.

Regional Studies Association: Regions in Recovery, Building Sustainable Futures. Global E-Festival

While shrinkage has been a debated topic in regional studies in the last decade, the shock brought by Covid-19 on the global economy adds further concerns for cities and regions already suffering from depopulation. As a result, a review of existing planning approaches and policies is necessary to inform change and support the future of cities and...

Keywords:

Shrinking Cities

High-speed Rail

Sustainable Planning

Book

February 2021

Renewable Energy Transition in Asia: Policies, Markets and Emerging Issues

The Asian countries have diverse economic profiles, energy consumption patterns, greenhouse emissions, climatic conditions and socio-political landscapes. These dynamics bring into focus that drawing a uniform framework to define the energy transition process for the region is a difficult task. Keeping in view of this reality, this book identifies...

Keywords:

Co-innovation

Conference Proceeding

September 2020

Revitalising Peripheral Areas Based on the Regional-CES Concept: Application to Imabetsu Town, Aomori

Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan

By reflecting on the case of Imabetsu, this paper explores alternative mechanisms to cope with shrinkage while striving for transitioning to more sustainable development pathways. It argues that rather than fighting against decline, the town should embrace its smaller size while looking within to find alternative ways to sustain the local community...