Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Regional Science in the Twenty-First Century
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   Chapter 2 The Sustainability of Demographic Progress Around the World
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   Chapter 3 Methodological Advances in Gibrat’s and Zipf’s Laws: A Comparative Empirical Study on the Evolution of Urban Systems
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   Chapter 4 How Can Cross-Sector Partnerships Be Made to Work Successfully? Lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign (1985–2010)
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   Chapter 5 Consumption and Environmental Awareness: Demographics of the European Experience
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   Chapter 6 Cultural Capital and Local Development Nexus: Does the Local Environment Matter?
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   Chapter 7 Who Wants More Open Space? Study of Willingness to Be Taxed to Preserve Open Space in an Urban Environment
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   Chapter 8 On Capital Taxation and Economic Growth and Welfare in a Creative Region
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    Chapter 9 Some Extensions to Interregional Commodity-Flow Models
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    Chapter 10 Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Through Revealed Policy Preferences: Exchange Rates Between Scientific Currencies
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    Chapter 11 Optimal International Investment Policy for the Sea Environment in East Asia: Case Study of the Sea of Japan
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    Chapter 12 Spatial Impacts of Endogenously Determined Infrastructure Investment
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    Chapter 13 Migration Responses to a Loss in Regional Amenities: An Analysis with a Multiregional CGE Model
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    Chapter 14 Valuing the Benefits of Cleaner Air in Jakarta Metropolitan Area
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    Chapter 15 Study of Fair Trade Products for Regional Development
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    Chapter 16 Social Public Spending in the Countries That Comprise the Andean Community of Nations (CAN)
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    Chapter 17 Global Backward and Forward Multiplier Analysis: The Case Study of Japanese Automotive Industry
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    Chapter 18 Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China: A Meta-analysis
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    Chapter 19 Statistical Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood in China
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    Chapter 20 Green Environment Social Economic System for Urban-Rural Integration
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    Chapter 21 Climate Change and Livelihood Adaptation Strategies of Farmers in Northern Bangladesh
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    Chapter 22 Nongovernment Organizations’ Contributions to Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of Women through Microcredit: Case of a Village in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh
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    Chapter 23 On Environmental Risk Management: The Interactions of Economic and Noneconomic Factors
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    Chapter 24 Product Design for Recycling and Recycling Industry
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    Chapter 25 Optimal Policy and the Threat of Secession
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    Chapter 26 Economic Impact of CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax in Electric Vehicle Society in Toyohashi City in Japan
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    Chapter 27 Initial Explorations into the Spatial Structure of the Japanese Regional Economies
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    Chapter 28 Rural and Agriculture Development in Regional Science
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    Chapter 29 Impact of Climate Change on Regional Economies Through Fluctuations in Japan’s Rice Production: Using Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial CGE Models
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    Chapter 30 Risk Evaluation of Social Decision Process: A Two-Stage Auction Game Model for Japanese Urban Redevelopment Procedure
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    Chapter 31 Preference Elicitation in Generalized Data Envelopment Analysis: In Search of a New Energy Balance in Japan
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    Chapter 32 Note on the Framework for Disaster Impact Analysis with Environmental Consideration
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    Chapter 33 Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles on Japan’s Regional Economy: Input–Output Model Approach
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    Chapter 34 Evaluation of the Water-Environment Policy in the Toyogawa Basin, Japan
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    Chapter 35 A Management Policy of Demand-Driven Service for Agricultural Water Use in Japan
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    Chapter 36 An Analysis on Social Benefit Derived by Introducing New Technology and Optimal Environmental Policy: Case Study in Lake Kasumigaura
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    Chapter 37 Promotion Policies for Sustainable Energy Technologies: Case Studies in Japan