Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science: Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano

722 Pages·2017·15.95 MB·English

by  Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Katsuhiro Sakurai, Takeshi Mizunoya, Susumu Uchida (eds.)

New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives 24
Hiroyuki Shibusawa
Katsuhiro Sakurai
Takeshi Mizunoya
Susumu Uchida E ditors
Socioeconomic
Environmental
Policies and
Evaluations in
Regional Science
Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano
New Frontiers in Regional Science:
Asian Perspectives
Volume 24
EditorinChief
YoshiroHigano,UniversityofTsukuba
ManagingEditors
MakotoTawada(GeneralManagingEditor),AichiGakuinUniversity
KiyokoHagihara,BukkyoUniversity
LilyKiminami,NiigataUniversity
EditorialBoard
SakaiYasuhiro(AdvisorChiefJapan),ShigaUniversity
YasuhideOkuyama,UniversityofKitakyushu
ZhengWang,ChineseAcademyofSciences
YuzuruMiyata,ToyohashiUniversityofTechnology
HiroyukiShibusawa,ToyohashiUniversityofTechnology
SaburoSaito,FukuokaUniversity
MakotoOkamura,HiroshimaUniversity
MorikiHosoe,KumamotoGakuenUniversity
BudyPrasetyoResosudarmo,CrawfordSchoolofPublicPolicy,ANU
Shin-KunPeng,AcademiaSinica
GeoffreyJohnDennisHewings,UniversityofIllinois
EuijuneKim,SeoulNationalUniversity
SrijitMishra,IndiraGandhiInstituteofDevelopmentResearch
AmitrajeetA.Batabyal,RochesterInstituteofTechnology
YizhiWang,ShanghaiAcademyofSocialSciences
DanielShefer,Technion-IsraelInstituteofTechnology
AkiraKiminami,TheUniversityofTokyo
AdvisoryBoard
PeterNijkamp(Chair,ExOfficioMemberofEditorialBoard),FreeUniversityAmsterdam
RachelS.Franklin,BrownUniversity
MarkD.Partridge,OhioStateUniversity
JacquesPoot,UniversityofWaikato
AuraReggiani,UniversityofBologna
NewFrontiersinRegionalScience:AsianPerspectives
Thisseriesisaconstellationofworksbyscholarsinthefieldofregionalscienceand
inrelateddisciplinesspecificallyfocusingondynamisminAsia.
Asia is the most dynamic part of the world. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore
experiencedrapidandmiracleeconomicgrowthinthe1970s.Malaysia,Indonesia,
and Thailand followed in the 1980s. China, India, and Vietnam are now rising
countries in Asia and are even leading the world economy. Due to their rapid
economic development and growth, Asian countries continue to face a variety of
urgentissuesincludingregionalandinstitutionalunbalancedgrowth,environmental
problems, poverty amidst prosperity, an ageing society, the collapse of the bubble
economy,anddeflation,amongothers.
Asian countries are diversified as they have their own cultural, historical, and
geographicalaswellaspoliticalconditions.Duetothisfact,scholarsspecializingin
regionalscienceasaninter-andmultidisciplinehavetakenleadingrolesinproviding
mitigatingpolicyproposalsbasedonrobustinterdisciplinaryanalysisofmultifaceted
regionalissuesandsubjectsinAsia.Thisseriesnotonlywillpresentuniqueresearch
resultsfromAsiathatareunfamiliarinotherpartsoftheworldbecauseoflanguage
barriers,butalsowillpublishadvancedresearchresultsfromthoseregionsthathave
focusedonregionalandurbanissuesinAsiafromdifferentperspectives.
The series aims to expand the frontiers of regional science through diffusion of
intrinsicallydevelopedandadvancedmodernregionalsciencemethodologiesinAsia
andotherareasoftheworld.Readerswillbeinspiredtorealizethatregionalandurban
issuesintheworldaresovastthattheirestablishedmethodologiesstillhavespacefor
developmentandrefinement,andtounderstandtheimportanceoftheinterdisciplinary
andmultidisciplinaryapproachthatisinherentinregionalscienceforanalyzingand
resolvingurgentregionalandurbanissuesinAsia.
Topicsunderconsiderationinthisseriesincludethetheoryofsocialcostandbenefit
analysis and criteria of public investments, socioeconomic vulnerability against
disasters,foodsecurityandpolicy,agro-foodsystemsinChina,industrialclustering
inAsia,comprehensivemanagementofwaterenvironmentandresourcesinariver
basin,theinternationaltradeblocandfoodsecurity,migrationandlabormarketin
Asia,landpolicyandlocalpropertytax,informationandcommunicationtechnology
planning, consumer “shop-around” movements, and regeneration of downtowns,
amongothers.
Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttp://www.springer.com/series/13039
Hiroyuki Shibusawa • Katsuhiro Sakurai
Takeshi Mizunoya • Susumu Uchida
Editors
Socioeconomic
Environmental Policies
and Evaluations in Regional
Science
Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano
123
Editors
HiroyukiShibusawa KatsuhiroSakurai
ToyohashiUniversityofTechnology RisshoUniversity
Toyohashi,Aichi,Japan Shinagawa-ku,Tokyo
Japan
TakeshiMizunoya
UniversityofTsukuba SusumuUchida
Tsukuba,Ibaraki IbarakiUniversity
Japan Inashiki,Ibaraki
Japan
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Preface
This book is a volume of essays celebrating the life and work of Yoshiro Higano,
ProfessorofEnvironmentalPolicy,DoctoralPrograminSustainableEnvironmental
Studies, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of
Tsukuba. Japan. Prof. Higano’s research strongly focuses on the comprehensive
evaluation ofresourcesandresearchcontentfordecisionscienceandengineering,
includingsimulationmodelingforenvironmentalqualitycontrol,theevaluationof
environmentalremediationtechnologies,integratedriver(lake)basinmanagement,
andsynthesizedenvironmentalpolicy.
Prof. Yoshiro Higano has provided long and outstanding services to the devel-
opmentandorganizationoftheRegionalScienceAssociationInternational(RSAI),
the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organizations (PRSCO), and the Japan
SectionoftheRSAI(JSRSAI).Prof.Higanoservedasthevice-presidentofRSAI
from2008to2010andthepresidentofRSAIfrom2010to2012.Hemadeefforts
as the executive secretary of PRSCO from 1998 to 2010. He supported the devel-
opment and the organization of Regional Science in Pacific Rim area and Japan.
ThelocalsectionsofChile,Colombia,andBangladeshwereestablishedandwere
jointedtoPRSCOandRSAI.InChina,threeinternationalconferencesoftheRSAI
onRegionalScienceandSustainableRegionalDevelopmentweresuccessfullyheld
with his strong support. Prof. Higano organized pacific conferences of RSAI and
PRSCOsummerinstituteswhichwereheldinTokyo(1983),inTsukuba(1996),in
Nagoya (1998), in Tokyo (2005), and the world congress of RSAI held in Tokyo
(1996).
Prof.HiganosupportedthehumannetworkintheRSAIworldbyofferingmany
partiesandsocialandprivateevents.HeinvitedmanyRSAIcolleaguestoJSRSAI
meetings. He provided genuine hospitality for RSAI development. In Japan, Prof.
Higano organized and supported many local conferences as the JSRSAI executive
director. Many young scholars and students were brought up by his powerful
support. He contributed greatly to the progress of JSRSAI for long time. He also
servedasthepresidentofJSRSAIfrom2012to2016.
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Thiseditedvolumecoversawiderangeofregionalscienceapproaches,theory,
policy, evaluation, modeling, simulation, and practice. It is a valuable reference
workforresearchers,scholars,policymakers,andstudentsinthefieldofregional
science. This volume celebrates Prof. Higano’s contributions to the JSRSAI,
PRSCO,andRSAI.Essaycontributorsincludehisformerstudentsandawidearray
ofregionalscientists,eachwithapersonalconnectiontoProf.Higano.
Three parts of this book from RSAI, PRSCO, and JSRSAI contributors are
devoted to Prof. Higano. In Part I, contributors are discussing topics of regional
science in view of global region (except Asia-Pacific and Japan). In Part II,
contributorsexaminesawiderangeoftopicsofsocial,economic,andenvironmental
issuesinAsia-Pacificregions.InPartIII,topicsarefocusedonurbanandregional
economyandtheenvironmentalandenergyissuesinJapan.
PartI:GlobalPerspectives
Antoine Bailly and Lay Gibson (Chapter “Regional Science in the Twenty-First
Century”)giveadirectiontoanewregionalscience.Theyproposenewdimension
forestablishingthenewregionalscience.
DavidPlane(Chapter“TheSustainabilityofDemographicProgressAroundthe
World”) examines the concept of demographic progress and speculates about the
typesofregionalscienceandpopulationgeographicresearchthatwillbecritically
neededaswetransitionintoapost-demographictransitionworld.
Marco Modica, Aura Reggiani, and Peter Nijkamp (Chapter “Methodological
Advances in Gibrat’s and Zipf’s Laws: A Comparative Empirical Study on the
Evolution of Urban Systems”) explore the methodological advances in Gibrat’s
and Zipf’s law. They examine empirical experiments based on case studies on the
dynamicsoftheurbanpopulationoffivecountries:Botswana,Germany,Hungary,
Japan,andLuxembourg.
Peter Batey (Chapter “How Can Cross-Sector Partnerships Be Made to Work
Successfully? Lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign (1985–2010)”) gives
lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign. The experience of public-private vol-
untary partnership in the United Kingdom over 25 years is discussed as a former
leader.Factorsforsuccessfulpartnershipareshown.
Philip Morrison and Ben Beer (Chapter “Consumption and Environmental
Awareness: Demographics of the European Experience”) address the relationship
betweentheconsumer’sageandtheirlevelofenvironmentalawarenesstheybring
totheirconsumptiondecisions.Theirstudyisbasedonalargesamplesurveyfrom
28countriesacrossEurope.
Roberta Capello and Giovanni Perucca (Chapter “Cultural Capital and Local
Development Nexus: Does the Local Environment Matter?”) discuss the relation-
ship between tangible cultural capital and regional development. They show the
impact of tangible cultural elements, physical cultural heritage, and the cultural
industry,ontheeconomicgrowthofItalianNUTS2regions.
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Chunhua Wang, Jean-Claude Thill, and Ross Meentemeyer (Chapter “Who
WantsMoreOpenSpace?StudyofWillingnesstoBeTaxedtoPreserveOpenSpace
inanUrbanEnvironment”)examinepeople’swillingnesstosupporttaxincreasefor
thepreservationofopenspaceinafast-growingurbanareabasedontheadataset
collectedthroughasurveyconductedintheCharlotte,NorthCarolina,USA.
Amitrajeet Batabyal (Chapter “On Capital Taxation and Economic Growth and
WelfareinaCreativeRegion”)studiestheeffectsofphysicalcapitalorinvestment
income taxation on economic growth and welfare in a creative region. A creative
regionisdescribedbytheRamsey-Cass-Koopmansmodel.
KieranDonaghy(Chapter“SomeExtensionstoInterregionalCommodity-Flow
Models”)introducesseveralextensionstoextantcommodity-flowmodels,including
explicittreatmentoftradeinintermediategoods,so-calledneweconomicgeography
behavioralfoundationsforproductionandinterindustryandinterregionaltrade,and
endogenousdeterminateofcapitalinvestmentandemployment.
Tomaz Ponce Dentinho (Chapter “Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Through
Revealed Policy Preferences: Exchange Rates Between Scientific Currencies”)
proposes a methodology able to estimate the decision rules revealed by public
choicebycombiningecological,environmental,socialandeconomicvaluationsand
applied for three types of decision, the designs of a terrestrial protected area, land
useplanandamarineprotectedareasinislandsofPortugal.
KatsuhiroSakurai(Chapter“OptimalInternationalInvestmentPolicyfortheSea
EnvironmentinEastAsia:CaseStudyoftheSeaofJapan”)discussesemissionof
land-based water pollutants created by socioeconomic activity in the coastal area
(Japan,China,SouthKorea,andRussia)oftheSeaofJapanbyusingamultiregional
socioeconomic environmental system model. He derived the optimal international
investmentpolicyandtheemissionreductionrate.
PartII:Asia-PacificPerspectives
William Cochrane, Arthur Grimes, Philip McCann, and Jacques Poot (Chapter
“SpatialImpactsofEndogenouslyDeterminedInfrastructureInvestment”)estimate
the impact of local authority infrastructure spending on regional economic and
demographicoutcomeswithinNewZealand.Byusingaspatialestimationmethod-
ology,theyshowasignificantspatialdependenceininfrastructureinvestment.
James Giesecke and John Madden (Chapter “Migration Responses to a Loss
in Regional Amenities: An Analysis with a Multiregional CGE Model”) examine
demographic and economic effects of a relative decline in a region’s amenities by
usingathree-regiondynamicmultiregionalcomputablegeneralequilibriummodel
withlaggedmigrationresponsesinAustralia.
Mia Amalia, Budy Resosudarmo, Jeff Bennett, and Arianto Patunru (Chapter
“Valuing the Benefits of Cleaner Air in Jakarta Metropolitan Area”) estimate the
benefit of having cleaner ambient air for the Jakarta Metropolitan Area’s (JMA)
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citizens. Choice modeling approach and conditional logic model are applied into
casestudiesinIndonesia.
Yoko Mayuzumi and Takeshi Mizunoya (Chapter “Study of Fair Trade Products
for Regional Development -Case of Bali, Indonesia”) conducted surveys that are
expectedtobeusefultoimprovemanagementoffairtradeproductsinagroforestry
projectsinIndonesia.Theyfindanappropriatepricefortheseproducts.
Elizabeth Aponte, Emma B. Castro, and Lilian A. Carrillo (Chapter “Social
PublicSpendingintheCountriesThatComprisetheAndeanCommunityofNations
(CAN)”) examine the relationship between the social public spending and the
improvement of quality of life condition in the Andean Community of Nations.
They show a social spending growing, but an in adequate quality of life persists
allowingtoargueforapromisingfuture.
Sutee Anantsuksomsri, Nattapong Puttanapong, and Nij Tontisirin (Chapter
“Global Backward and Forward Multiplier Analysis: The Case Study of Japanese
AutomotiveIndustry”)analyzetheglobalbackwardandforwardmultiplierfocusing
on the Japanese automotive industry based on the global input-output table. By
thestructuralpathanalysis,thepathsofglobalvaluechainofJapaneseautomotive
industryareshown.
ZhenhuaChenandKingsleyHaynes(Chapter“TransportationInfrastructureand
EconomicGrowthinChina:AMeta-analysis”)gainacomprehensiveunderstanding
of the linkages between transportation infrastructure and economic growth with a
focus on China using a meta-analysis. They identify the cause for the variation of
outputestimatesbasedonastatisticalinvestigation.
Guoping Mao’s work (Chapter “Statistical Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood
in China”) establishes a statistical indicator system of China’s livelihood from the
perspectiveofsustainability.Thisstudyindicatesfiveurgentproblemstobesolved
regardingtheChineselivelihood.
Bin Li, Wen-Hong Cheng, and Cheng-Long He (Chapter “Green Environment
Social Economic System for Urban-Rural Integration”) highlight a small-scale
green water environmental social economic system in the context of New Normal
forChina’surban-ruralintegration.Theyalsodiscussthelandandinfrastructurein
Jiaxingandgivesomerecommendationsonthesystem.
Md. Fakrul Islam and Wardatul Akmam (Chapter “Climate Change and Liveli-
hood Adaptation Strategies of Farmers in Northern Bangladesh”) focus on the
problemsofsocio-environmentalvulnerabilityduetoclimatechangeandlivelihood
adaptationstrategiesoffarmersinNorthernBangladesh.Basedontheanalysisofa
survey,theygivesomerecommendations.
Wardatul Akmam and Md. Fakrul Islam (Chapter “Nongovernment Organiza-
tions’ Contributions to Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of Women through
Microcredit: Case of a Village in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh”) discover the
impactsofNGOactivities(particulardisbursingmicrocredit)onwomeninavillage
inGaibandhaDistrict,Bangladesh.Theyfindthatthoughsomeinstancesofpositive
outcomes of micro credit on poverty reduction and empowerment indicators are
observed,itisnotasperexpectation.
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PartIII:JapanPerspectives
YasuhiroSakai(Chapter“OnEnvironmentalRiskManagement:TheInteractionsof
EconomicandNoneconomicFactors”)proposesageneraltheoreticalframeworkfor
environmentalriskmanagementfromanewpointofview.Heattemptstocombine
botheconomicandnon-economicfactorsintothetraditionalexpectedutilitytheory.
Makoto Tawada and Tomokazu Sahashi work (Chapter “Product Design for
Recycling and Recycling Industry”) is the analysis of a recycling industry in an
economy where the quality of product design is incorporated. In three types of
market failure, monopoly power, environmental damage, and cost for recycling,
threepolicyinstrumentsarederivedinatheoreticalsetting.
MorikiHosoe(Chapter“OptimalPolicyandtheThreatofSecession”)givesan
analysis of the possibility of integration and secession between a majority region
and a minority region. It is shown that the change of two forms of governance,
i.e.,centralizedintegrationordecentralizedintegration,dependsonthecostlevelof
publicgoods.
Yuzuru Miyata, Hiroyuki Shibusawa, and Tomoaki Fujii (Chapter “Economic
ImpactofCO EmissionsandCarbonTaxinElectricVehicleSocietyinToyohashi
2
City in Japan”) explore the economic impacts of promotion and realization of an
electric vehicle society in Toyohashi City in Japan. Using a regional CGE model,
the impacts of subsidies for EVs promotion and carbon tax for CO reduction are
2
simulated.
Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and Michael Sonis (Chapter “Initial Explorations into
the Spatial Structure of the Japanese Regional Economies”) present the analytical
approaches for input-output tables over time to visualize and compare economic
structure. Their approach is applied to the interregional input-output table and the
empiricalfindingsforJapanarepresented.
Lily Kiminami and Akira Kiminami (Chapter “Rural and Agriculture Develop-
mentinRegionalScience”)discussthetrendsandtheoutlookofthestudyofrural
and agriculture development in regional science. They introduced the theoretical
frameworkofanewapproachofstrategicdevelopmentforregionalagriculture.
Suminori Tokunaga, Mitsuru Okiyama, and Maria Ikegawa (Chapter “Impact
of Climate Change on Regional Economies Through Fluctuations in Japan’s Rice
Production Using Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial CGE Model”) evaluate the
impact of climate change on regional economies through fluctuation in Japan’s
riceproductionusingspatialCGEmodel.Theyshowthatglobalwarming-induced
climatechangehasdifferentimpactsoneachregionanditcreatesregionaleconomic
disparities.
Saburo Saito, Mamoru Imanishi, Kosuke Yamashiro, and Masakuni Iwami
(Chapter “Risk Evaluation of Social Decision Process: A Two-Stage Auction
GameModelforJapaneseUrbanRedevelopmentProcedure”)formulatetheurban