| Project/Area Number |
15510026
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
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| Research Institution | OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
ABE Hirofumi Okayama University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Department of Environment and Civil Engineering, Professor, 環境理工学部, 教授 (10144320)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANIGUCHI Mamoru Okayama University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Department of Environment and Civil Engineering, Professor, 環境理工学部, 教授 (00212043)
MATSUNAKA Ryoji Okayama University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, Department of Environment and Civil Engineering, Associate Professor, 環境理工学部, 助教授 (70303849)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
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| Keywords | Input-output analysis / Global warming / Carbon dioxide emission / Regional economic structure |
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| Research Abstract |
The global warming is the most important environmental issue for human society in terms of its scale and impact. The Japanese Government established the Global Worming Headquarters in December 1997 to implement effective measures against global warming-related issues. The Japanese Diet approved the Kyoto Protocol in May 2002, and accordingly, Japan has an obligation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 6% below 1990 levels.
The input-output analysis is a useful tool to examine the economic structural problems concerning the economic growth, the industrial structure and the environment. Various researches have been made to estimate the carbon dioxide emissions from the economic activities and the public life in Japan using input-output tables.
This study aims to identify the relationships between the regional economic structure and the carbon dioxide emission in Japanese regions. The study employs regional input-output tables published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the data for carbon dioxide emission intensity estimated by the National Institute for Environmental Studies for years 1985,1990 and 1995.
The empirical study has revealed that the electricity and the transport sectors showed marked increases in carbon dioxide emissions during 1985-95, whereas most of the manufacturing sectors showed reduction during the same period. According to the analysis by region, the carbon dioxide emission showed a growing trend in each region due to an increase in final demand. Furthermore, a simulation analysis for the reduction of carbon dioxide emission has identified that the effective reduction can be achieved by introducing an environment efficiency index for each industrial sector.
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