Circular Economy and Environmental Governance in Asia

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19252001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIDA Fumikazu Hokkaido University, 大学院・公共政策学連携研究部, 教授 (70113644)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TERANISH Shunichi 一橋大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 教授 (30134878) ; HATA Akio 大阪市立大学, 経営学研究科, 教授 (20275233) ; YOKEMOTO Satoshi 東京経済大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60317906) ; YAMASHITA Hidetoshi 一橋大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (50323449) ; TOGAWA Kenichi 熊本大学, 法学部, 教授 (90264118) ; OOSHIMA Kenichi 立命館大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (00295437)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 循環型社会 / 廃棄物 / 越境移動 / バーゼル条約 / WEEE

Research Abstract

This study has focused on the circular society in Asia, analyzing of material flow and regime/actor within each country and Japan. In particular, recently. Chinese economic activity is growing, its impact to the material flow in Asia is making a big effect. We have published Japan Environmental Council, The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007, United Nations University Press, 2009, p.328, which disclosed these problems in detail

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Japan, the European Union, and the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling Key Lessons Learned (2009)
  • Author(s): F. Yoshida, H. Yoshida
  • Journal Title: Environmental Engineering Science DOI : 10 Pages: 1089
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 農村地域における有機性資源需給バランスの定量分析 (2009)
  • Author(s): 村上正俊・吉田文和
  • Journal Title: 廃棄物資源循環学会論文集 20(5) Pages: 279-290
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 韓国における使用済み電気・電子機器再活用と輸出の考察 (2008)
  • Author(s): 鄭城尤, 吉田文和
  • Journal Title: 廃棄物学会論文誌 Vol. 19, No. 4 Pages: 235-243
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 中国の循環経済-再生金属産業と家電リサイクルを中心に (2008)
  • Author(s): 吉田文和, 吉田晴代
  • Journal Title: 環境経済・政策研究 Vol. 1. No. 2 Pages: 14-25
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] IT and Environmental Issues (2009)
  • Author(s): F. Yoshida
  • Organizer: Sixth International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing (EcoDesign 2009)
  • Place of Presentation: (key note speech) Sapporo, Hotel Reuton
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-08
• [Presentation] Establishment of Collection and Treatment System of WEEE Key Lessons learned about WEEE Recycling from Japan and the EU (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, F, Yoshida, H.
  • Organizer: Invited Speech in the Second International Conference on Waste Management and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing China
  • Year and Date: 20081105-20081107
• [Book] The State of the Environment in Asia 2006/2007 (2009)
  • Author(s): Japan Environmental Council
  • Total Pages: 328
  • Publisher: United Nations University Press
• [Book] 持続可能な低炭素社会(共編著) (2009)
  • Author(s): 吉田文和・池田元美, 共編著
  • Total Pages: 244
  • Publisher: 北海道大学出版会
• [Book] 日本的循環経済 (2008)
  • Author(s): 吉田文和
  • Total Pages: 170
  • Publisher: 中国環境科学出版社
• [Book] 北海道からみる地球温暖化 (2008)
  • Author(s): 吉田文和・大崎満, 他共著
  • Total Pages: 68
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Book] アジアの土壌汚染 (2008)
  • Author(s): 畑明郎・田倉直彦, 編
  • Total Pages: 266
  • Publisher: 世界思想社
• [Book] 環境被害の責任と費用負担 (2007)
  • Author(s): 除本理史
  • Total Pages: viii+234
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
• [Book] The Cyclical Economy of Japan (2007)
  • Author(s): Fumikazu Yoshida
  • Total Pages: 156
  • Publisher: Hokkaido University