Extension of the waste input-output model for consumer's environmental assessment including waste and discharge

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23510041
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University
• Principal Investigator: TAKASE Koji 静岡大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (20350358)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 産業連関分析 / ライフサイクルアセスメント / 消費技術 / 時間制約 / 消費行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

To extend the waste input-output table, several environmental analyses of consumer behavior which include water usage and discharge were carried out. The analyses, based on the existing waste input-output model, concern the consumer's water uses, the carbon capture and storage in the soils of farmland, the accelerated usage of domestic timber, and so on. Furthermore, the consumer's expenditure on goods and time-usage are divided into nearly 40 consumption "technologies." A consumption "technology" is defined as a combination of goods and time necessary for some consumer activity. The consumption "technologies" are incorporated into the holistic consumer model under simultaneous monetary budget and time constraint. By integrated usage of this model and the extended waste input-output model, a social outlook for the low carbon lifestyle (or so-called sustainable consumption) is illustrated.

Free Research Field

環境学（環境影響評価・環境政策）