Overview
- Focuses on socioeconomic environmental policies and evaluations in regional science
- Covers a wide range of regional science approaches, theory, policy, evaluation, modeling, simulation, and practice
- Is a valuable reference work for researchers, scholars, policy makers, and students in the field of regional science
Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER, volume 24)
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Global Perspectives
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Asia-Pacific Perspectives
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About this book
This book is a volume of essays celebrating the life and work of Yoshiro Higano, professor of Environmental Policy, Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Prof. Higano’s research strongly focuses on the comprehensive evaluation of resources and research content for decision science and engineering, including simulation modeling for environmental quality control, the evaluation of environmental remediation technologies, integrated river (lake) basin management, and synthesized environmental policy. Yoshiro Higano is the past president of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the current president of the Japan Section of the RSAI (JSRSAI). He also served as executive secretary for the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organizations (PRSCO). This edited volume covers a wide range of regional science approaches, theory, policy, evaluation, modeling, simulation, and practice. It is a valuable reference work for researchers, scholars, policy makers, and students in the field of regional science. The volume celebrates Prof. Higano’s contributions to the JSRSAI, PRSCO, and RSAI. Essay contributors include his former students and a wide array of regional scientists, each with a personal connection to Prof. Higano.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Yoshiro Higano
Editors: Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Katsuhiro Sakurai, Takeshi Mizunoya, Susumu Uchida
Series Title: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0099-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0097-3Published: 15 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9081-3Published: 15 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0099-7Published: 07 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2199-5974
Series E-ISSN: 2199-5982
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 729
Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Social Policy, Environmental Economics