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...

This paper presents an easy-to-use method for updating input-output (IO) matrices with sign-preservation by combining Lagrangian multipliers and penalty functions. Biproportional methods such as the representative RAS are very simple and popular because a target matrix can be obtained simply by...

Developing countries such as the Philippines depend greatly on their natural resources and ecosystem services. However, the capacity to sustain these services is currently being pressured by various environmental hazards, mainly brought about by climate change. Thus, it is imperative to assess...

Along with the rapid economic development of China, carbon dioxide (CO<InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{2}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>) emissions will inevitable rise in the future. This will happen even though the Chinese government has made a series of attempts to constrain the CO<InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$_{2}$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mrow/> <mn>2</mn> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>-emissions, and is committed to reduce...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation>