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...

Preface -- Part I: Global Perspectives -- Part II: Asia-Pacific Perspectives -- Part III: Japan Perspectives -- Contents -- Part I Global Perspectives -- Regional Science in the Twenty-First Century -- 1 What Is the Purpose of Regional Science? -- 2 The Concept of Region -- 3 New Regional...

Memorial Address for Professor Yuzuru Miyata -- Part I Issues in Environment, Energy and Risk Management – Analysis with CGE Models -- Chapter 1: Evidence-based Analysis of Issues in Environment, Energy and Disasters with CGE Models: An Introduction to Part I -- Chapter 2: Do fertilizer and...

Part 1. Real Estate and the Legal System -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Real Estate and the Legal System Japan -- Chapter 2. Legal issues of land plots with unknown owners -- Chapter 3. The efficiency of the titling system: Perspectives of Economics -- Chapter 4. Land plots with unknown owners:...

Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction to “Disease, Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia” -- Part II. South Asia -- Chapter 2. Food Consumption, Calorie Intake, and Undernourishment in India: The Recent Evidence on the Role of Welfare Schemes -- Chapter 3. The...

Chapter 1. Introduction to “The Creative Class Revisited: New Analytical Advances” -- Chapter 2. Sustained Economic Growth and Physical Capital Taxation in a Creative Region -- Chapter 3. Do Existing Theories Still Hold for the Creative Labor Market? -- Chapter 4. The Creative Class Jobs...

Table of Contents Preface Section 1: Chapter 1 Trade, capital accumulation, and wage differentials: A dynamic model of the comparative advantage theory -- Chapter 2 Ex-post Risk Management of Environmental Contamination of Municipal Water -- Chapter 3 Endogenizing the Reservation Value in Models...

Chapter 1. Geodemographics and urban planning analysis: an historical review -- Chapter 2. When is Competition Between Cities for Members of the Creative Class Efficient? -- Chapter 3. Revisiting Marshallian versus Walrasian Stability in an Experimental Market -- Chapter 4. Analysis of spatial...