Since the industrial revolution, growing and active economic activities in urban area have disrupted sustainable material flow balance in the environment, and the imbalance has induced some serious environmental problems. In order to realize proper urban management, taking measures to keep...

The paradigm of laissez-faire economy presumes that economic agents know efficient loci for input-output combinations and rationally act in the market by following their subjective values. Economy is efficiently organized and given dynamic forces to grow at its own risk. As a result, the...

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:...

To this day in Japan, the water supply service for agricultural use has been formed as the supply-driven system. In fact, the farmers can use the utilization volume of agricultural water and they have to pay the price of agricultural water fee decided by water supplier side. However, diverse...