This book addresses major issues such as a growing world energy demand, environmental degradation due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, and risk management of disastrous events such as pandemics, abnormal climate, and earthquakes. Using cutting-edge analytical tools, particularly computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling, the analyses are focused on a very wide range of policy-relevant economic questions for the Asia-Pacific region, especially for Japan, China, India, Vietnam, and smaller nations, including Brunei, Timor Leste, and Fiji. The first part considers (a) the effects of climate change on agriculture sectors, energy policies, and future GHG emission trends, (b) adaptation to climate changes in energy policy and its impacts on the economies, and (c) risk management of catastrophic events such as global pandemics. The second part examines (a) energy environmental issues, (b) economic impacts of natural disaster and depopulation, and (c) effects of informaticsdevelopment on risk management, using CGE modelling and other methods in regional science fields. Contributors are internationally active leading CGE modellers and environmental economists. The book should be greatly beneficial for scholars and graduate students as well as policy makers who are interested in the economic effects and management of risks relating to climate change and disastrous events.

Autorentext

John Madden, Victoria University Hiroyuki Shibusawa, Toyohashi University of Technology Yoshiro Higano, University of Tsukuba

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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 electricity subsidies benefit Indian farmers? a hybrid regional CGE analysis with back-of-the-envelope explanations.- Chapter 3: Can China achieve over the medium-term strong economic growth with ambitious targets for energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions?.- Chapter 4: Analysing policy impact in preparation for post-hydrocarbon era of Brunei Darussalam.- Chapter 5: Assessing the economic impacts of changes in crop production due to climate change and adaptation in Vietnam.- Chapter 6: Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Internal Migration in Brazil.- Chapter 7: Closing the yield gap in livestock production in Brazil: new results and emissions insights.- Chapter 8: The economic impacts of UK fiscal policies and their spillover effects on the energy system.- Chapter 9: Modelling the economic impacts of epidemics in developing countries under alternative intervention strategies.- Part II Issues in Environment, Energy, Risk Management and Economic Development -Japan's Perspectives.- Chapter 10: Critical Factors Affecting the Socio-economy of Japan: An Introductory Essay to Part II.- Chapter 11: Energy Intensity and Population Density in Japan.- Chapter 12: Can Japanese economy grow under population decline? Evidence from dynamic spatial CGE model with endogenous growth mechanism.- Chapter 13: The General Perspective of Japanese Agricultural Policy that Appears from Rice Riots and Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 14: Recovery Process of Municipal Economies after a Tsunami in Aichi Prefecture, Japan: A Dynamic Input-Output Approach.- Chapter 15: Spatial Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Regional Economies through Japan's Rice Production Changes and Innovative Food Industry Cluster: Using the Nine Interregional CGE Model.- Chapter 16: Environmental Regulation for Non-point Source Pollution in a Cournot Three-stage Game.- Chapter 17: Unexpected Natural Disasters and Regional Economies: CGE Analysis Based on Inter-Regional Input-Output Tables in Japan.- Chapter 18: Survival Strategies of the Displaced People Due to Riverbank Erosion: A Study of Victims Living on the Bank of Padma River, Bangladesh.- Chapter 19: Gender and Age as Factors in Disaster Vulnerability: A Study of River Erosion Victims in Bogra District, Bangladesh