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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Part I: Global perspectives.- 1 Regional Science in the 21st Century.- 2 The Sustainability of Demographic Progress around the World.- 3Methodological Advances in Gibrat's and Zipf's Laws: A Comparative Empirical Study on the Evolution of Urban Systems.- 4 How Can Cross-sector Partnerships Be Made to Work Successfully? Lessons from the Mersey Basin Campaign, 1985-2010.- 5 Consumption and Environmental Awareness: Demographics of the European Experience.- 6 Cultural Capital and Local Development Nexus: Does the Local Environment Matter?.- 7 Who Wants More Open Space? Study of Willingness to Be Taxed to Preserve Open Space in an Urban Environment.- 8 On Capital Taxation and Economic Growth and Welfare in a Creative Region.- 9 Some Extensions to Interregional Commodity-flow Models.- 10 Evaluation of Ecosystem Services through Revealed Policy Preferences - Exchange Rates between Scientific Currencies.- 11 Optimal International Investment Policy for the Sea Environment in East Asia: CaseStudy of the Sea of Japan.- Part II: Asia-Pacific perspectives.- 12 Spatial Impacts of Endogenously Determined Infrastructure Investment.- 13 Migration responses to a loss in regional amenities: an analysis with a multiregional CGE model.- 14Valuing the Benefits of Cleaner Air in Jakarta Metropolitan Area.- 15 Study of Fair Trade Products for Regional Development-Case of Bali Indonesia Bali.- 16 Social Public Spending in the Countries that Comprises The Andean Community of Nations (CAN).- 17 Global Backward and Forward Multiplier Analysis: The Case Study of Japanese Automotive Industry.- 18 Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China: A Meta-Analysis.- 19 The Statistical Analysis of Sustainable Livelihood in China.- 20 Green Environment Social Economic System for Urban-rural Integration.- 21 Climate Change and Livelihood Adaptation Strategies of Farmers in Northern Bangladesh.- 22 Non-Government Organizations' Contributions to Poverty Reduction and Empowerment of Women through Microcredit: Case of a Village in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh.- Part III: Japan perspectives.- 23 On Environmental Risk Management: The Interactions of Economic and Non-economic Factors.- 24 Product Design for Recycling and Recycling Industry.- 25 Optimal Public Policy under the Threat of Secession.- 26 Economic Impact of CO2 Emissions and Carbon Tax in Electric Vehicle Society in Toyohashi City in Japan.- 27 Initial Explorations into the Spatial Structure of the Japanese Regional Economies.- 28 Rural and Agriculture Development in Regional Science.- 29 Impact of Climate Change on Regional Economies through Fluctuations in Japan's Rice Production Using Dynamic Panel Data and Spatial CGE Model.- 30 Risk Evaluation of Social Decision Process: A Two-stage Auction Game Model for Japanese Urban Redevelopment Procedure.- 31 Preference Elicitation in Generalized Data Envelopment Analysis: In Search of a New Energy Balance in Japan.- 32 Note on the Framework for Disaster Impact Analysis with Environmental Consideration.- 33 Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles on Japan's Regional Economy: Input-Output Model Approach.- 34 Evaluation of the Water-environment Policy in the Toyogawa Basin, Japan.- 35 A Management Policy of Demand-driven Service for Agricultural Water Use in Japan.- 36 An Analysis on Social Benefit Derivedby Introducing New Technology and Optimal Environmental Policy: Case Study in Lake Kasumigaura.- 37 Promotion Policies for Sustainable Energy Technologies: Case Studies in Japan.