Socioeconomic environmental policies and evaluations in regional science : essays in honor of Yoshiro Higano /: essays in honor of Yoshiro Higano. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Horiyuki Shibusawa, Katsuhiro Sakurau, Takeshi Mizunoya, Susumu Uchida, editors.
• Editors: Shibusawa, Hiroyuki; Sakurai, Katsuhiro; Mizunoya, Takeshi; Uchida, Susumu
• Other Names: Higano, Yōshirō 1951- honouree.
• Contents: 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 Identities; References; The Sustainability of Demographic Progress Around the World; 1 Introduction; 2 The Role of Progress in Theories of the Geography of Population Change; 3 Demographic Status and Progress of Countries Around the World; 3.1 Mortality and Longevity; 3.2 Fertility; 3.3 Age Dependency. 3.4 Female Labor Force Participation3.5 Migration and Urbanization; 4 Composite Indexes and World Demographic Country Groupings; 5 Conclusions; References; Methodological Advances in Gibrat's and Zipf's Laws: A Comparative Empirical Study on the Evolution of Urban Systems; 1 Gibrat's Law vs. Zipf's Law: Preliminary Considerations; 2 Data: Descriptive Statistics; 3 Testing Gibrat's Law: Method and Results; 4 Gibrat's Law and Zipf's Law: A Comparative Study; 4.1 Role of the Adopted Parameters; 4.2 Botswana; 4.3 Germany; 4.4 Hungary; 4.5 Japan; 4.6 Luxembourg; 4.7 Synthesis; 5 Conclusion. 2.9 Example of an Action Partnership: Alt 20003 Conclusions: What Factors Made the Mersey Basin Campaign Such a Successful Partnership?; References; Consumption and Environmental Awareness: Demographics of the European Experience; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review; 3 Data; 4 Method; 5 Results; 6 Conclusions; Appendix 1: Survey Questions Analysed; Appendix 2: A Note on Weighting; References; Cultural Capital and Local Development Nexus: Does the Local Environment Matter?; 1 Introduction; 2 A Classification of Cultural Capital; 2.1 Cultural Capital: A Multifaceted Concept. 2.2 Cultural Capital: Tangible Elements2.3 Intangible Cultural Capital and the Cultural Environment of Places; 2.4 Cultural Assets and Local Development: Testable Assumptions; 3 Cultural Environments in Italian NUTS3 Regions; 4 Tangible Cultural Elements and Economic Growth: The Effect of the Cultural Environment; 4.1 The Growth Model; 4.2 Empirical Results; 5 Concluding Remarks; References; Who Wants More Open Space? Study of Willingness to Be Taxed to Preserve Open Space in an Urban Environment; 1 Introduction; 2 Data Description; 3 Econometric Model; 4 Empirical Results.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.9/27; 330; Environmental economics; Environmental policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Environmental economics; Environmental policy; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811000997; 9811000999
• Related ISBNs: 9789811000973; 9811000972
• Notes: Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on September 20, 2016).
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