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Basic Studies in Environmental Knowledge, Technology, Evaluation, and Strategy : Introduction to East Asia Environmental Studies.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (295 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9784431558194
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Basic Studies in Environmental Knowledge, Technology, Evaluation, and StrategyDDC classification:
  • 333.7
LOC classification:
  • GE1-350
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I: Environmental Knowledge -- Chapter 1: Asia´s Local Air Pollution and Impacts on Global Climate Change -- 1.1 Economic Growth and Energy Consumption in Asia: What Is the Key to Energy Saving? -- 1.2 Increasing Impact on Climate Change: High Dependency on Coal -- 1.3 Current Situation of Traditional Air Pollution: Basically Improving -- 1.4 Future Outlook for Energy Demand and Environmental Problems in Asia -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Issues and Problems Regarding Water in Developing East Asia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Structure and Elements Regarding Water Issues and Problems -- 2.2.1 Current Water Issues and Problems -- 2.2.2 Structure of Water Issues and Problems -- 2.2.3 Characteristics of Water Issues and Problems -- 2.3 Development of Water Issues and Problems in Asia -- 2.3.1 Population -- 2.3.2 Urbanization -- 2.3.3 Economy -- 2.3.4 Climate -- 2.3.5 Floods -- 2.3.6 Groundwater and Water Resources -- 2.3.7 Water Supply and Water Scarcity -- 2.3.8 Wastewater Treatment and Sanitation -- 2.3.9 Water Pollution and Sediment Transport -- 2.3.10 Acid Rain -- 2.4 Integrated River Basin Management to Solve Problems and to Discuss Issues -- 2.4.1 Elements of Integrated River Basin Management -- 2.4.2 Concepts for Management -- 2.4.3 Objectives of IRBM -- 2.4.4 Management Procedure -- 2.4.5 Calculation Methods -- 2.4.6 Simplified Methods on IRBM -- 2.4.7 Example: Case Study of the Yellow River -- References -- Chapter 3: Environmental Problems in China -- 3.1 Points Which Merit Extra Attention When Examining Environmental Ecosystem Problems in China -- 3.1.1 Negative Historical Heritage -- 3.1.2 Nature of Industrialization Which Began Full Scale in 1953 -- 3.1.3 Occurrence of Compressed Environmental Destruction.
3.2 1973 to the Mid-1990s Pollution Investigation and Policy Formation -- 3.2.1 Environmental Awareness -- 3.2.2 Progress of the Inspections -- 3.2.3 Feature of Policies -- 3.3 Mid-1990s to Today: Environmental Burden Additionally Increased by Hyper-rapid Growth -- 3.3.1 New Environmental Burden Brought About by Qualitative Change in the Economy -- 3.3.2 Deepened Environmental Awareness Accompanying New Economic Change -- 3.3.3 Groping for New Policy -- 3.3.4 Groping for a New Environmental Policy -- 3.3.5 Investment for Environmental Protection -- 3.4 Assessment of the Effect of a 40-Year Period of Environmental Protection Activity -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Environmental Issues in Southeast Asia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Diverse Southeast Asian Countries and Their Environmental Issues -- 4.3 Environmental and Resource Issues and International Cooperation -- 4.3.1 Mekong River -- 4.3.2 Forest Fires and Smoke Pollution (Haze) -- 4.3.3 Initiatives Related to Biodiversity Protection -- 4.3.4 Cross-Border Products and Environmental Regulations on Products -- 4.4 Southeast Asian Economic Integration and Environmental Issues -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Environmental Policies in East Asia: Origins, Development, and Future -- 5.1 Framing Environmental Challenges and Environmental Policies -- 5.2 Framing Environmental Problems in Neoclassical Economics -- 5.3 Economic and Institutional Cause of Environmental Problems in East Asia -- 5.4 Experience of Environmental Policies in East Asia -- 5.5 Summary and Prospects -- References -- Part II: Environmental Technology -- Chapter 6: Analysis Methods for Air, Water, and Soil -- 6.1 Introduction to Analysis -- 6.2 Organic Analysis -- 6.2.1 Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector (GC (FID)) -- 6.2.2 Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detector (GC (ECD)).
6.2.3 Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) -- 6.2.4 High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) -- 6.2.5 Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) -- 6.3 Inorganic Analysis -- 6.3.1 Ion Chromatography (IC) -- 6.3.2 Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) -- 6.3.3 High Frequency Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (ICP-AES/MS) -- 6.3.4 High Frequency Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (ICP-AES/MS) -- 6.4 Ending Analysis -- Chapter 7: Environmental Quality Analysis -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Environmental Standards -- 7.3 Regulation Standards -- 7.3.1 Stringent Standards -- 7.3.2 Total Amount Regulation -- 7.4 Official Method -- 7.5 Sample Preparation -- 7.5.1 Sampling (Collecting Samples) -- 7.5.2 Sample Preparation -- 7.6 Pretreatment -- 7.6.1 Decomposition and Dissolution -- 7.6.2 Extraction from Solids -- 7.6.3 Liquid-Liquid Extraction -- 7.6.4 Solid Phase Extraction -- 7.6.5 Concentration -- 7.6.6 Other Pretreatment Methods -- 7.7 Reliability of Analytical Values -- 7.7.1 Uncertainty -- 7.7.2 Technical Terms Related to Reliability -- 7.8 Leaching Test Method -- 7.8.1 Judgment Criteria for Landfill -- 7.8.2 Environmental Quality Standards for Soil Pollution -- 7.8.3 Soil Leaching and Content Standards -- 7.8.4 Radioactive Substance Standards -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Water Purification by Reducing the Pollution Burden -- 8.1 Overview of Water Pollution -- 8.1.1 Reduction of Water Pollution -- 8.1.2 Pollution Burden -- 8.2 Standard Items for Preservation of the Aquatic Environment -- 8.2.1 Environmental Quality Standards -- 8.2.2 Monitoring-Required Items -- 8.2.3 Investigation-Required Items -- 8.2.4 Environmental Quality Standards for Preservation of Aquatic Life -- 8.2.5 Effluent Standard.
8.3 Measures for Pollution Burden According to Pollution Source -- 8.3.1 Measures for Factory/Workplace Pollution Burden -- 8.3.2 Measures for Domestic Wastewater Burden -- 8.3.3 Measures for Pollution Burden of Non-point Source -- 8.4 Reinforcing Water Purification Capacity -- 8.4.1 Measures for Reinforcing Water Purification Capacity -- 8.4.2 Cases of Reinforced Water Purification Capacity -- 8.5 Current Situation and Future Problems in Fukuoka Prefecture -- 8.5.1 Constant Monitoring of Water at Environmental Quality Standards Survey Points -- 8.5.2 Result of Constant Monitoring of Water -- 8.5.3 Improved Water Quality in Fukuoka Prefecture -- 8.5.4 Future Problems Concerning Preservation of the Aquatic Environment -- References -- Chapter 9: Recyclable Resources and Proper Waste Disposal -- 9.1 History Associated with Waste Problems and Measures Taken to Solve Related Issues -- 9.2 Changes in Waste Management Technology -- 9.2.1 Intermediate Treatment -- 9.2.2 Final Disposal -- 9.3 Transition to Waste-Based Recyclable Resources Aimed at Creating a Sustainable Society -- 9.3.1 The Modern Resource Problem -- 9.3.2 Resource Consumption and Resource Recycling: Material Flow in Japan -- 9.4 Establishing a Recycling-Oriented Society to Solve the Resource Problem -- 9.4.1 Ways of Promoting the Formation of a Recycling-Oriented Society -- 9.4.2 Using Sustainable Environmental Technology in a Move Toward Recycling Resources -- References -- Part III: Environmental Evaluation -- Chapter 10: Concept of the Environment and Environmental Systems -- 10.1 Environmental Capacity of the Nature and Scale of Human Activities -- 10.2 Basic Concept of Environmental Protection -- 10.3 Methods of Environmental Systems Analysis -- References -- Chapter 11: Socioeconomic Metabolism and Sustainability -- 11.1 Earth´s Material Balance.
11.2 Energy and Material Balance of Human Society -- 11.3 Abundance and Material Stocks -- 11.4 Material Flow, Stock, and Global Warming -- References -- Chapter 12: Environmental Problems in Economics -- 12.1 Economics and Environment -- 12.1.1 What Is Economics? -- 12.1.2 The Relationship Between the Environment and Economics -- 12.1.3 Weaknesses of Mainstream Economics -- 12.2 Optimal Use of Exhaustible Resources -- 12.2.1 An Increase in the Price of Resources -- 12.2.2 Hotelling´s Rule -- 12.2.3 Examples -- 12.3 The Task of Economics -- 12.3.1 From Actual Data -- 12.3.2 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Monetary Value of the Environment: Theory and Method -- 13.1 Classification of Environmental Values -- 13.2 Valuation Methods of Environmental Value -- 13.2.1 Concept of Classification -- 13.2.2 Preference-Independent Valuation Method -- Dose-Response Method -- Replacement Cost Method -- 13.2.3 Preference-Dependent Valuation Method -- Travel Cost Method -- Hedonic Pricing Method -- Contingent Valuation Method -- Conjoint Analysis -- 13.3 Contingent Valuation Method -- 13.3.1 The Willingness-to-Pay and Willingness-to-Accept Compensation -- 13.3.2 Diagrammatic Presentation of Welfare Measurement -- 13.3.3 Major Questionnaire Formats -- 13.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Sustainable Development -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Discussion Points from the Perspective of How Development Should Be Approached -- 14.3 Discussion Points Regarding Sustainability -- 14.4 Measurement and Indicators for Sustainable Development -- 14.4.1 Classification of Indicators -- 14.4.2 Individual Indicators -- 14.4.3 Integrated Indicators -- References -- Part IV: Environmental Strategy -- Chapter 15: Basics in Environmental Economics and Environmental Policies -- 15.1 Natural Environment and Human Beings -- 15.2 Market and Environment.
15.2.1 Agenda of Environmental Economics.
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Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I: Environmental Knowledge -- Chapter 1: Asia´s Local Air Pollution and Impacts on Global Climate Change -- 1.1 Economic Growth and Energy Consumption in Asia: What Is the Key to Energy Saving? -- 1.2 Increasing Impact on Climate Change: High Dependency on Coal -- 1.3 Current Situation of Traditional Air Pollution: Basically Improving -- 1.4 Future Outlook for Energy Demand and Environmental Problems in Asia -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Issues and Problems Regarding Water in Developing East Asia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Structure and Elements Regarding Water Issues and Problems -- 2.2.1 Current Water Issues and Problems -- 2.2.2 Structure of Water Issues and Problems -- 2.2.3 Characteristics of Water Issues and Problems -- 2.3 Development of Water Issues and Problems in Asia -- 2.3.1 Population -- 2.3.2 Urbanization -- 2.3.3 Economy -- 2.3.4 Climate -- 2.3.5 Floods -- 2.3.6 Groundwater and Water Resources -- 2.3.7 Water Supply and Water Scarcity -- 2.3.8 Wastewater Treatment and Sanitation -- 2.3.9 Water Pollution and Sediment Transport -- 2.3.10 Acid Rain -- 2.4 Integrated River Basin Management to Solve Problems and to Discuss Issues -- 2.4.1 Elements of Integrated River Basin Management -- 2.4.2 Concepts for Management -- 2.4.3 Objectives of IRBM -- 2.4.4 Management Procedure -- 2.4.5 Calculation Methods -- 2.4.6 Simplified Methods on IRBM -- 2.4.7 Example: Case Study of the Yellow River -- References -- Chapter 3: Environmental Problems in China -- 3.1 Points Which Merit Extra Attention When Examining Environmental Ecosystem Problems in China -- 3.1.1 Negative Historical Heritage -- 3.1.2 Nature of Industrialization Which Began Full Scale in 1953 -- 3.1.3 Occurrence of Compressed Environmental Destruction.

3.2 1973 to the Mid-1990s Pollution Investigation and Policy Formation -- 3.2.1 Environmental Awareness -- 3.2.2 Progress of the Inspections -- 3.2.3 Feature of Policies -- 3.3 Mid-1990s to Today: Environmental Burden Additionally Increased by Hyper-rapid Growth -- 3.3.1 New Environmental Burden Brought About by Qualitative Change in the Economy -- 3.3.2 Deepened Environmental Awareness Accompanying New Economic Change -- 3.3.3 Groping for New Policy -- 3.3.4 Groping for a New Environmental Policy -- 3.3.5 Investment for Environmental Protection -- 3.4 Assessment of the Effect of a 40-Year Period of Environmental Protection Activity -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Environmental Issues in Southeast Asia -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Diverse Southeast Asian Countries and Their Environmental Issues -- 4.3 Environmental and Resource Issues and International Cooperation -- 4.3.1 Mekong River -- 4.3.2 Forest Fires and Smoke Pollution (Haze) -- 4.3.3 Initiatives Related to Biodiversity Protection -- 4.3.4 Cross-Border Products and Environmental Regulations on Products -- 4.4 Southeast Asian Economic Integration and Environmental Issues -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Environmental Policies in East Asia: Origins, Development, and Future -- 5.1 Framing Environmental Challenges and Environmental Policies -- 5.2 Framing Environmental Problems in Neoclassical Economics -- 5.3 Economic and Institutional Cause of Environmental Problems in East Asia -- 5.4 Experience of Environmental Policies in East Asia -- 5.5 Summary and Prospects -- References -- Part II: Environmental Technology -- Chapter 6: Analysis Methods for Air, Water, and Soil -- 6.1 Introduction to Analysis -- 6.2 Organic Analysis -- 6.2.1 Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector (GC (FID)) -- 6.2.2 Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detector (GC (ECD)).

6.2.3 Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) -- 6.2.4 High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) -- 6.2.5 Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) -- 6.3 Inorganic Analysis -- 6.3.1 Ion Chromatography (IC) -- 6.3.2 Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) -- 6.3.3 High Frequency Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (ICP-AES/MS) -- 6.3.4 High Frequency Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (ICP-AES/MS) -- 6.4 Ending Analysis -- Chapter 7: Environmental Quality Analysis -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Environmental Standards -- 7.3 Regulation Standards -- 7.3.1 Stringent Standards -- 7.3.2 Total Amount Regulation -- 7.4 Official Method -- 7.5 Sample Preparation -- 7.5.1 Sampling (Collecting Samples) -- 7.5.2 Sample Preparation -- 7.6 Pretreatment -- 7.6.1 Decomposition and Dissolution -- 7.6.2 Extraction from Solids -- 7.6.3 Liquid-Liquid Extraction -- 7.6.4 Solid Phase Extraction -- 7.6.5 Concentration -- 7.6.6 Other Pretreatment Methods -- 7.7 Reliability of Analytical Values -- 7.7.1 Uncertainty -- 7.7.2 Technical Terms Related to Reliability -- 7.8 Leaching Test Method -- 7.8.1 Judgment Criteria for Landfill -- 7.8.2 Environmental Quality Standards for Soil Pollution -- 7.8.3 Soil Leaching and Content Standards -- 7.8.4 Radioactive Substance Standards -- 7.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Water Purification by Reducing the Pollution Burden -- 8.1 Overview of Water Pollution -- 8.1.1 Reduction of Water Pollution -- 8.1.2 Pollution Burden -- 8.2 Standard Items for Preservation of the Aquatic Environment -- 8.2.1 Environmental Quality Standards -- 8.2.2 Monitoring-Required Items -- 8.2.3 Investigation-Required Items -- 8.2.4 Environmental Quality Standards for Preservation of Aquatic Life -- 8.2.5 Effluent Standard.

8.3 Measures for Pollution Burden According to Pollution Source -- 8.3.1 Measures for Factory/Workplace Pollution Burden -- 8.3.2 Measures for Domestic Wastewater Burden -- 8.3.3 Measures for Pollution Burden of Non-point Source -- 8.4 Reinforcing Water Purification Capacity -- 8.4.1 Measures for Reinforcing Water Purification Capacity -- 8.4.2 Cases of Reinforced Water Purification Capacity -- 8.5 Current Situation and Future Problems in Fukuoka Prefecture -- 8.5.1 Constant Monitoring of Water at Environmental Quality Standards Survey Points -- 8.5.2 Result of Constant Monitoring of Water -- 8.5.3 Improved Water Quality in Fukuoka Prefecture -- 8.5.4 Future Problems Concerning Preservation of the Aquatic Environment -- References -- Chapter 9: Recyclable Resources and Proper Waste Disposal -- 9.1 History Associated with Waste Problems and Measures Taken to Solve Related Issues -- 9.2 Changes in Waste Management Technology -- 9.2.1 Intermediate Treatment -- 9.2.2 Final Disposal -- 9.3 Transition to Waste-Based Recyclable Resources Aimed at Creating a Sustainable Society -- 9.3.1 The Modern Resource Problem -- 9.3.2 Resource Consumption and Resource Recycling: Material Flow in Japan -- 9.4 Establishing a Recycling-Oriented Society to Solve the Resource Problem -- 9.4.1 Ways of Promoting the Formation of a Recycling-Oriented Society -- 9.4.2 Using Sustainable Environmental Technology in a Move Toward Recycling Resources -- References -- Part III: Environmental Evaluation -- Chapter 10: Concept of the Environment and Environmental Systems -- 10.1 Environmental Capacity of the Nature and Scale of Human Activities -- 10.2 Basic Concept of Environmental Protection -- 10.3 Methods of Environmental Systems Analysis -- References -- Chapter 11: Socioeconomic Metabolism and Sustainability -- 11.1 Earth´s Material Balance.

11.2 Energy and Material Balance of Human Society -- 11.3 Abundance and Material Stocks -- 11.4 Material Flow, Stock, and Global Warming -- References -- Chapter 12: Environmental Problems in Economics -- 12.1 Economics and Environment -- 12.1.1 What Is Economics? -- 12.1.2 The Relationship Between the Environment and Economics -- 12.1.3 Weaknesses of Mainstream Economics -- 12.2 Optimal Use of Exhaustible Resources -- 12.2.1 An Increase in the Price of Resources -- 12.2.2 Hotelling´s Rule -- 12.2.3 Examples -- 12.3 The Task of Economics -- 12.3.1 From Actual Data -- 12.3.2 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Monetary Value of the Environment: Theory and Method -- 13.1 Classification of Environmental Values -- 13.2 Valuation Methods of Environmental Value -- 13.2.1 Concept of Classification -- 13.2.2 Preference-Independent Valuation Method -- Dose-Response Method -- Replacement Cost Method -- 13.2.3 Preference-Dependent Valuation Method -- Travel Cost Method -- Hedonic Pricing Method -- Contingent Valuation Method -- Conjoint Analysis -- 13.3 Contingent Valuation Method -- 13.3.1 The Willingness-to-Pay and Willingness-to-Accept Compensation -- 13.3.2 Diagrammatic Presentation of Welfare Measurement -- 13.3.3 Major Questionnaire Formats -- 13.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Sustainable Development -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Discussion Points from the Perspective of How Development Should Be Approached -- 14.3 Discussion Points Regarding Sustainability -- 14.4 Measurement and Indicators for Sustainable Development -- 14.4.1 Classification of Indicators -- 14.4.2 Individual Indicators -- 14.4.3 Integrated Indicators -- References -- Part IV: Environmental Strategy -- Chapter 15: Basics in Environmental Economics and Environmental Policies -- 15.1 Natural Environment and Human Beings -- 15.2 Market and Environment.

15.2.1 Agenda of Environmental Economics.

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