Volume 1 1995 Volume 2 1996 Volume 3 1997 Volume 4 1998 Volume 5 1999 Volume 6 2000
Volume 7 2001 Volume 8 2002 Volume 9 2003 Volume 10 2004 Volume 11 2006 Volume 12 2007
Volume 13 2008 Volume 14 2009
INVITED PAPER: It is too late to achieve sustainable development, now let us strive for survivable development
D. L. Meadows .................................. 1
Summer concentrations of atmospheric pollutants in urban and rural areas of Siberia
S. Ohta, T. Fukasawa, N. Murao and V. N. Makarov ................................................ 15
Acidic deposition and its control countermeasures in China
K.-Q. Xu, W. Wang and R. Sudo .................................. 27
An estimation of climatic change effects on malaria
Y. Matsuoka and K. Kai .................................. 43
Comparison of carbon dioxide emission patterns due to consumers' expenditure in UK and Japan
T. Morioka and N. Yoshida .................................. 59
Economic development, energy, and environment in East Asia: A comparative study of Japan, South Korea, and China
H. Imura, T. Futawatari and R. Fujikura .................................. 79
Methodology for the assessment of vulnerability of South Pacific island countries to sea-level rise and climate change
K. Yamada, P. D. Nunn, N. Mimura, S. Machida and M. Yamamoto ................................. 101
Definition and measurement of a household's damage cost caused by an increase in storm surge frequency due to sea level rise
H. Morisugi, E. Ohno, K. Hoshi, A. Takagi and Y. Takahashi ..................................... 127
Climate change in south and south-east Asia: Some implications for coastal areas
R. J. Nicholls, N. Mimura and J. C. Topping ..................................137
INVITED PAPER: Environmental issues and economic development in India: Challenges for civil engineers.
V. K. Sharma .................................. 1
An analysis on soil erosion factors at the global scale
T. Endo and R. Shibasaki .................................. 9
Estimation of the change in precipitation over Japan due to global climate change by the weather pattern analysis
A. Terakawa, A. Watanabe and M. Fujikane ..................................23
Study on the trade balance of embodied energy with special regard to the Asia-Pacific region
H. Imura, R. Fujikura, T. Mizuno and H. Shiratsuchi 39
Evaluation of global distribution of fallout Cs-137 by numerical simulation with compartment model
Y. Shimada, S. Morisawa and Y. Inoue ..................................... 51
Chemical and optical properties of lower tropospheric aerosols measured at Mt. Lemmon in Arizona
S. Ohta, M. Hori, N. Murao, S. Yamagata and K. Gast ..................................... 67
ETCapsule 2001 project: Ultralong-term preservation of environmental and biological specimens and data
T. Etoh, T.Shibata, M. Watanabe, K. Muraoka, T. Okada, O. Watanabe, C. Okazaki and A. Hanashima ..................................79
Estimation of carbon dioxide flux from tropical deforestation
Y. Matsuoka and H. Hamsawa .................. 97
Dynamic simulation of global energy macro economic model by introducing damage costs into account system
T. Masui and T. Morioka.................................. 113
A monitoring of cold-weather damage to rice crop through satellite data
T. Tada and M. Sawamoto ........................ 1
Variation of atmospheric turbidity in the area around Japan
S. Ohta, N. Murao, S. Yamagata, T. Fakasawa, S. Hasegawa and K. Arao ......................... 9
Accuracy of trajectory calculations for large-scale air pollution in East Asia
N. Murao, N. Kaneyasu, M. Utiyama, H. Sasaki, S. Ohta, S. Yamagata, H. Kondo and H. Sato ..................................21
Marine contamination in the Arctic Ocean
A. Wada, Y. Kinehara and T. Takano ............ 37
Observation and analyses of fine grains in flood flows at the Abukuma River mouth
A. Mano, M. Sugiki and Y. Sato .................. 53
Organism adaptable concrete
M. Tamai, H. Mizuguchi and T. Okamoto ......... 65
Study on environmental loads of foodstuff production and their trade implications for Japan
H. Imura, T. Mizuno and T. Matsumoto .......... 77
Long-term perspective on population and food supply and demand in Asia based on empirical equations and BaU scenarios
S. Kaneko and H. Imura .................................. 99
Study on the sulfur dioxide pollution in the capital city of a developing country in winter
T. Kitada and A.K. Azad ................................... 121
Climate change impact on global crop production
K. Takahashi, H. Harasawa and Y. Matsuoka .................................. 145
Environmental problems and current management issues in the coastal zones of south and southeast Asia developing countries
A. Sato and N. Mimura ......................... 163
Effects of urbanization on ground surface temperature in the Kansai district, Japan
K. Nakatsuji, H. Minami, A. Sato, K. Muraoka and A. Yamaji .................................. 183
Modeling Study of the Loug Range Transport of Acidic Pollutants over East Asia and the West Pacific Ocean - Sensitivity of Acid Deposition to Scavenging Model Parameters and Emission Source Distribution-
T. Kitada and M. Nishizawa .................................. 1
The Relationships between Regional Industrial Structure and Environmental Loading in China
T. Futawatari and H. Imura...................................31
Real Scale Experiment of Sulfur Dioxide Dissolution into Cloud Droplets Generated in Artificial Cloud Experimental System (ACE)
S. Yamagata, S. Baba, N. Murao, S. Ohta, T. Fukuharn, M. Utiyama, T. Yamada, Y. Fujiyoshi, T. Harimaya and M. Inage ......................................53
Study on Optimal Pollutant Emission by Evaluating both Environmental and Economic Utility in Decision-making
T. Masui and T. Morioka .................................. 65
The Role of Oceanographic Modelling in Predicting the Impact on Coral Reefs from Global Change
E. Wolanski, K. Furukawa and S. Massel ...................................77
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources, Crop Production and Natural Ecosystem in the Asia and Pacific Region
K. Takahashi, Y. Matsuoka and H. Harasawa.................................. 91
Potential Impact of Global Warming in Japan - Impact Assessment of Warming on Human Health -
H. Harasawa, Y. Honda, I. Uchiyama and A. Sasaki ..................................105
Hydrogen Ion Concentration in the Precipitation and Snow-packs in Yakutia
V.N. Makarov and G.P. Levchenko ................119
Environmental Pollution and its Control in Dhaka, Bangladesh : Implications of Urbanization
A. K. Azad and T. Kitada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Foreign-affiliated Firms and Environmental Problems in China: Environmental Implications of Foreign Direct Investment
T. Matsumoto and H. Imura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production -An Economic Assessment-
K. Takahashi, H. Harasawa and Y. Matsuoka....................1
Concentrations of Water Soluble Organic Aerosols at Mt. Lemmon in Arizona
M. Hori, S. Ohta, N. Murao and S. Yamagata.................... 11
Demonstration Test on Greening in the United Arab Emirates -Grass Growth by Moisture Absorbent Textile and Effect of Greening on Microclimate-
Y. Takano and T. Fukuhara..............................................27
An Empirical Analysis and Forecasting of Grain Production in China
H. Imura, T. Toyoda and J. Chen....................................... 37
A Feature of Carbon Dioxide Variation in a Deciduous Forest: An Example at Kawatabi
M. Sawamoto, H. Okada and T. Tada................................57
Evaluation of Japanese Automobile Industrial Metabolism
M. T. Magampon, N. Yoshida and T. Morioka.................... 73
Evaluation of Environmental Impact in Civil Infrastructure Systems with Respect to Sustainable Industrial Transformation
T. Morioka and N. Yoshida................................................ 87
An Environmentally Harmonious Organic Wastes Recycling System
Y. Yang, K. Tsumura and M. Naito ................................... 97
Estimation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in the Mekong River Basin using Global Mapping Data
G. Kurata, K. Oketani, T. Kitada and Y. Hara.................111
Influence of Vegetation Distribution on the Mass Balance of Total Nitrogen in a Forested Mountain Watershed
S. Shinoda, K. Tsuduki, A. Yuasa, Y. Sato and K. Mano ........................................127
Study on the Water Demand and Supply in China Based on Business as Usual Scenarios
S. Kaneko, Y. Mieda and H. Imura..............................................139
Linking Technology Transfer with Clean Development Mechanism (CDM): A developing Country Perspective
J.K. Parikh ....................... 1
Radiative Transfer Model for Satellite Remote sensing of Ocean Colors in Coastal Zones
H. Kobayashi, S. Ohta, N. Murao, H. Tachibana and S. Yamagata .......................................13
Perceived Environmental Problems by Nepalese Ecologically Different Areas
T. Futawatari, H. Kashiwazaki, T. Hamaii and M. P. Shrestha ......................................................33
Contribution of Bacterial Production to Sinking Carbon Flux in a Japanese Coastal Area: A Marine Mesocosm Study
S. Harada, H. Koshikawa, M. Watanabe, K. Kohata, T. Ioriya and J. Hiromi ................................. 51
Variation of Sliding Failure Probability of Breakwater Caisson Due to Global Warming
H. Kawai...........................................................65
Bridge Type Selection System Incorporating Environmental Impacts
Y. Itoh, L. Sunuwar, T. Hirano, A. Hammad and T. Nishido ..........................................................81
Life Cycle Estimation of C02 Emission from Urban Districts and its Application for Urban Environmental Management
T. Fujita, T. Morioka and A. Murano.............................103
Inter-annual Variability in Sulfur Deposition in Asia
G. Calori, G. R. Carmichael, D. Street, N. Thongboonchoo, S. K. Guttikunda ...................................1
Assessment of Water Resource Problems under Climate Change - Considering Inter-annual Variability of Climate Derived from GCM Calculations -
K. Takahashi, Y. Matsuoka, Y. Shimada, H. Harasawa. ...................17
Development of Climate Change Scenarios for Impact Assessment using Results of General Circulation Model Simulations
K. Takahashi, Y. Matsuoka, T. Okamura, H. Harasawa.. .................31
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions and County-level Distributions in China
H. Yang, Y. Matsuoka, T. Matsuo ......................................47
Historical Review of Health Risk Aspects with the Leaded Gasoline Regulation Policy in Japan
S. Morisawa, H. Hidaka, M. Yoneda .................................63
Numerical Simulation of the Transport of Biomass Burning Emissions in Southeast Asia - September and October, 1994 -
T. Kitada, M. Nishizawa, G. Kurata, Y. Kondo.................79
Numerical Analysis of Heat Island Phenomena for the Control of Cooling Energy in Cities
Y. Ashie, V. Thanh Ca, T. Asaeda ....................................101
A Study on Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Samta Village, Bangladesh
H. Yokota, K. Tanabe, M. Sezaki, Y. Yano, K. Hamabe, K. Yabuuchl, H. Tokunaga, ANN, RGAG, NIPSOM.......119
Evaluation of Inter-regional Ecological Rucksack in the two Basins in China by Means of Inter-industrial Analysis
T. Okadera, N. Yoshida, T. Morioka ................................131
Lifecycle Environmental Impact and Cost of Bridges
Y. Itoh, C. Liu, H. Nagata, L. Sunuwar, K. Nlshikawa ..................................151
Lifecycle Assessment Application for Bridge Technology Development
Y. Itoh, C. Liu, K. Umeda, K. Nishikawa........................169
Measurements of Optical and Chemical Properties of Aerosols for Estimates of Atmospheric Turbidity over the East China Sea by Satellite Data
S Hasegawa, S. Ohta, N. Murao, S. Yamagata ..............1
Measurement of Optical and Chemical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols over the Western Pacific Ocean
Y. Fujitani, S Ohta, T. Endoh, N. Murao, S. Yamagata..................................17
Characteristics of Nz0 distributions at Air-Sea Interface on the Equator Area in Pacific Ocean
M. Imamura, N. Mori, K. Shitashima, R. Yamamoto..................................35
Photosynthesis Regulation of Phytoplankton by Organic Complexation of Iron
H. Hasegawa, M. Shinoura, H. Mizumoto, K. Naito, Y. Sohrin, K. Ueda..........................................45
Alkali Soil Reclamation in China using Gypsum Produced in Flue Gas Desulfurization Process; A Case Study
Y. Sakai, S. Matsumoto, Y. Nitta, M. Sadakata................55
Estimation of Potential and Convertible Arable Land in China Determined by Natural Conditions
Q. Wang, K. Otsubo, T. Ichinose........................................67
Characteristics and Management of Municipal Solid Waste in China
J. Zuo, T. Matsumoto, H. Nakayama, H. Imura...............79
Analysis of the Policies for Promoting Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources using Computable General Equilibrium Model -In Case of Photovoltaic System-
A. Hayashi, T. Morioka ...................................................... 99
Evaluation of Eco-Industrial Park as Societal Demonstration Site in Japan
N. Yoshida, T. Morioka, H. Fujimura, M. Takebayashi..115
A Study on the Regeneration of Nature in the Kitakyushu and Emscher Industrial Area
B. Dewancker...................................................................129
Environmental Impact Assessment of Wastewater Treatment System by LCA Technique
Y. Ishibashi, T. Hayase, Y. Takao, K. Arizono, T. Takemasa .................................137
Eco-Efficiency Analysis of Plastics used in Electrical Equipment Materials Comparison of PBT and Phenolic resin in circuit breakers
Cecilia T. Makishi, Tohru Morioka .................................1
Regional Warming Related to Land Use Change during recent 135 years in Japan
Toshiaki Ichinose ...........................................................19
Temporal Structure of Land Use Change in Asia
Toshiaki Ichinose, Kuninori Otsubo ..............................41
Study on Capacity Building of Environmental Management in Asian Cities
Reiji Hitsumoto, Hidefumi Imura ................................ 53
Effect of CCN Number Density on Radius and Temperature of Cloud Droplet Grown up Competitively
Sadataka Shiba, Yushi Hirata, Shunsaku Yagi ...........65
The present condition of Soil contamination with heavy metals at praks in Honshu and Kyushu
Osamu Bannai, Tatsuya Tanikoshi, Minoru Yoneda, Shinsuke Morisawa ...................................75
Human-Air Pollution Exposure Map of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Assessment Based on Chemical Transport Simulation
Ram P. Regmi, Toshihiro Kitada .................................. 89
Full Paper
International Analysis and Projection of Domestic Water Use
Toshiya Aramaki, Manabu Suzuki, Keisuke Hanaki ....1
Aerosol Chemical Species and Volatile Organic Compounds at Barrow, Alaska
Naoto Murao, Sachio Ohta, Sadamu Yamagata, Tatsuya Fukasawa, Toshiaki Shitaba, Kazuyuki Takeuchi ......11
Evaluation of Advanced Loop-Closing System of Steel Recycling
Kiyotaka Tsunemi, Tohru Morioka ...............................27
Estimation of the Emission Ratio of Hydrocarbons from Biomass Burning by Using Backward Trajectory Analysis from Airborne Observation for East Asia
Gakuji Kurata, Toshihiro Kitada, Gregory R. Carmichael, Youhua Tang, Jung-Hun Woo ..................39
Study on the Impacts of Global Warming on River Flows throughout Japan
Hironori Nogami, Satoshi Machida, Ryouko Kumano, Hideo Harasawa .........................................53
Numerical Simulation of Air Pollutant Dispersion from Double-Decked Road: Effect of Width Ratio between Ground and Upper Deck Road
Takayuki Tokairin, Toshihiro Kitada ..........................65
Impact Evaluation of Sea Level Rise on Indonesian Coastal Cities -Micro Approach through Field Survey and Macro Approach through Satellite Image Analysis-
Hideyuki Kobayashi .....................................................77
An Urban Evaluation Method for the Realization of Sustainable Compact Cities
Yasuaki Hijioka, Hideo Harasawa, Shiro Kawai, Yusuke Mitsuoka, Rieko Nakao .................................93
GIS-Based Assessment of COz Emission Caused by Automobile Trips for Shopping, Case Study in Muko River Basin Region
El-Lithy Khaled, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Tohru Morioka ...113
Database of Local Meteorological Fields Simulated with Mesoscale Model MM5 and its Verification
Kazuhito Fukao, Teruo Ohsawa, Susumu Shimada, Takashi Yasuda .........................................129
Residential Energy Demand and CO2 Emission in the Asian Mega-Cities: Estimation of Future Trends and Policy Implications
Toru Matsumoto, Jian Zuo, Xindong Wei ............................137
A Life Cycle Assessment Approach for Examining the Feasibility of Transport Projects as a CDM Program
Kazuyuki Kuriyama, Kosuke Tanaka, Naoki Shibahara, Hirokazu Kato, Yoshitsugi Hayashi ............................157
Technical Note Report
Environmental Load Reduction and Environmental Impact Assessment of Railway Construction Projects
Mitsuo Yanagisawa ............................167
An Analytical Study of Citizens' Opinion Polls on the Evaluation of a Road Construction Project with Special Concerns for the Urban Environment (a Case Study of Hikawa Sando in Saitama City)
Aiji Tsuchiya ............................177
Proposal of Environmental Accounting Housekeeping (EAH) Books of Domestic Wastewater Based on Water Pollutant Loads per Capita: a Case Study of Sanbanze Tidal Coastal Zone, Tokyo Bay
Yoshiaki Tsuzuki ............................187
Mechanism of Establishing the Environmental Related Graduate Schools and Majors in Japanese National Universities -in the View fo Higher Education Policy-
Hiromi Uchiyama ............................197
Environmental Preservation in Large Scale Development Projects
Hiroshi Horikoshi, Toshiyuki Ishikura, Noboru Takayama, Yasutake Iwasaki ............................207
The Integrated Management System of ISO Standards
Masahiko Yano, Toru Morioka ............................215
Development of Environmental Education Activity by Introduction of Environment ISO
Takanori Kumekawa, Yoshitaka Aihara, Eiji Murakami, Masakatsu Takakuwa, Yoshiharu Okada ............................225
Investigation of Fuel Economy of Container Trailer
Akito Murano, Takeshi Suzuki ............................235
Full Paper
Life Cycle Assessment of Port Projects -Preliminary modeling of elementary process-
Takeshi Suzuki ................................................................1
Implications for Top-Down Control of Phytoplankton Species Succession Within a Large Coastal Mesocosm
Shigeki Harada, Hiroshi Koshikawa, Masataka Watanabe, Teru Ioriya .............................17
Wave Attenuation and Sediment Deposition due to Coastal Vegetation
Toshiyuki Asano..........................................................29
Lifecycle Cost and COz Emission Comparison of Conventional and Rationalized Bridges
Yoshito Itoh, Saori Tsubouchi, In-Tae Kim, Chunlu Liu ...................................................................45
Transport Energy Intensity and Mobility Trends in The World from 1980 to 1995
Masayoshi Tanishita ....................................................59
Full Paper
Carbon Cycle Coupling of Photosynthesis and Calcification in the Coccolithophore, Emiliania Huxleyi
Shigeki Harada, Masataka Watanabe ............................1
Integrated Model for Estimating Sediment Discharge to Coastal Area from River Basin - a Case Study of Sakawa River.
Joel Nobert, Tomoya Shibayama ..................................13
A Case Study on the Benefit to the Relatively Poor at ODA Water Supply Projects in Kenya
Akio Ito, Kiyoshi Yamada, Victor S. Muhandiki, Masanori Matsubara ................,.................33
Relationship between Oxidant-based AOT40 and Forest Environmental Conditions of Damaged Japanese Cedars in the Kanto Plains.
Takashi Ishii, Hideyuki Matsumura, Hiroshi Hayami, Yoshihisa Kohno ..........................................51
Difference of Sea Breeze in Jakarta between Dry and Wet Seasons: Implication in No2 and So2 Distributions in Jakarta
Asep Sofyan, Toshihiro Kitada, Gakuji Kurata ............63
Technical Note Report
Variation of Atmospheric Aerosol Carbon Concentration in Yakutia
Vladimir Makarov, Tatsuya Fukasawa, Sachio Ohta.....87
A report on the Follow-up Survey of Rainfall Infiltration Facilities at Akishima Tutsujigaoka Heights Housing Complex
Sukio Maezono, Hiroyasu Shimada, Yutaka Minegishi, Yoshikazu Shimada, Makoto Suganuma, Akito Kagawa .................................................................97
Full Paper
Life Cycle Assessment and Scenario Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Systems: The Case of Beijing
Yonghai Xue, Toro Matsumoto, Jian Zuo ...................................1
Study on Comparison of Eco-industrial Parks in Japan, China and Korea.
Juan Liu, Toru Matsumoto, Jae-Yeon Won, Part. Zhang, Yijun Ji, Yu Qi, Kimeun Soo, Limeun Hyuok ...............................................................21
Time-Series MFCA for Assessing Recycling Policies for Regional Resource Circulation
Manabu Shibata, Toru Matsumoto ................................39
Study on the Efficiency of Agricultural Water Use in the Yellow River Basin
Akio Onishi, Masafumi Morisugi, Hidefumi Imura, Feng Shi, Tsugihiro Watanabe, Yoshihiro Fukushima .................51
Numerical Study of NOx and SOx Dynamics Under Land/Sea Breezes in Dry Season in Jakarta, Indonesia
Asep Sofyan, Toslaihiro Kitada, Gakuji Kurata ............,69
Global GIIG Emission Scenarios under GHG Concentration Stabilization Targets
Yasuaki Hijioka, Yuzuru Matsuoka, Hiromi Nishimoto, Toshihiko Masui, Mikiko Kainuma ...............................97
Technical Note Report
Impact of Migratory Waterfowl Flocks on Water Quality of a Lagoon
Guangwei Huang, Masahiko Isobe ...............................109
Water Quality and Pollutant Load in the Ambient Water and Domestic Wastewater Pollutant Discharges in the Developing Countries: Survey Results in Autumn and Winter in 2006
Yoshiaki Tsuzuki, Thammarat Koottatep, Faruque Ahmed, MD Mafizur Rahman .......................121
PAPER
A Coupled Atmosphere and Multi-Layer Land Surface Model for Improving Heavy Rainfall Simulation
Mohammed HAGGAG, Takao YAMASHITA, Han Soo LEE, and Kyeongok KIM .......................... 1
Global Emissions and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases in 2020
Tatsuya HANAOKA, Osamu AKASHI, Tomoko HASEGAWA, Go HIBINO, Kazuya FUJIWARA, Yuko KANAMORI, Yuzuru MATS UOKA and Mikiko KAINUMA ..............15
SWOT Analysis for discussion of Success Factors and Obstacles on Eco-Industrial Park Projects in Several Asian Countries
Juan LI U and Toru MATSUMOTO ...............................27
Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Relationships between Pollutant Discharge per Capita (PDC) of Domestic Wastewater and Income Indicators
Yoshiaki TSUZUKI .......................................................37
Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emitted from Municipal Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal: A Taiwan Case Study
Yu-Chi WENG, Takeshi FUJIWARA and Yuzuru MATSUOKA ..............................................47
NOTE
On-Site Treatment Systems in the Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPS) Service Areas in Thailand: Scenario Based Pollutant Loads Estimation
Yoshiaki TSUZUKI, Thammarat KOOTTATEP, Suraphong WATTANACHIRA, Yuttachai SARATHAI and Chira WONGBURANA ........................................... 57