Developing a long-term local society design methodology towards a low-carbon economy: An application to Shiga Prefecture in Japan

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4688-4703

  Shimada, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Yoshitaka ^b   Gomi, Kei ^c   Matsuoka, Yuzuru ^c  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of the Environment   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Local level design; Low carbon economy; Socio economic structural change

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS EMISSIONS;

LOCAL LEVEL DESIGN; LOW-CARBON ECONOMY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PLANNING METHOD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

EID: 34250800289     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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