New Books: Frontiers of Environmental Input-Output Analysis By Shigemi Kagawa (30 Aug 2013)

Frontiers of Environmental Input-Output Analysis

By Shigemi Kagawa

Routledge – 2013

Descriptions:

Input-Output Analysis (IOA) is widely used in the field of ecological economics, industrial ecology, and environmental sciences. Industrial Ecology (IE) and Ecological Economics (EE) are promising and growing fields. IOA plays a crucial role in analyzing the related environmental and resource issues and providing quantitative information to many research questions and policy implications. The major aim of this book is to provide not only a comprehensive overview of environmental IOA from 1930s to the present but also the frontiers of environmental IOA including energy structural decomposition analysis, spatial energy structural decomposition analysis, multi-regional waste make-use analysis, augmented waste input-output analysis, dynamic structural decomposition analysis with product lifetime distributions, and endogenous input-output analysis with product lifetime distributions to professionals, practitioners, and students.

This book presents a novel dynamic structural decomposition analysis to evaluate the effects of the product lifetime shifts and structural changes such as technological changes and final demand shifts on the life cycle energy consumptions. It also contributes to modelling a simple social accounting method with cumulative product lifetime distributions and argues how product lifetime extension affects energy consumptions and income flow throughout the entire economic system.

The book demonstrates the author’s expertise in IOA and is an essential read for students and scholars in the field.

Contents:

1. Introduction 
2. A Structural Decomposition of Energy Consumption Based on a Hybrid Rectangular Input-Output Framework
3. A Spatial Structural Decomposition Analysis of the Chinese and Japanese Energy Demand 
4. An Empirical Analysis of Industrial Waste Embodied in the 1995 Japanese Economy 
5. A Simple Multi-Regional Input-Output Account for Waste Analysis 
6. Measuring Spatial Repercussion Effects 
7. Inter-Industry Analysis, Consumption Structure, and the Household Waste Production Structure 
8. The Economic and Environmental Consequences of Automobile Lifetime Extension and Fuel Economy Improvement 
9. Does Product Lifetime Extension Increase Our Income at the Expense of Energy Consumption?

For more information: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415704069/

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Event: New Open Access Journal Now Accepting Submissions: Earth Perspectives – Transdisciplinarity Enabled (2 Apr 2013)

New Open Access Journal Now Accepting Submissions: Earth Perspectives – Transdisciplinarity Enabled

02/04/2013

Earth Perspectives – Transdisciplinarity Enabled focuses on publishing and promoting integrating approaches to research, analysis and prediction of the Earth System, including the role of humans that either contribute to and/or are affected by the Earth System variability and changes. The journal’s intent is to bring together rich scientific knowledge and experience residing within natural and social sciences and humanities towards developing solutions and best practices that can be used in addressing contemporary socioeconomic development challenges facing the nations around the world. This holistic approach to global sustainability requires a transdisciplinary research agenda to be enabled by the scholarly papers published in Earth Perspectives.

The journal will build on the scientific foundation established by the Earth System Sciences studies that have enabled a major focus on interactions among the major Earth system spheres (i.e. litho-, hydro-, bio-, atmosphere) which have increasingly improved our ability to assess the consequences of the complex interactions within and among these spheres. The global society needs better access to this scientific knowledge to inform social, economic and development decisions in light of a fast growing population, competition for natural resources, and frequent occurrence of extreme weather and climate events. The journal will foster such approach to research and provision of science-based information for decision-making with the aim to demonstrate the benefits of science and technology in serving the needs of society.
Earth Perspectives – Transdisciplinarity Enabled shall publish topics on Earth-Human interactions and their influence on major global cycles of water, energy, nutrients, ecosystems and associated services, environment, and health with a major focus on socioeconomic aspects and human decisions. The transdisciplinary approach is required to address complex environmental challenges by natural and social sciences with due consideration to economics. Innovative engineering solutions will benefit greatly the global sustainability agenda and bring about the societal transformations to meet the needs of current and future generation of Earth inhabitants.

Now accepting submissions

Earth Perspectives is accepting submissions; please use the online submission system to submit your manuscript. If you are submitting a manuscript to a particular Special Issue, please refer to its specific name in your covering letter. For all enquiries about the journal, please contact:  editorial@earth-perspectives.com.

Editorial Board

Editors in Chief

• Ghassem Asrar, World Climate Research Program/WMO, Switzerland
• Thomas Krafft, Maastricht University, Netherlands
• Michael Piasecki, The City College of New York, United States of America
• Michael Schaepman, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Associate Editors

• Dieter Gerten, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
• Beth Holland, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
• Krishna Kumar Kanikicharla, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India
• Hong Liao, Chinese Academy of Science, China
• G.V.S. Murthy, Indian Institute of Public Health, India
• Raghuram Murtugudde, University of Maryland, United States of America
• Alberto Piola, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Mimi Sheller, Drexel University, United States of America
• Vivek Singh, Indian Institute of Public Health, India
• Li Xiubin, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China

For more information:

http://www.apn-gcr.org/2013/04/02/new-open-access-journal-now-accepting-submissions-earth-perspectives-transdisciplinarity-enabled/

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Events: Sixth International Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Summer School, Xiamen, China (1 Feb 2013 Deadline for application)

Sixth International SOLAS Summer School, Xiamen, China

24/01/2013

The SOLAS Summer School is a biennial international event that brings together over 70 students and 15 world-leading international scientists in a variety of fields, for a combination of lectures and practical workshops. It aims to teach the skills and knowledge of the many disciplines needed to understand the nature of ocean-atmosphere interactions. It allows doctoral students and early-career researchers to see how their work fits into the broad canvas of SOLAS, and global change research more generally.

The Summer School aims to  expose graduate students and young scientists to recent developments and methodologies in the study of biogeochemical and physical feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere in a changing environment

The sixth summer school will be in Xiamen, China, from 23 August – 2 September 2013.

Deadline for application: 1 Feb 2013

For further information and to apply for the summer school, please visit: http://mel.xmu.edu.cn/solassummerschool/

Summer School Flyer

Source: http://www.apn-gcr.org/2013/01/24/sixth-international-solas-summer-school-xiamen-china/

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Call for papers: ICGES 2013 : 2013 2nd International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sciences (28 Feb 2013 deadline)

2013 2nd International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sciences
ICGES 2013
Hong Kong, July 6-7, 2013
www.icges.org

Call for Papers

The 2013 2nd International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sciences (ICGES 2013) is the premier forum for the presentation of technological advances and research results in the fields of Geological and Environmental Sciences. ICGES 2013 will bring together leading engineers and scientists in Geological and Environmental Sciences from around the world. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Environmental engineering and sustainable development
Process design and optimization
Product innovation, development and economics
Process intensification
Nanotechnology
New materials & structured products
Intelligent polymers
Green organic synthesis routes
Process integration
Environmental engineering & management
Sustainable & clean technologies
SCF as solvent substitutes
Deep Geologic Repositories
Deep Seismic Soundings
Earth Interior
Emerging information technologies, interoperability and standards: theory and applications
Engineering Geology
Environmental Geology
Exhumation of Orogenic Belts
Exploration Geophysics
Future of Energy Resources
Geochemistry
Geodynamics
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geologic Hazards: International Approaches and Perspectives
Geological Anatomy and Paleogeographic Evolution
Geological Hazards: Assessment and Mitigation
Geological Map of the World
Geology of Continental Margins
Geomagnetism
Geomorphology
Geoscience Education
Geosciences for Cultural Heritage
Geosites, Geoparks, Geotourism
Geosphere-Biosphere Interactions
Geotechnologies
History of Geosciences
Hominin Evolution
Hydrogeology
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Interactive geoscientific map exposition based in GIS
Isotope Geochemistry
Major Discoveries in Sedimentology in the Mediterranean Area
Management and Application of Geoscience Information
Management of geoscientific data by geological surveys
Marine Geology
Mathematical Geology
Medical Geology
Mineral Deposits
Mineralogy
Neotectonics/Paleoseismology
New Concepts in Global Tectonics
New Geophysical Techniques for Geological Applications
New mapping approaches
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithosphere
Origin and Evolution of the Earth
Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
Paleontology
Past and present global change: changes, shifts and metamorphoses
Peatlands
Planetary Geology
Precambrian and Paleozoic Orogenies
Quaternary Geology
Regional Geology
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing and GIS integration in Earth’s Sciences
Scale Invariance
Scientific use of GIS Projects in Earth’s Sciences
Sea-Level Changes
Sedimentology
Sequence Stratigraphy
Spatial Statistics and data treatment
Stratigraphy
Structural Geology
Tectonics of the Turkic-Type Orogens and the Geology of Continental Growth
The Geological Time Scale - Recent Developments and Global Correlations - ICS
Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism (UHPM): from the Nano Scale to the Plate Tectonic Scale
Urban Geology
 

All papers of ICGES 2013 will be published in the Volume of Journal ( IPCBEE, ISSN: 2010-4618), and all papers will be included in the Engineering & Technology Digital Library, and indexed by Ei Geobase(Elsevier), Ulrich's Periodicals Directory,  EBSCO, CNKI(中国知网), WorldCat, Google Scholar, Cross ref and sent to be reviewed by Compendex and ISI Proceedings.

One Excellent Paper will be selected from each oral session. The Certificate for Excellent Papers will be awarded in the Welcome Banquet on July 7, 2013.

Important Date

Paper Submission (Full Paper)                                                           Before February 28, 2013
Notification of Acceptance                                                                          On March 15, 2013
Authors' Registration                                                                             Before March 30, 2013
Final Paper Submission                                                                         Before March 30, 2013
ICGES 2013 Conference Dates                                                                           July 6-7, 2013

SUBMISSION METHODS:

Conference Template (DOC)

1. Electronic Submission System; ( .pdf)

If you can't login the submission system, please try to submit through method 2.

2. Email: icges@cbees.org ( .pdf and .doc)

For more information: http://www.icges.org/cfp.htm

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