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| Yuichi Moriguchi | |
| Head, Resources Management Section, | |
| Social and Environmental Systems Division, | |
| National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ministry of Environment, | |
| 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506 Japan | |
| Phone +81-298-50-2540 Fax +81-298-50-2572 | |
| E-mail moriguti@nies.go.jp |
33,791,000 Yen
(FY 2000; 10,901,000 Yen)
This study aims at the development of the framework for physical accounts to describe the flows of natural resources and environmental burdens between the nature and the economy and those among sectors of the economy. A framework of multi-dimensional physical input-output tables (MDPIOT) with environmental extension was proposed and preliminary accounts for fossil fuels, construction materials and iron & steel were compiled. The GAMEE, an extended, flexible and consistent framework containing both physical and monetary account, was also proposed. Energy consumption and CO2 emissions database along with the 1995 I-O table data was compiled and recent structural changes were analyzed. Collection of data and calculation of indicators for total material outflows from the economy to the nature were undertaken as a second phase of the collaborative study with Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. Case studies on local material flows and specific commodity flows were also undertaken.
Environmental Accounting, Physical Accounting, Input-Output Tables, Material Flow, Resources