[ECON20151701]

能源經濟學研討會 

【總第55期】

Natural Disaster in Japan: Economy, Energy and Environment

本次能源經濟學研討會邀請到日本東北大學環境科學研究科的馬奈木俊介副教授做學術講演。
時間：3月20日，星期五，10:00—11:30
地點：中國人民大學明德主樓734會議室
報告摘要：
    In this article we explore the recovery policies after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami comprehensively. By doing so, we assess how the disaster-affected cities` possession of their accommodation promotes the effectiveness of the policies. The Japanese National Police Agency reported that the incident caused 15,883 of deaths, 6,143 of casualties, and 2,681 of musings. The report also confirmed physical damage of 129,225 totally collapsed, and 269,454 half-collapsed buildings. Direct economic damage is about 5-7% of GDP. Besides these damages, the incident in Tohoku has significantly different aspect than other disasters, which is the major explosion of Fukushima nuclear power plant associated with the earthquake and tsunami. The leakage and contamination of radioactive have been affecting 12 cities and more than 8,8000 residents in Fukushima prefecture. The Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that they have a clear schedule to put the crisis under control and to deccomish the nuclear reactor, and that it takes 40 years to complete it. After the incident, the central government of Japan established Reconstruction Agency to replace Reconstruction Headquarters as a response to the incident created on June 24, 2011 and to support the local governments` recovery plans. The government prepared 25 million yen for the 5 years of the incident. The budget is allocated to four major projects of cleaning up the debris, reconstructing the damaged infrastructure, managing the nuclear related issues, and financial support for local businesses and employment creation in the disaster area. In the current two years, interestingly, there have been differences among the disaster areas in the magnitude of successfulness in recovery plans although some of them have experienced the same levels of devastation. The cities located in the southern area have recovered relatively faster than the one in the northern area. One of the goals of the recovery plans is to achieve fast and sustainable recovery of the disaster area. We focus on a source of difference in the magnitudes of recovery considering nuclear plant nearby areas (particularly energy and environmental challenges in addition to economic impacts), and propose the necessity for the local cities to have their potential accommodation as a part of preparing for the smooth recovery.
作者簡介： 
        馬奈木俊介（Shunsuke Managi），現任日本東北大學環境科學研究科副教授，研究方向為資源與環境經濟學，兼任學術期刊Environmental Economic and Policy Studies主編，Resource and Energy Economics副主編，以及其他多種期刊的編輯。同時又擔任聯合國政府間氣候變化專門委員會（Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC）主要成員。其主要著作Technology, Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Improving the Environment for a Greener Future，由Edward Elgar Publishing出版。
        馬奈木俊介副教授曾出版12部相關書籍，共發表百余篇學術論文，分別刊登于Journal of Environmental Economics and Management， Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Land Economics，Environmental and Resource Economics，Journal of Regulatory Economics, Resource and Energy Economics，The Energy Journal，International Journal of Production Economics，Omega，Energy Economics，Environment and Development Economics, Ecological Economics，Economic Modelling，Agricultural Economics，Journal of Industrial Ecology， Energy Policy，and Physica A.等國際頂學術期刊。另外，其評論也曾發表在The Guardian等大眾報刊，以及Science等生命科學期刊。近年來，被IDEAS/RePEc入選為“世界頂尖青年經濟學家40人”，并于2012年8月，在亞洲經濟學者中排名37位。

    能源經濟學研討會（Energy Economics Seminar）由中國人民大學經濟學院能源經濟系定期推出，旨在為研究中國能源經濟問題的學者提供一個交流的平臺。 

聯系人：宋楓（songfeng@ruc.edu.cn）  

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