Abstract
Reflecting growing concerns regarding global warming and climate change, the Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda announced a climate change policy named the “Fukuda Vision” in 2008. Japan set out a long term plan to reduce its carbon emissions by 60–80% by 2050, and proposed a sectoral approach for improving energy efficiency. The Korean government also announced a new paradigm for “Low-Carbon, Green Growth,” emphasizing sustainable economic growth by the improvement of energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions. It is clear that energy efficiency improvement has become a main key to environmental management policy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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5 + 2 Economic Region: Seoul Metropolitan, Kangwon, Chungcheong, Honam, Dongnam, Daegyeong, Jeju Area.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Kinki, Chubu, Tohoku, Hokuriku, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu Area. Prefectures comprised in each region are different from traditional delineations. Details are available at http://www.mlit.go.jp/kokudokeikaku/zs5-e/part3.html.
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Small-sized economic regions are excluded: Kangwon and Jeju areas in Korea; Hokkaido and Okinawa areas in Japan.
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Ku, J. (2010). An Analysis of Energy Efficiency Using DEA: A Comparison of Korean and Japanese Economic Regions. In: Yao, T. (eds) Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2009. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99779-5_13
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