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Shinji Kaneko

Professor, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima …
Verified email at hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Does urbanization lead to less energy use and lower CO2 emissions? A cross-country analysis

P Poumanyvong, S Kaneko - Ecological economics, 2010 - Elsevier
Despite the relationship between urbanization, energy use and CO 2 emissions has been
extensively studied in recent years, little attention has been paid to differences in development …

Corporate environmental and economic performance of Japanese manufacturing firms: Empirical study for sustainable development

H Fujii, K Iwata, S Kaneko… - Business Strategy and the …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the relationship between environmental performance and economic
performance in Japanese manufacturing firms. The environmental performance indicators …

Decomposing the decoupling of CO2 emissions and economic growth in Brazil

LC De Freitas, S Kaneko - Ecological Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper examines the occurrence of a decoupling between the growth rates in economic
activity and CO 2 emissions from energy consumption in Brazil from 2004 to 2009. This …

Driving forces behind the stagnancy of China's energy-related CO2 emissions from 1996 to 1999: the relative importance of structural change, intensity change and …

L Wu, S Kaneko, S Matsuoka - Energy policy, 2005 - Elsevier
It is noteworthy that income elasticity of energy consumption in China shifted from positive to
negative after 1996, accompanied by an unprecedented decline in energy-related CO 2 …

Water efficiency of agricultural production in China: Regional comparison from 1999 to 2002

S Kaneko, K Tanaka, T Toyota… - International Journal of …, 2004 - inderscienceonline.com
We apply stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) techniques to a provincial level data set to measure
technical and water efficiency in China's agricultural production from 1999 to 2002. The …

Impacts of urbanization on national transport and road energy use: Evidence from low, middle and high income countries

P Poumanyvong, S Kaneko, S Dhakal - Energy policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Few attempts have been made to investigate quantitatively and systematically the impact of
urbanization on transport energy use for countries of different stages of economic …

Is the younger generation a driving force toward achieving the sustainable development goals? Survey experiments

T Yamane, S Kaneko - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Is the younger generation, including millennials and Generation Z, a driving force toward
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The younger generation is often …

Can environmental quality spread through institutions?

HM Hosseini, S Kaneko - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
Spatial relationships are known phenomena in ecological studies that refer to the relationships
between certain variables observed in different localities. Different mechanisms have …

Melatonin scavenges hydroxyl radical and protects isolated rat hearts from ischemic reperfusion injury

S Kaneko, K Okumura, Y Numaguchi, H Matsui… - Life sciences, 2000 - Elsevier
During postischemic reperfusion, free radicals are produced and have deleterious effects in
isolated rat hearts. We investigated whether melatonin (MEL) reduces the production of …

Urbanization and subsurface environmental issues: An attempt at DPSIR model application in Asian cities

KAB Jago-on, S Kaneko, R Fujikura, A Fujiwara… - Science of the total …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper synthesizes existing information and knowledge on subsurface environments to
understand the major cause and effect relationships of subsurface environmental issues by …