Measuring the waste footprint of cities in Japan: an interregional waste input–output analysis

Tsukui, Makiko; Kagawa, Shigemi; Kondo, Yasushi

doi:10.1186/s40008-015-0027-2

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“…In our study, we applied the same two-region IR-WIO model that we applied in Tsukui et al (2015). Briefly, the model is based on Kagawa and Kondo (2007) and , which is an expansion of the conventional regional IO model of Isard (1951) and the WIO model of Nakamura and Kondo (2002a).…”

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“…Briefly, the model is based on Kagawa and Kondo (2007) and , which is an expansion of the conventional regional IO model of Isard (1951) and the WIO model of Nakamura and Kondo (2002a). A detailed description of this model has been provided in Tsukui et al (2015). We estimated the repercussion effects of visitors' consumption on industrial sectors, waste generation, waste treatment sectors, and the environmental loads of each sector in Tokyo and Kyoto, respectively.…”

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“…We also referred to the industrial waste data published by the Ministry of the Environment Secretariat, Waste/Recycling Measures Department (2002) and NEDO (2005) for the estimation of waste generation from industrial sectors in both Tokyo and Kyoto. In order to apply the IR-WIO model described in Tsukui et al (2015) to our study, we extended the KWIOT2000 to produce a two-region IR-WIO table (KIR-WIOT2000) using Nakamura (2010). In the WIOTs for both Tokyo and Kyoto, estimating the activities of waste treatment sectors was based on Matsuto (2005).…”

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“…Most Japanese tourist sites need to treat increased waste due to tourism because each municipality in Japan must basically treat general waste within the municipality. Moreover, it is extremely difficult to find new landfill sites in Japanese metropolitan cities, and one of the top priorities in these cities is to reduce landfill waste (Nakamura and Kondo 2002b;Sasao 2004;Tsukui et al 2015). As such, waste generation and landfilling induced by tourists are crucial issues for sustainable tourism.…”

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“…We considered the effects of domestic tourism in these target regions, focusing on tourists from other parts of Japan. In the case of Tokyo, we used the interregional WIO (IR-WIO) table for Tokyo compiled in 2000 by Tsukui et al (2015) to analyze the economic and environmental effects of domestic tourists from other regions. We clarified the tourism consumption in Kyoto and Tokyo as direct effects and estimated the resulting indirect effects in both regions.…”

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The importance of tourism around the world is increasing. In 2014, direct, indirect, and induced economic effects of tourism amounted to 9% of global GDP (United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Tourism Highlights 2015). Moreover, the contribution of newly developing countries in the tourism market to this figure increased from 30 to 45% over the last 25 years, which means that tourism has been effective in improving economic well-being in these countries (UNWTO 2015). Hardy et al. (2002) reported that the three key factors in the development of sustainable tourism are environment vision, economic development, and community involvement. More recent AbstractAs the economic importance of tourism increases, it is important to consider the effects that tourism has on the environment in the affected regions of the country. In our study, we selected two popular tourist destinations in Japan, Tokyo and Kyoto, for our case studies on the repercussion effects induced by the economic and environmental activities of visitors. As waste generation and landfilling are two of the most important environmental loads in Japan, a regional waste input-output approach was considered to be an effective method for evaluating these issues. The estimated direct effects of visitors' consumption activities in Tokyo and Kyoto amounted to approximately 434 billion yen and 209 billion yen, respectively. The tendencies of visitor consumption in both prefectures were similar, as were the repercussion effects on the production value, which accounted for approximately 434 billion yen and approximately 260 billion yen in Tokyo and Kyoto, respectively. Value added amounted to 276 billion yen in Tokyo and approximately 108 billion yen in Kyoto. Waste generation induced by tourists in Kyoto accounted for approximately 22,690 t, which was similar to that induced in Tokyo at 20,655 t. Regarding the repercussion effect of the area of landfill consumption, Kyoto tourists consumed 1479 m 2 of landfill in contrast to 7369 m 2 in Tokyo. The results of our study reveal the importance of considering the regional characteristics of the target region when conducting environmentally sound campaigns directed at stimulating tourism.

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