Regional Science Inquiry

Adrianus AMHEKA

Graduate school of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba,
1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572 Ibaraki, Japan
State Polytechnic of Kupang, Jl. Adisucipto Po.Box.139 Penfui,
Kupang 85011 NTT, Indonesia

Yoshiro HIGANO

Graduate school of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba,
1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572 Ibaraki, Japan

Takeshi MIZUNOYA

Graduate school of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba,
1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572 Ibaraki, Japan

Helmut YABAR

Graduate school of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba,
1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8572 Ibaraki, Japan

Abstract

Indonesia’s target is to reduce GHG emissions to between 26-41% (0.767-1.244) Gton CO2e from base year 2010 to target year 2020. Kupang is one of the cities targeted to achieve this. This research begins by introducing current solid waste management, the development of a Kupang input output (IO) table, introducing pollutant sectors and count amount of CO2e caused by economic activity indicated in the IO table. The results are compared with global warming potential (GWP) for a ten and a hundred year period respectively which show 0.073 Giga Ton (GTon) CO2e or 9.479% and 0.069 GTon CO2e or about 9% emitted by economic activity without being treated properly. As a tool for the Kupang government, we outline a framework for future implementation as the best solution to integrate a number of natural resources and to treat wastes (in the form of CO2, CH4, N2O, NOx, SOx, COD, BOD) before emitted into the environment. This research is the first study that constructs an IO table at a municipal level and counts the amount of CO2e emitted freely to environment in Kupang City for the year 2010.

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Anastasia STRATIGEA

Dept. of Geography and Regional Planning School of Rural and Surveying Engineering National Technical University of Athens
stratige@central.ntua.gr

Abstract

Setting targets in a foresight exercise is of crucial importance for both orienting future policy directions as well as assessing the achievement of policy concerns. The focus of the present paper is on the development of a methodological framework for setting objectives and targets in a foresight study. This framework builds upon a range of approaches that run in parallel in order to assure that all important issues as to the problem at hand are taken into consideration, while it is also combined with participatory approaches, where experts’ knowledge is used for serving validation purposes. The framework developed is then applied in AG2020 – a foresight exercise at the EU level, exploring potential policy options for the sustainable development of agriculture in EU by 2020 – with the aim to present the experience gained and difficulties raising towards finalizing objectives and targets used in this specific foresight exercise.
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Carmen BIZZARRI

European University of Rome

Abstract
The paper focuses on the human mobility in Mediterranean cities. This stream of immigrants change to the space of urban life for the historical, geographical and cultural factors leaded to themselves. The paper‘ll analyse two cities, Naples and Valencia, because both are very interested of this phenomenon, that changing the articulation of metropolitan areas.The methodology used to compare the different way of new territorialisation based on some indicators: density for districts, the distribution of non EU immigrants in districts, the population pyramid of the non Eu immigrants living in that cities and the place of worship. Starting of this comparison it is possible to understand which is the city, between Naples or Valencia, highlights more integration and new form of territorialisation than the other.

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