Biofuels and Sustainability : : Holistic Perspectives for Policy-Making.

• Superior document: Science for Sustainable Societies Series
• Author: Takeuchi, Kazuhiko.
• TeilnehmendeR: Shiroyama, Hideaki.; Saito, Osamu.; Matsuura, Masahiro.
• Place / Publishing House: Tokyo : : Springer Japan,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Science for Sustainable Societies Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 Background and Character of Biofuel Production Expansion
• 1.2 Current Situation of Biofuel Production in the World
• 1.3 Issues of Biofuels
• 1.4 Biofuels and Sustainability Science
• 1.5 Objectives
• References
• Part I: Biofuels and Sustainability Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 2: Approach to Biofuel Issues from the Perspective of Sustainability Science Studies
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 What Is the Sustainability Science?
• 2.3 Feature of Biofuels from the Sustainability Science View
• 2.4 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 3: Stakeholder Perspective and Multilevel Governance
• 3.1 Stakeholder Perspectives
• 3.1.1 Defining Who the Stakeholders Are
• 3.1.2 Applying the Stakeholder Perspective to the Biofuel Cases
• 3.1.3 Stakeholder Perspective as an Essential Element of Good Policy Processes
• 3.1.4 Broader Conception of Stakeholders
• 3.1.5 Why This Perspective Is Important in the Study of Biofuel Deployment
• 3.2 Multilevel Governance
• 3.2.1 Levels of Governance
• 3.2.2 Multilayered and Nested Nature of Biofuel Governance
• 3.2.3 Why This Perspective Is Important in the Study of Biofuel Deployment
• Chapter 4: Applying Stakeholder Perspectives to Sustainable Biofuel Strategy: A Summary of Our Analyses
• 4.1 Producers in Developing Nations
• 4.2 Users in Developing Nations
• 4.3 Producers and Users in Developed Nations
• 4.4 Communities of Stakeholders in the Production Areas
• 4.5 Future Generations
• 4.6 Summary
• Part II: Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Global Economic and Environmental Impacts
• Chapter 5: Welfare Effects of the US Corn-Bioethanol Policy
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 The Model Structure
• 5.2.1 Overview of the Model
• 5.2.2 Detailed Model Structure
• 5.3 Simulation
• 5.3.1 Overall design
• 5.3.2 Scenarios
• 5.3.3 Results.
• 5.4 Welfare Analysis
• 5.4.1 Overall design
• 5.4.2 Detailed Procedures
• 5.4.3 Results
• 5.4.4 Value of CO2 Reduction
• 5.5 Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 6: The Effect of Biofuel Production on Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Biofuel LCA
• 6.2.1 LCA Framework
• 6.2.2 Evaluation of Effects of Byproduct Recovery and Use
• 6.2.3 The Necessity of Localized LCA
• 6.3 Sugarcane Ethanol Production in Brazil
• 6.3.1 Description of the Case Study and its Scenarios
• 6.3.2 LCA Framework
• 6.3.2.1 Definition of System Boundaries and Reference System
• 6.3.2.2 Functional Unit
• 6.3.2.3 Allocation Procedures
• 6.3.3 Life Cycle Inventory Analysis
• 6.3.4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment
• 6.4 Final Remarks
• References
• Part III: Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Impacts at the National &amp
• Regional Scales
• Chapter 7: Land Use Change Impacts: National and Regional Scales
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Global Land Availability for Biofuels
• 7.3 Land Use Change Impacts in LCA
• 7.3.1 Importance of Land Use Change in LCA: An Expository Analysis of Plant Oils
• 7.3.2 Methodologies for Land Use Impacts in LCA
• 7.3.2.1 Integration of Land Use into LCA
• 7.3.2.2 Framework for Land Use Impact Assessment Within LCA
• 7.4 Case Studies of Land Use Impact Assessment: Palm Oil Production
• 7.4.1 Literature Review of LCA Applied to Palm Oil
• 7.4.2 Inter-temporal Inequality
• 7.4.3 Regionalization of Land Use Impact Assessment
• 7.4.3.1 Regionalization Based on Oil Palm Productivity
• 7.4.3.2 Regionalization Based on the Share of Peat Land
• 7.5 Discussions
• 7.6 Concluding Remarks
• References
• Chapter 8: Socioeconomic Impacts of Biofuels in East Asia
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Indonesia
• 8.2.1 Overview of Indonesia's Main Policies.
• 8.2.2 Overview of Main Biofuel Market Conditions in Indonesia
• 8.2.2.1 Biodiesel from Palm Oil and Jatropha
• 8.2.2.2 Bioethanol from Sugarcane and Cassava
• 8.2.3 Socioeconomic Impacts
• 8.2.4 Analysis
• 8.3 India
• 8.3.1 Overview of India's National Policies on Biofuels
• 8.3.2 Status of the Indian Biofuel Market
• 8.3.2.1 Bioethanol from Sugarcane
• 8.3.2.2 Biodiesel From Nonedible Oilseeds
• 8.3.3 Socioeconomic Impacts of Biofuels in India
• 8.3.4 Analysis
• 8.4 China
• 8.4.1 Overview of China's Main Policies: Promotion of Renewable Energy
• 8.4.2 Overview of Main Biofuel Market Conditions in China
• 8.4.2.1 Bioethanol
• 8.4.2.2 Biodiesel
• 8.4.2.3 Emerging Research on Second-Generation Biofuels
• 8.4.3 Socioeconomic Impacts
• 8.4.3.1 Employment
• 8.4.3.2 Rural Development
• 8.4.3.3 Energy Security
• 8.4.4 Stakeholder Perspectives
• 8.4.5 Analysis
• 8.5 Japan
• 8.5.1 Overview of Japan's Main Policies
• 8.5.2 Overview of Main Biofuel Market Conditions
• 8.5.3 Socioeconomic Impacts
• 8.5.4 Stakeholder Perspectives
• 8.5.4.1 Government
• 8.5.4.2 Oil Industry
• 8.5.4.3 Automobile Industry
• 8.5.4.4 Consumers
• 8.5.5 Analysis
• 8.5.6 Policy Implications
• 8.6 Conclusion
• References
• Part IV: Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services: Social, Economic and Political Impacts
• Chapter 9: Social, Economic, and Political Impacts
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Case from Brazil
• 9.2.1 Method
• 9.2.2 Key Stakeholders
• 9.2.2.1 Industrial Sector
• 9.2.2.2 Government
• 9.2.2.3 Civil Society
• 9.2.3 Key Issues in Biofuel Production in Brazil
• 9.2.3.1 Economic Issues
• 9.2.3.2 Societal Issues
• 9.2.3.3 Environmental Issue
• 9.2.3.4 Political issue
• 9.3 Case from Indonesia
• 9.3.1 Method
• 9.3.2 Key Stakeholders
• 9.3.2.1 Industrial Sector
• 9.3.2.2 Government
• 9.3.2.3 Civil Society.
• 9.3.3 Major Issues Relating to Biofuel Production
• 9.4 Lessons from Two Cases
• 9.4.1 Variety of Stakeholders
• 9.4.2 Variety of Issues
• 9.4.3 Implication to the Japanese Government's Policy on the Importation of Biofuels
• Chapter 10: Stakeholder Perceptions of the Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being Impacts of Palm Oil Biofuels in Indonesia and Malaysia
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Impacts of Palm Oil Biofuels on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
• 10.2.1 Linking Biofuels and Ecosystem Services
• 10.2.2 Impact on Ecosystem Services
• 10.2.2.1 Feedstock for Fuel (Provisioning Service)
• 10.2.2.2 Food Crops and Woodland/Grassland Products (Provisioning Services)
• 10.2.2.3 Freshwater Services (Provisioning and Regulating Services)
• 10.2.2.4 Climate Regulation (Regulating Service)
• 10.2.2.5 Air Quality Regulation (Regulating Service)
• 10.2.2.6 Erosion Control (Regulating Service)
• 10.2.2.7 Cultural Services
• 10.2.3 Impacts on Biodiversity
• 10.2.4 Impacts on Human Well-Being
• 10.2.4.1 Rural Development
• 10.2.4.2 Energy Security and Access to Energy Resources
• 10.2.4.3 Food Security and Access to Food
• 10.2.4.4 Health
• 10.2.4.5 Land Tenure, Displacement, and Social Conflicts
• 10.3 Methodology
• 10.3.1 Methodological Approach
• 10.3.2 Data Collection
• 10.3.2.1 Expert Interviews with RSPO-Certified Firms
• 10.3.2.2 RSPO-RT8 Stakeholder Survey
• 10.4 Results
• 10.4.1 Interviews with RSPO-Certified Firms
• 10.4.2 RSPO-RT8 Stakeholder Survey
• 10.4.2.1 Quantitative Analysis
• 10.4.2.2 Qualitative Analysis
• 10.5 Discussion
• 10.6 Conclusions
• References
• Part V: Sustainable Biofuels Strategy Options: Roadmap for Building Sustainable Strategy Options
• Chapter 11: Roadmap for Building Sustainable Strategy Options
• 11.1 Mutual-Gains Approach to Sustainable Policy.
• 11.1.1 Failure of Command and Control Approach
• 11.1.2 An Alternative: Mutual-Gains Approach
• 11.1.3 Practice of Mutual-Gains Policy Formulation
• 11.1.4 Challenges in Mutual-Gains Policy Formulation
• 11.1.5 Mutual-Gains Biofuel Policy-Making in Action
• 11.2 Deliberative Policy Formulation for an Improved Sustainability
• 11.2.1 Concerns About Conventional Neoliberal Approaches
• 11.2.2 New Forms of Governance
• 11.3 Resilient Governance
• 11.3.1 Uncertainty and Governance
• 11.3.2 Creating Resilient Institutional Mechanisms for Biofuel Utilization
• Chapter 12: Application of Ontology for Developing Strategy Options
• 12.1 Introduction
• 12.2 System Architecture and Process
• 12.3 Facilitation of Planning and Collaboration
• 12.4 Usability and Effectiveness of the System
• 12.4.1 Evaluation Experiment by Domain Experts
• 12.4.2 An Experiment of Consensus Making by Role-Play Discussion
• 12.4.2.1 Overview of the Experiment
• 12.4.2.2 Methods
• 12.4.2.3 Results and Discussion
• 12.5 Conclusion
• References
• Part VI: Sustainable Biofuels Strategy Options: Key Strategies for Policy Makers
• Chapter 13: Key Strategies for Policymakers
• 13.1 Strategy Options at the Global Level
• 13.1.1 Background for Sustainable Deployment Strategies and Response Measures
• 13.1.1.1 Biofuels and Their Environmental Impact
• 13.1.1.2 Food Security and Biofuels
• 13.1.1.3 Rural Development, Agricultural and Industrial Policy, and Biofuels
• 13.1.1.4 Energy Security and Biofuels
• 13.1.1.5 Trade, North-South Issues, and Biofuels
• 13.1.2 Current Study into Sustainable Deployment Strategies
• 13.1.3 Tools for Sustainable Use Strategies
• 13.1.3.1 Policy Tools for Sustainable Use Strategies
• 13.1.3.2 Outline of Standards, Indicators, and Certification Systems for Sustainable Biofuels.
• 13.1.3.3 Current State of Standards, Indicators, and Certification for Sustainable Biofuels.