Papers on Environmental Information Science
Vol.25 (The 25th Conference on Environmental Information Science)
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Eco-Efficiency at the Industrial Level in Kawasaki City, Japan
Ying SUNMasashi WATANABETetsuhiko MIYADERATsuyoshi FUJITAYujiro HIRANO
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Pages 79-84

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In this paper, to identify industrial characteristics and indicate the effect factors in Kawasaki city, Japan we evaluate industrial eco-efficiencies of Kawasaki city by eco-efficiency indicator and compare these with national average. Industrial waste, energy consumption, and chemical emissions for PRTR are focused. As results, the eco-efficiencies of major industries in Kawasaki City such as oil, coal product are higher than those of national average, while the middle sized industries such as transportation industry show the opposite results. Furthermore, the total environmental impacts of each of waste and PRTR of industrial-wide in Kawasaki fall below the national average, while the environmental impact of energy consumption exceeds national average.
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