Abstract
This paper aims to analyze statistically the performance of domestic local global warming prevention policies and their characteristics and to clarify the driving forces for promoting policies. Policies (see Table 1) are classified by three axes using the Quantify III Method, i.e. "Public Construction or Social System", "Artificiality or Nature", "New Technology or Traditional Technology" based on a local government survey conducted in 2001. By calculating the mean value of regional characteristics, the survey shows that urban organizations tend to adopt artificial and new technological policy measures, and rural organizations tend to adopt natural and traditional measures. In terms of feasibility, small or rural local governments may use natural resources and traditional technology such as "Heat generation from wood". Large or urban governments must use new technology and drastic implementation to change the whole social system. Furthermore, analysis of factors in promoting policies shows that ISO 14001 and Basic Environment Plans are effective on total policies, ISO 14001 on environmental-friendly construction, Renewable Energy Plans on energy supply policies, creating inventories of GHG gases on transportation policies that minimize GHG gases, Basic Environment Plans on buildings policies that minimize GHG gases. These results show that if we to promote global warming prevention policies we have to establish appropriate plans or set up taskforces of stakeholders.
