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Global Warming :

  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3rd Assessment Report, Climate Change 2001, Supervision Japanese edition: Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • EDMC Handbook of Energy & Economic Statistics in Japan (2002 edition), (ed. The Energy Data and Modeling Center, Japan Institute of Energy Economics), Tokyo: Japan Energy Conservation Center
  • Japan Meteorological Agency (www.jma.go.jp/JMA_HP/jma/index.html)
  • Japan Ministry of the Environment (www.env.go.jp)

Global Warming >>

CO2 emissions by country :

  • For the "CO2 emissions by country" data (1996) : World Resources Institute (www.earthtrends.wri.org)
  • For CO2 exhaled in human breath and its equivalence to national per capita emissions: Institute for Research on Systems Technology

CO2 emissions by country >>

Water Scarcity Worldwide :

  • Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Rural Development Bureau (www.maff.go.jp)
  • Porritt, Jonathon, Save the Earth, (trans. Serizawa, Takashi), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1991
  • Honma, Miyako, Kato, Eiichi and Washio, Keiji, Mizu no zyunkan, Tokyo: Fujiwara Shoten, 2002
  • Watson, Lyall, The Water Planet, (trans. Uchida, Mie, with photos by Jerry Derbyshire), Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1988
  • Okazaki, Minoru and Suzuki, Hiroaki, Shirabete Miyo-Kurashi no mizu, shakai no mizu, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2003
  • Ishi, Hiroyuki, Chikyu kankyo hokoku 2, Tokyo: Iwanami Shinsho, 1998
  • Ecology Symphony (www.ecology.or.jp/index.html)
  • The Kyoto Shimbun Co., Ltd. (www.kyoto-np.co.jp/index.html)
  • Inter Press Service News Agency (www.ipsnews.co.th/jp)

Water Scarcity Worldwide >>

Making Use of the Sun:

  • Energy wo kangaeru-Mirai eno sentaku, Japan National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA), 1979
  • Office of the Cabinet, Government of Japan (www.kantei.go.jp/jp/kids/index.html)

Making Use of the Sun >>

The Logistics of Home Energy Supplly :

  • Nakasa, Hiroyasu, Tokoton wakaru " Energy nosikumi ", Tokyo: Ikeda Shoten, 2001

The Logistics of Home Energy Supplly >>

Sunlight Bathes the Earth :

  • Tsuchiya, Haruki, Shirabete Miyo-Energy no ima mirai, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2003
  • Japan Meteorological Agency (CLIMAT data)

Sunlight Bathes the Earth >>

"Passive"Design in Building Technologies :

  • Taylor, John S., Commonsense Architecture (trans. Goto, Hisashi),Tokyo: Shokokusha Publishing Co., Ltd., 1998

"Passive"Design in Building Technologies (PDF) >>

Understanding On-Site Climate :

  • United States Typical Meteorological Year Data (TMY2), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • China Surface Weather Data 1991-2000,National Meteorologtical Center of China

Understanding On-Site Climate >>

Keepipng Water Supply Clean :

  • Nihon no mizu shigen 2002, Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
  • Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Rural Development Bureau (www.maff.go.jp/)
  • Okazaki, Minoru and Suzuki, Hiroaki, op. cit.
  • Suzuki, Kiyoharu and Suzuki, Takashi, Karada to byoki no hon-Iranai mono wo suteru, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1991
  • Omori, Hiroo, Chikyu wo marugoto kangaeru 5-Mizu wa chikyu no inochizuna, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1993

Keepipng Water Supply Clean >>

The Earth's Water Cycle :

  • Nihon no mizu shigen (2003 edition), Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Department of Water Resources
  • Ippankatei mizushiyo mokutekibetsu jittaichosa 1997, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Bureau of Waterworks
  • Mishima, Isamu and Masumitsu, Hiroshi, Zukai zatsugaku, mizu no kagaku, (ed. Ueda, Hisashi), Tokyo: Natsume Sha, 2001
  • Maurits la Rivière, J. W., "Threats to the World's Water," Scientific American, Vol. 261, September 1989

The Earth's Water Cycle >>

Biological Decomposition :

Biological Decomposition >>

 

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