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Contents
1
Introduction .............................................................................................
1
Hirotaka Matsuda and Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Part I Biofuels and Sustainability Conceptual Framework
2
Approach to Biofuel Issues from the Perspective
of Sustainability Science Studies............................................................ 11
Hirotaka Matsuda and Kazuhiko Takeuchi
3
Stakeholder Perspective and Multilevel Governance .......................... 17
Masahiro Matsuura and Hideaki Shiroyama
4
Applying Stakeholder Perspectives to Sustainable
Biofuel Strategy: A Summary of Our Analyses .................................... 25
Masahiro Matsuura and Hideaki Shiroyama
Part II Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services:
Global Economic and Environmental Impacts
5
Welfare Effects of the US Corn-Bioethanol Policy ............................... 33
Hideaki Takagi, Taro Takahashi, and Nobuhiro Suzuki
6
The Effect of Biofuel Production on Greenhouse
Gas Emission Reductions ....................................................................... 53
Keisuke Hanaki and Joana Portugal-Pereira
Part III Impacts on Land Use and Ecosystem Services:
Impacts at the National & Regional Scales
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Land Use Change Impacts: National and Regional Scales ................. 75
Kiyotada Hayashi