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Regional Cooperation for the Sustainable Development and Management in Northeast Asia A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Choi, Yongrok (Ed.) Book — Published Version Regional cooperation for the sustainable development and management in Northeast Asia Provided in Cooperation with: MDPI – Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Basel Suggested Citation: Choi, Yongrok (Ed.) (2018) : Regional cooperation for the sustainable development and management in Northeast Asia, ISBN 978-3-03897-056-9, MDPI, Basel, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03897-056-9 This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/193982 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. 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Contents About the Special Issue Editor ...................................... vii Preface to ”Regional Cooperation for the Sustainable Development and Management in Northeast Asia” ............................................... ix Yongrok Choi Regional Cooperation for the Sustainable Development and Management in Northeast Asia Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 548, doi: 10.3390/su10020548 ................ 1 Wei Liu, Jinyan Zhan, Zhihui Li, Siqi Jia, Fan Zhang and Yifan Li Eco-Efficiency Evaluation of Regional Circular Economy: A Case Study in Zengcheng, Guangzhou Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 453, doi: 10.3390/su10020453 ................ 9 Omaid Najmuddin, Xiangzheng Deng and Ruchira Bhattacharya The Dynamics of Land Use/Cover and the Statistical Assessment of Cropland Change Drivers in the Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 423, doi: 10.3390/su10020423 ................ 25 Yongrok Choi and Do Quynh Mai The Sustainable Role of the E-Trust in the B2C E-Commerce of Vietnam Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 291, doi: 10.3390/su10010291 ................ 43 Chi Zhang, Zhengning Pu and Qin Zhou Sustainable Energy Consumption in Northeast Asia: A Case from China’s Fuel Oil Futures Market Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 261, doi: 10.3390/su10010261 ................ 61 Andrew Chapman, Hidemichi Fujii and Shunsuke Managi Key Drivers for Cooperation toward Sustainable Development and the Management of CO2 Emissions: Comparative Analysis of Six Northeast Asian Countries Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 244, doi: 10.3390/su10010244 ................ 75 Ducksu Seo, You Seok Chung and Youngsang Kwon Price Determinants of Affordable Apartments in Vietnam: Toward the Public–Private Partnerships for Sustainable Housing Development Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 197, doi: 10.3390/su10010197 ................ 87 Yongrok Choi, Yanni Yu and Hyoung Seok Lee A Study on the Sustainable Performance of the Steel Industry in Korea Based on SBM-DEA Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 173, doi: 10.3390/su10010173 ................104 Jinchao Li, Yuwei Xiang, Huanyu Jia and Lin Chen Analysis of Total Factor Energy Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors on Key Energy-Intensive Industries in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 111, doi: 10.3390/su10010111 ................119 Hidemichi Fujii, Yoshitaka Sakakura, Atsushi Hagiwara, John Bostock, Kiyoshi Soyano and Yoshiki Matsushita Research and Development Strategy for Fishery Technology Innovation for Sustainable Fishery Resource Management in North-East Asia Reprinted from: Sustainability 2018, 10, 59, doi: 10.3390/su10010059 .................136 v Hao Jiao, Yupei Wang, Hongjun Xiao, Jinaghua Zhou and Wensi Zeng Promoting Profit Model Innovation in Animation Project in Northeast Asia: Case Study on Chinese Cultural and Creative Industry Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 2361, doi: 10.3390/su9122361 .................148 Pengyan Zhang, Jianjian He, Xin Hong, Wei Zhang, Chengzhe Qin, Bo Pang, Yanyan Li and Yu Liu Regional-Level Carbon Emissions Modelling and Scenario Analysis: A STIRPAT Case Study in Henan Province, China Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 2342, doi: 10.3390/su9122342 .................165 Dalwon Kang and Sihyun Kim Conceptual Model Development of Sustainability Practices: The Case of Port Operations for Collaboration and Governance Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 2333, doi: 10.3390/su9122333 .................180 Xiaodong Zhu, Rongrong Gu, Bingbing Wu and Shunsuke Managi Does Hazy Weather Influence Earnings Management of Heavy-Polluting Enterprises? A Chinese Empirical Study from the Perspective of Negative Social Concerns Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 2296, doi: 10.3390/su9122296 .................195 Wei Qi, Ying Gao and Qian Zhang Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Beijing’s Urbanization Efficiency from 2005 to 2014 Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 2190, doi: 10.3390/su9122190 .................210 Huiming Zhang, Lifang Xiong, Yueming Qiu and Dequn Zhou How Have Political Incentives for Local Officials Reduced Environmental Pollution in Resource-Depleted Cities? Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 1941, doi: 10.3390/su9111941 .................227 Xue Xie, Hualin Xie, Cheng Shu, Qing Wu and Hua Lu Estimation of Ecological Compensation Standards for Fallow Heavy Metal-Polluted Farmland in China Based on Farmer Willingness to Accept Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 1859, doi: 10.3390/su9101859 .................241 Zhengning Pu Time-Spatial Convergence of Air Pollution and Regional Economic Growth in China Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 1284, doi: 10.3390/su9071284 .................259 Wei Li, Guomin Li, Rongxia Zhang, Wen Sun, Wen Wu, Baihui Jin and Pengfei Cui Carbon Reduction Potential of Resource-Dependent Regions Based on Simulated Annealing Programming Algorithm Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 1161, doi: 10.3390/su9071161 .................274 Hualin Xie and Bohao Wang An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Agricultural Product Price Fluctuations on China’s Grain Yield Reprinted from: Sustainability 2017, 9, 906, doi: 10.3390/su9060906 ..................291 vi About the Special Issue Editor Yongrok Choi is a distinguished research professor (Inha Fellow Professor) of the Inha University. He is the president of the Asia Business Forum and the organizer of the Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC). He has published more than 100 papers, including many SCI and SSCI level of journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, etc. He has also managed more than 10 special editions of the SCI level of journals such as Energy Policy, Tech. For. & Social Change, Sustainability, etc. His research focus is on energy and environmental policy analyses, Green IT applications and sustainable management. vii Preface to ”Regional Cooperation for the Sustainable Development and Management in Northeast Asia” It is a great honor to introduce this printed Special Issue edition from the open
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