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HarmoNIES is a portal site that helps you to find research in NIES by Keywords.
About HarmoNIES
The booklet “HarmoNIES” introduces information about the unique researchers at NIES, highlighting the interesting and accessible research being conducted at NIES and the dreams they hope to achieve. All issues are in English, and Japanese editions are also available from No. 3 onward.
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Mobile phone data reveals non-market value of coastal tourism under climate change
Big data application is an emerging field in climate change adaptation. Our new valuation approach using mobile phone network data reveals that there are substantial spatial-seasonal heterogeneity of current coastal tourism values across Japan.
Press release
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For countries facing aging society, including Japan and several others, a challenge for waste management is to help elderly people who find it difficult to take out the trash. In Japan, local governments have introduced a program to support elderly people to overcome such difficulties.
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"Municipal solid waste (MSW)" primarily consists of waste from our daily lives. In Japan, nearly 80% (by weight) of MSW is incinerated. Through the incineration process, organic matters in MSW become gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide and are released from smokestacks. The remaining incineration ashes consist of stone-, ceramic- or glass-like materials and their finely crushed particles, including various metal fragments. Incineration ashes thus have high concentrations of precious metals (e.g., gold and silver) and hazardous metals (e.g., lead and cadmium) that were inconspicuous in MSW before incineration.
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Johkasou: on-site domestic wastewater treatment system Johkasou, like sewerage, is a system for domestic wastewater treatment. While sewerage is a centralized system that collects wastewater from tens of thousands of households and treat it at a plant, Johkasou is a decentralized system.
Johkasou: Earthquake-Resistant Wastewater Treatment System
Johkasou: on-site domestic wastewater treatment system Johkasou, like sewerage, is a system for domestic wastewater treatment. While sewerage is a centralized system that collects wastewater from tens of thousands of households and treat it at a plant, Johkasou is a decentralized system.
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Discovering the Social Mechanisms of Waste Management
Keywords: Local community, Neighborhood association, Super-aged society, Taking-Out-the-Trash, Waste collection point