There is an increasing interest in inclusive wealth, and inclusive wealth can be a solution for the problematic narrowness of the traditional national accounting system, which has been recognized for a long time. This book offers a comprehensive guide on this subject of inclusive wealth.

Shunsuke Managi is Distinguished Professor, School of Engineering, and Director of Urban Institute at Kyushu University, Japan, while also holding positions as RIETI Faculty Fellow at The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry and an Adjunct Professor at QUT Business School and the University of Tokyo. He is an editor of Environmental Economic and Policy Studies, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the author of Technology, Natural Resources and Economic Growth: Improving the Environment for a Greener Future and editor of The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Economics in Asia.

Introduction SHUNSUKE MANAGI

PART I Global analysis

1 Theoretical and conceptual aspects of green and wealth accounting RINTARO YAMAGUCHI

2 Global data ISMA ADDI JUMBRI AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

3 Subjective evaluation of economic inequality KONG JOO SHIN AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

4 VDICE: an integrated assessment model for climate, economy and ecosystem TETSUYA TAMAKI, WATARU NOZAWA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

5 On analytical models of adaptation-mitigation investment problems WATARU NOZAWA, TETSUYA TAMAKI AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

6 Valuing the shadow price of forest stock in a sustainability indicator MASAYUKI SATO, RUNSINARITH PHIM AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

7 Valuing the shadow price of wetlands as a natural capital sustainability indicator and a case study from Japan RUNSINARITH PHIM, MASAYUKI SATO AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

PART II Regional analysis

8 Developing aggregated city evaluation scores: combining objective city performance and subjective citizen satisfaction indicators KONG JOO SHIN, HIROKI NAKAMURA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

9 Accounting for inclusive wealth of regions: prefecture-level analysis in Japan during 1990-2010 SHINYA IKEDA, HIROKI NAKAMURA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

10 Trend of changes in Fukushima's inclusive wealth: a preparation for disaster recovery study of the Great East Japan earthquake KAZUNOBU OKUBO

11 Urban development and carbon damage to inclusive wealth of a megacity: the case of Tokyo HIROKI NAKAMURA, SHINYA IKEDA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

12 A disparity in sustainability between rural-urban cities: an inclusive wealth approach in selected cities in Kyushu SHINYA IKEDA, HIROKI NAKAMURA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

13 Sustainability of the World Natural Heritage Site: the case of Yakushima ARIKA KUROIWA, KEIICHIRO KANEMOTO AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

14 Water sharing, drought adaptation and inclusive wealth: implications from the case of the Sanuki Plain in the 1994 drought KAZUKI KAGOHASHI

15 Disaster recovery and agricultural development in Shimabara, Japan ERIKO MIYAMA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

16 Ecotourism certification as a potential tool for improving regional wealth YUKIHIRO MISAWA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI

Conclusion WATARU NOZAWA AND SHUNSUKE MANAGI