Logo des Repositoriums

Auflistung nach Autor:in "Morimoto, Shinichiro"

1 - 2 von 2
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    A Food Supply and Demand Assessment Uder the Future Global Warming Uing GIS
    (Informatics for Environmental Protection - Networking Environmental Information, 2005) Mori, Shunsuke; Doi, Takahiro; Ido, akafumi; Kato, Masahiro; Morimoto, Shinichiro
    It is now well understood that the global warming will affect the agricultural production through the changes of ecological systems and the damages of land by sea-level rise, although the warmer climate and the higher concentration of CO2 contribute to the photosynthesis of the crops due to the potential loss of cropland and the precipitation change. High temperature damage on the rice production should also be taken into account. While many assessment investigations on the food supply potential have been developed, few have achieved the food demand considering the changes of dietary issues. This study aims at the assessment of the future demand-supply interactions under the future global warming using GIS. The current study shows us that although the global warming could contribute to the world food production, the negative impacts will appear in the developing regions and thus both the land and water management issue and the distribution of food issue will become more important.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    A GIS-based Model for the Assessment of Energy and Environmental Contributions of Distributed Energy Systems
    (Managing Environmental Knowledge, 2006) Mori, Shunsuke; Ito, Junichi; Ishida, Takeshi; Morimoto, Shinichiro
    Cogeneration systems (CGS) and District Heating Systems (DHC) are often expected to contribute to the energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction in the commercial and residential buildings. However, since the contribution strongly depends on the regional conditions as well as the energy demand patterns, existing assessments have mainly dealt with the certain building or a district. In this paper, to evaluate the potential reduction of CGS and DHC more generally, we develop a GIS based energy system assessment model. We pick up seven regions of Utsunomiya-city which locates near Tokyo and has 450 thousand inhabitants, as a typical mid-size city of Japan. Applying GIS, we evaluate detailed energy demand statistics, which are then transferred to the energy flow model taking into account the properties of the energy equipments. The outputs of the model are then applied to estimate the potential contribution of the distributed energy systems to the whole Utsunomiya city.