Environmental Policy in Japan by Hidefumi Imura
Japanese environmental management style is in many ways distinct from that found in Europe or the USA. There is less emphasis on litigation, more emphasis on administrative guidance and considerable use of voluntary mechanisms for policy implementation. This volume considers what factors may have contributed to Japan's relatively successful efforts at dealing with severe industrial pollution and problems associated with rapid urbanization.The book introduces Japan's environmental history, its key environmental regulations and the forces that have driven Japan to introduce these environmental regulations and programs. It also examines the various formal and informal institutional mechanisms and policy instruments that have been introduced over the past several decades to implement pollution control and energy conservation. The authors conclude by putting Japan's environmental policy experiences in comparative perspective and considering what useful lessons can be drawn from the Japanese experience for developing nations. Providing a detailed analysis of environmental policies and policy instruments in Japan by leading experts in the field, this book will be of great interest to students of environmental policy and politics and policymakers concerned with environmental protection in Asia.
'This book is a must; it is best reading for all interested in or working on environmental policy formulation and implementation, be it in a polluted industrial country or in a polluting developing country' -- Environmentalist
'. . . a well-conceptualized analysis of the evolution of Japan's environmental policies and programmes. . . The quality of integration from chapter to chapter is much superior to that of most multiple-author texts.' -- International Sociology Review of Books
'The eleven contributors to this book provide profound retrospective view son the fearsome damage inflicted on the environment of Japan and on its people during the rapid economic growth period from late 1950s to the early 1970s. The book also presents a clear vision of how developing countries might draw lessons from Japan's experiences in overcoming some of its pollution problems.' -- Hiroshi Ohta, Pacific Affairs
'This is, I'm sure, the most comprehensive and the best book ever on Japan's environmental policy. This book is a must; it is best reading for all interested in or working on environmental policy formulation and implementation, be it in a polluted industrial country or in a polluting developing country.' -- Udo E. Simonis, Internationales Asienforum
'. . . a well-conceptualized analysis of the evolution of Japan's environmental policies and programmes. . . The quality of integration from chapter to chapter is much superior to that of most multiple-author texts.' -- International Sociology Review of Books
'The eleven contributors to this book provide profound retrospective view son the fearsome damage inflicted on the environment of Japan and on its people during the rapid economic growth period from late 1950s to the early 1970s. The book also presents a clear vision of how developing countries might draw lessons from Japan's experiences in overcoming some of its pollution problems.' -- Hiroshi Ohta, Pacific Affairs
'This is, I'm sure, the most comprehensive and the best book ever on Japan's environmental policy. This book is a must; it is best reading for all interested in or working on environmental policy formulation and implementation, be it in a polluted industrial country or in a polluting developing country.' -- Udo E. Simonis, Internationales Asienforum
Edited by Hidefumi Imura, Professor, Department of Urban Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan and Miranda A. Schreurs, Lehrstuhl für Environmental and Climate Policy, Hochschule für Politik München an der Technischen Universität München, Germany
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845423704 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845423704 |
| Title | Environmental Policy in Japan |
| Author | Hidefumi Imura |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
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