Environmental Policy in Japan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-05-27
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845423704

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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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'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.'

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Contents: Preface 1. Learning from Japanese Environmental Management Experiences 2. Japan’s Environmental Policy: Past and Future 3. Japan’s Environmental Policy: Institutions and the Interplay of Actors 4. Economic Implications of Pollution Control Policy in Japan 5. Japan’s Environmental Politics: Recognition and Response Processes 6. Japan’s Environmental Policy: International Cooperation 7. Environmental Policy Instruments 8. Case Studies of Environmental Politics in Japan 9. Local Government, Industry and Pollution Control 10. Japan’s Environmental Policy: Financial Mechanisms 11. Environmental Industries and Technologies in Japan 12. Japan’s Environmental Management Experiences: Strategic Implications for Asia’s Developing Countries 13. Environmental Policy Making in the Advanced Industrialized Countries: Japan, the European Union and the United States of America Compared 14. Evaluating Japan’s Environmental Policy Performance References Index