Environmental policy in Japan
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Environmental policy in Japan
Edward Elgar, c2005
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"A co-publication of the World Bank and Edward Elgar Publishing"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-387) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
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