Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries
Contributors: Tadayoshi Terao (Editor); Kenji Otsuka (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 20, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780230004702
Subjects: Development economics; Economic geography; Environmental economics; Social Situations And Conditions; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Development - Economic Development; International - Economics; Business & Economics / Economics / International; Economic Conditions; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Sociology - General; ASIA; Environmental Policy; Japan; Sustainable development
Description: This book examines the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, by reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries. This reveals factors, which could mutually influence effectiveness in environmental policy, of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic, regional and global context.--[from publisher's description].