Environmental policy in Japan
By: edited by Hidefumi Imura, Miranda Schreurs
Contributors: Imura, Hidefumi, 1947-; Schreurs, Miranda A. 1963-
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
Subjects: Environmental policy -- Japan
Description: "This 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-387) and index
Table of contents: title: Learning from Japanese environmental management experiences / Hidefumi Imura, Miranda A. Schreurs; title: Japan's environmental policy: past and future / Hidefumi Imura; title: Japan's environmental policy: institutions and the interplay of actors / Hidefumi Imura; title: Economic implications of pollution control policy in Japan / Kazuhiro Ueta; title: Japan's environmental politics: recognition and response processes / Jeffrey Broadbent; title: Japan's environmental policy: international cooperation / Hidefumi Imura; title: Environmental policy instruments / Hidefumi Imura; title: Case studies of environmental politics in Japan / Fumikazu Yoshida; title: Local government, industry and pollution control agreements / Yu Matsuno; title: Japan's environmental policy: financial mechanisms / Tomohiko Inui, Akira Morishima, Hidefumi Imura; title: Environmental industries and technologies in Japan / Hidefumi Imura, Ryota Shinohara, Koji Himi; title: Japan's environmental management experiences: strategic implications for Asia's developing countries / Yong Ren; title: Environmental policy-making in the advanced industrialized countries: Japan, the European Union and the United States of America compared / Miranda A. Schreurs; title: Evaluating Japan's environmental policy performance / Hidefumi Imura