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1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. Environmental policy ; Volume 2 |
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Routledge library editions. Environmental policy ; v, 2.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part one Environmental policy; Chapter 2 Interest groups; Introduction; Interest groups; Examples of interest-group interactions; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Environmental problems; Introduction; Rapid economic growth (1955-63); Recognition of pollution problems (1964-9); Pollution control efforts and the oil shocks (1970-9); Economic recession and the current state of the environment (1980-90) |
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Japan's high-tech future visionConclusions; Chapter 4 Environmental management; Introduction; Land use and planning problems; Planning framework; Environmental management plans; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Environmental policy; Introduction; Policy-makers and implementation; National and local environmental laws; Mechanisms for policy implementation; Expenditure; Direction of Japan's environmental policy; Part two Environmental impact assessment; Chapter 6 Development of environmental impact assessment; Introduction; National EIA system; Local authority EIA systems; Conclusions |
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Chapter 7 Procedures for environmental impact assessmentIntroduction; National EIA procedures; Local authority EIA procedures; Procedures of other EIA-related laws; Conclusions; Chapter 8 Critical discussion of environmental impact assessment in Japan; Part three Case studies; Chapter 9 Overview of the case studies; Introduction; Major development projects in Japan; Case study selection and format; Chapter 10 Honshu-Shikoku Road/Rail Bridges; Introduction; History and siting of the bridges; EIA of the Kojima-Sakaide route; Conclusions; Chapter 11 Kansai International Airport; Introduction |
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Economic arguments for a new Kansai airportEnvironmental arguments against the KIA; Siting of the KIA; Local authority negotiations; EIA of the KIA; Effectiveness of the EIA procedures; Conclusions; Chapter 12 New lshigaki Airport; Introduction; Economic arguments for the NIA; Environmental arguments against the NIA; Siting of the NIA; EIA of the NIA; Effectiveness of the EIA procedures; Conclusions; Chapter 13 Trans-Tokyo Bay Highway; Introduction; Economic arguments for the TBH; Local authority negotiations; EIA of the TBH; Effectiveness of the EIA; Conclusions |
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Chapter 14 Kyoto Second Outer Circular Route by Toshio HaseIntroduction; Decision on the highway project; Reactions of local people; EIA and public participation; Conclusions; Chapter 15 Recommendations; Appendices; Appendix A Environmental standards; Air pollution; Water pollution; Noise; Appendix B Environment-related laws; Chronology of enactment; Laws by topic; Appendix C Reports related to the implementation of Japan's national EIA system; EA CCEPC (1974); EA CCEPC (1975); EA CCEPC (1979); Cabinet decision (1984); Implementation scheme for environmental impact assessment; EA (Nov. 1984) |
| Summary |
First published in 1991. Japanese attitudes to pollution and environmental protection were distinctly equivocal. The Japanese are a nature-loving people, yet they are responsible for widespread environmental destruction; Japan has some of the world's strictest environmental quality standards, but the country also has some of the world's most environmentally damaged areas. In this book the authors present a broad and detailed analysis of policy and process in Japan in the late twentieth century. Brendan Barrett and Riki Therivel, who both have extensive research experience in Japan, describe interest group participation in Japan's environmental policy-making and give an historical review of the relationship between economic growth and environmental problems. They look at the framework for environmental policy-making and outline the system for environmental management. This is complemented by a discussion of Environmental Impact Assessment, and by live case studies of the practical realities of EIA in Japan. With environmental problems reaching global proportions, countries all over the world have much to learn from the experience of Japan, and the book will be extremely useful to national government officials, to local planning officers responsible for EIA, and to environmental consultants working for commercial and industrial companies. It will also be essential reading for students of geography, environmental studies, Japanese studies and planning economics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Environmental policy -- Japan
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Environmental protection -- Japan
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Environmental impact analysis -- Japan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Environmental impact analysis
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Environmental policy
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Environmental protection
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Japan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Therivel, Riki, 1960- author.
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| ISBN |
9780429199165 |
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0429199163 |
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