Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries

By examining the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, and reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries, this book reveals factors of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic, regional and global context.

Autorentext
YOSHIFUMI FUJII Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University, Japan RYO FUJIKURA Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University, Japan NOBUHIRO HORII Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan YASUSHI ITO Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, Japan MICHIKAZU KOJIMA Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan KENJI OTSUKA Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan HIDEAKI SHIROYAMA Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, Japan TADAYOSHI TETRAO Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan YUKO TSUJITA Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan

Inhalt
Introduction; T.Terao & K.Otuka PART 1: RETHINKING OF JAPANESE EXPERIENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL Industrial Policy, Industrial Development and Pollution Control in Postwar Japan: Implications for Developing Countries; T.Terao Historial Dynamic Interactions between the Regulation Policy and the Pipe-End Technology Development in Japan: Case Studies of Developing Air Pollution Control Technology; Y.Fujii Role of Local Governmental Research Institute in Development and Diffusion of Pollution Control Technologies in Japan; Y.Ito Administrative Guidance Provided by Japanese Local Government for Air Pollution Control; R.Fujikura PART 2: DYNAMISM OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROCESS IN ASIA Environmental Policy Planning under Imperfect Market and Government Capacity: A Case of Air Pollution Abatement in China; N.Horii Rating Program Revisted: In the Case of Indonesia; M.Kojima Industrial Pollution Control in India: Public Interest Litigation Re-examined; Y.Tsujita Environmental Governance and Social Change in China: Focusing on Implementation of Industrial Pollution Control; K.Otuka Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Policy in Taiwan: Political Economy of Environmental Policy Formation and Implementation; T.Terao Environmental Cooperation in East Asia: Comparison with European Region and the Effectiveness of Japan's Policy; H.Shiroyama