Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries  

Palgrave Macmillan IDE-JETRO Series

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.

■ Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries
■ Edited by Tadayoshi Terao and Kenji Otsuka
■ £60.00
■ 304pp
■ 2007
■ ISBN0230004709

Contents

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