内容紹介

This book includes an analysis of Japan's challenges in moving toward an environmentally sustainable society.

"Part I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident" focuses on the history of Japanese pollution after World War II and the situation of the Fukushima nuclear accident. "Part II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based Economies" focuses on the agricultural sector. It introduces the current status of environment-friendly production.

There is very little information in English that comprehensively introduces the situation in Japan in this field, and the content meets the needs of readers seeking information.

【目次】

Introduction

Part I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Chapter 1:History and Lessons of Pollution in Postwar Japan

Chapter 2:Political Economy of Damage and Reconstruction after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Chapter 3:Current Status of and Challenges in the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Compensation Scheme

Chapter 4:TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Japan’s Nuclear Power Policy

Chapter 5:Who Will Pay the Costs of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident?

Chapter 6:Locally Initiated Energy Transition Transcends Market, Government, and Institutional Failures

Part II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based Economies

Chapter 7:Japanese Agricultural Problems and the Multifunctional Roles of Agriculture

Chapter 8:Agri-environmental Public Goods and Agri-environmental Payments Based on a UK case study

Chapter 9:Management Problems of Inland Water Fishery Resources in Japan

Chapter 10:Greening Water Resource Development in Modern Japan

Chapter 11:Forest Underuse in Present-Day Japan and Access to Nature Regardless of Ownership (ANRO)

Chapter 12:Japanese Policy of Biodiversity and Species Conservation