Handbook of Japan's Environmental Law, Policy and Politics

This handbook offers an exposition of the contemporary status of Japan's environmental law, policy, and politics. The compass of ecological quandaries explored within this tome is expansive, encompassing issues pertinent to both natural and synthetic ecosystems, natural resources, and inorganic materials.

Introduction, Part 1: The Environment and Development, Environmental Foreign Policy, and Environmental Governance, Part 2 Natural Environmental Policies and Resources Management, Part 3 Atmospheric Environmental Policies, Part 4 Nuclear Safety Policy, Disaster Management, and Industrial Waste Management, Appendix: Chronology of Major Reforms in the Japanese Political Systems since the 1990s, Index