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The Economics of Waste and Pollution Management in Japan

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Fumikazu Yoshida

    1. Graduate School of Economics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

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  • This book gives technological and economic analysis of waste and pollution management in Japan

  • It also tries to evaluate various managerial measures in view of political economy, and scrutinizes the relationship between technology and environment

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages II-VII
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  2. Introduction: What Is Waste?

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 1-8

  3. Environmental Cleanup and Cost Bearing: The Methodological Problems

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 9-17

  4. Environment Politics in Japan

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 19-30

  5. Economic Analysis of Waste Management in Japan

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 31-54

  6. High-Tech Pollution—A Historical Survey of Problems Generated by the High-Tech Industries

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 55-110

  7. The Current State of High-Tech Pollution

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 111-130

  8. Geo-Pollution and a Cleanup System

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 131-149

  9. Itai-Itai Disease and Countermeasures Against Cadmium Pollution by the Kamioka Mine

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 151-161

  10. Accumulated Pollution and the PPP—Mainly Heavy Metal Pollution

    • Fumikazu Yoshida
    Pages 163-181

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-187
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About this book

On the threshold of the twenty-first century, the ordinary Japanese citizen has become acutely aware that various environmental hazards pose a serious threat to daily life; such hazards include the problems of waste disposal, dioxin and other substances that disturb humans' endocrine balance. Who, a mere decade ago when these problems were first brought to our attention, would have anticipated that these environmental problems would so quickly become so common and so serious? At the same time, environmental problems on a global scale, such as ozone depreciation by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), global warming and climate change, have become topics of everyday conversation. The main objective of this book is to take in these environmental problems, focus­ ing on the two locally important and interrelated issues of waste and pollution. This will enable us to investigate the whole range of problems, from regionally based pol­ lution caused by waste disposal and dioxin to the transboundary warming brought about by CO and CFCs. We shall thus be able to analyze comprehensively the whole 2 extent of "waste and pollution" problems, ranging from those caused by real garbage and domestic waste to the many kinds of technologically generated waste that result from the production, circulation, and consumption of industrial goods and services.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Economics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

    Fumikazu Yoshida

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Waste and Pollution Management in Japan

  • Authors: Fumikazu Yoshida

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67032-2

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-67034-6Published: 18 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-67032-2Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 187

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economics, general, Environmental Management

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