Ecological Modernisation and Japan

ISBN-13: 9780415647311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 236 str.

Brendan F. D. Barrett

Opis

This book looks at Japan as a case for ecological modernisation while contextualising the discussion within its unique history and recent discussions about globalisation and sustainability.

Spis treści

Part 1 Background 1. Ecological Modernisation and Japan 2. Environmental Crisis in a Developmental State Part 2 Policies, Actors and Institutions 3. Building a National Environmental Regime 4. Foundations of Local Environmental Governance 5. Social Movements and the Environment 6. Ecological Modernisation and Environmental Values Part 3 Issues and Responses 7. Transformation of the Development Process 8. Ecologically Modern Industrialisation 9. The Formation of a Japanese Climate Change Regime Conclusions

O autorze

Brendan Barrett is an Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University, Japan. He is the co-author of Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment in Japan (Routledge, 1991) and co-editor of Human Development and the Environment (UNU Press, 2001). He has written extensively on Japanese approaches to impact assessment, integrated environmental management, Local Agenda 21 and decentralisation.