The Economics of Waste and Pollution Management in Japan
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 t
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Fumikazu Yoshida
The Economics of Waste and Pollution Management in Japan
With 23 Figures
Springer
Fumikazu Yoshida Professor Graduate School of Economics Hokkaido University Sapporo 060-0809, Japan
This book was financially supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results: Grant No. 135252) and the Suntory Foundation (support for overseas publication). ISBN 978-4-431-67034-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yoshida, Fumikazu, 1950The economics of waste and pollution management in japan / Fumikazu Yoshida. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-4-431-67034-6 ISBN 978-4-431-67032-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-67032-2 1. Refuse and refuse disposal-japan-Costs. 2. Water quality management-japan-Costs. 3. Air quality management-japan-Costs. 4. Soil pollution-japan-Costs. 5. Pollution-japan-Costs. 6. Environmental policy-Economic aspects-japan. l. Title.
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Preface
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, focusing 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 pollution caused by waste disposal and dioxin to the transboundary warming brought about by CO 2 and CFCs. We shall thus be able to analyze comprehensively the whole extent of "waste and pollution" problems, ranging from those caused by real garbage and domestic waste to the many kinds of technologically gene
