The Political Economy of the Environment: The Case of Japan

By Shigeto Tsuru

The first authoritative study of Japan's environmental problems by the acclaimed environmental economist, placing environmental issues within a socioeconomic context. In providing an historical account of environmental disruption in Japan, the author takes a number of key cases of industrial pollution in the pre-war and post-war periods and illustrates the effectiveness of taking into account socioeconomic affairs. Finally, he proposes a set of concrete countermeasures against environmental problems, applicable to all developed countries today, aimed at achieving a new 'quality of life'.

First published in 2000, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780939426
• ISBN13: 9781780939421
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"