Environmental policy and Japanese society

Part II. lessons about Japan and about policy

Bibliographic Data

ID19270736
AuthorsMichael R Reich (0000-0003-3338-0612, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, corresponding author)
Year1983
Volume20
Issue3-4
Pages199-207
Publication date1983-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7233 • E-ISSN: 1026-7476
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00207238308710036
OpenAlexW1999204046
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

This paper analyzes Japanese environmental policy to draw lessons about Japanese society and about environmental policy. It critically examines three myths about Japan: the myth of consensus, the myth of centralization, and the myth of rational policy. The paper then discusses the implications of Japan's experiences for the relationship between environmental quality and economic growth, the problems of an administrative system to compensate pollution victims, and the difficulties in establishing a system for environmental impact assessment. Part I of the essay, appears on p. 191 of this journal, examined successes and failures of Japanese environmental policy

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental policy · Environmental pollution · Environmental protection · Environmental quality · Environmental resource management · Geography · Mythology · Political science · Climate Change Policy and Economics · History · Law · Public Administration

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