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Local environmental movements : a comparative study of the United States and Japan /
Local environmental movements : a comparative study of the United States and Japan = 日米環境問題の比較 /
In light of increasing evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward environmental crises. Local Environmental Movements: A Comparative Study of the United States and Japan illustrates how local groups in both Japan a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Perspectives on local environmental movements : Local environmental movements: an innovative paradigm to reclaim the environment / Pradyumna P. Karan and Unryu Suganuma
- A comparative history of the U.S. and Japanese environmental movements / Richard Forrest, Miranda Schreurs, and Rachel Penrod
- Virtual grassroots movements: the role of the National Geographic Society as a sustained promoter of environmental awareness / Stanley D. Brunn
- Going global: the use of international politics and norms in local environmental protest movements in Japan / Kim Reimann
- Part II. Protesting the effects of nuclear radiation and chemical weapons : Citizen activism and the nuclear industry in Japan: after the Tokai Village disaster / Nathalie Cavasin
- Citizen advisory boards and the cleanup of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex: public participation or public relations ploy? / John J. Metz
- Grassroots environmental opposition to chemical weapons incineration in Central Kentucky: a success story / David Zurick
- Part III. Seeking to preserve rural and urban landscapes : The role of local groups in the protection of urban farming and farmland in Tokyo / Noritaka Yagasaki and Yasuko Nakamura
- From horse farms to Wal-Mart: the citizens' movement to protect farmland in the central bluegrass region of Kentucky / Dan Carey and Pradyumna P. Karan
- Farmers' efforts toward an environmentally friendly society in Ogata, Japan / Shinji Kawai, Satoru Sato, and Yoshimitsu Taniguchi
- The administrative process of environmental conservation and limits to grassroots activities: the case of Kyoto / Masao Tao
- Part IV. Seeking to preserve the natural environment : Citizens for Saving the Kawabe: an interplay among farmers, fishermen, environmentalists, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport / Todd Stradford
- The efforts of Japan's citizens and nongovernment organizations to maintain people-wildlife relations in rural Japan: a case study of monkeys in Mie Prefecture / Kenichi Nonaka
- The grassroots movement to preserve tidal flats in urban coastal regions in Japan: the case of the Fujimae Tidal Flats, Nagoya / Akiko Ikeguchi and Kohei Okamoto
- The protection of the Shiraho Sea at Ishigaki Island: the grassroots anti-Ishigaki Airport construction movement / Unryu Suganuma
- The management of mountain natural parks by local communities in Japan / Teiji Watanabe
- Part V. Protesting the effect of military activity : Antimilitary and environmental movements in Okinawa / Jonathan Taylor
- Grassroots participation in Hawaiian biodiversity protection and alien-species control / Christopher Jasparro.