Environmental Pollution and Community Rebuilding in Modern Japan

This book describes how modern industry affected people in Japan and their communities by polluting their living environment with toxic emissions. It also shows how the populace endeavored not only to restore their once-clean environment but also to rebuild communities that had been damaged by pollu...

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Other Authors: Yokemoto, Masafumi (Editor), Hayashi, Miho (Editor), Shimizu, Mayuko (Editor), Fujiyoshi, Keiji (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Brief History of Environmental Pollution in Japan
  • Ashio Copper Mine Mineral Pollution Incident: The Starting Point of Environmental Pollution History in Japan
  • Regeneration of Pollution-devastated Areas Through Alternative Food Networks: A Case Study of Organic Farming by Minamata Disease Patients and Their Supporters
  • How Do We Cope with Pollution, a Form of Environmental Damage? Learning from a Community Devastated by Itai-itai Disease
  • Air Pollution Lawsuit and Community Development for Environmental Regeneration: The Case of Mizushima District in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture
  • Victims of Drug-Induced Suffering: Their Movement and its Research Archives
  • Health Damage and Politics of Kanemi Oil Poisoning: Industrial Food Pollution and the Political Void
  • Damage Relief and Reconstruction Policy in the Wake of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
  • Network of Museums and Archival Centers for Remembering Environmental Pollution