Introduction
1.Earth as the Object of Human Activities
2.Traces of Economic Prosperity
3.The Emergence of Environmental Problems
4.The Advent of Limits to Growth
Chapter1 Sustainability as a Global Problem
1.Introduction
2.Sustainability of Forests
3.Deforestation and Reforestation
4.How Could Human Beings Be Agents for Forests?
5.Anthropocentrism vs.Ecocentrism
6.One-way Change of Human Sphere vs.Circulation of the Biosphere
7.Unconventional International Actors
8.Montreal Protocol: Unconventional Political Process
9.Conclusions
Chapter2 Energy Crisis as a Global Problem
1.The Energy Crisis
2.Oilfields
3.Coal Eliminated the Limitation Imposed by Land Area
4.Discovery of Oil and the Great Game
5.“The Great Game” Goes Global
6.The Autumn of American Oil
7.Chinese Energy Consumption
8.Conclusion
Chapter3 Economics and Environmental Policy
1.Fundamental Features of Modern Economic Systems
2.Externality and Environmental Problems
3.The Tragedy of the Commons
4.Some Remarks about Environmental Policies
Appendix1.Conditions of Macroeconomic Equilibrium and Structural Change
Appendix2.Supply and Profit
Appendix3.The Tragedy of the Commons
Appendix4.The Prisoner's Dilemma and the Nash Equilibrium
Chapter4 Environmental Policies in the EU
1.The EU, a sui generis Political Community
2.Background of the Environmental Policies of the EU
3.Identification of Environmental Issues in EU Policies
4.Basic Philosophy of EU Environmental Policies
5.EU Policies Concerned with the Environment
6.Role of the EU in International Negotiations
7.Unresolved Issues in the Environmental Policies of the EU
8.Summary
Chapter5 Japan's Endeavors to Reduce Environmental Pollution and Create a Sustainable Society
1.Environmental Pollution in Japan: A Historical Overview
2.Japan's Efforts to Achieve a Sustainable Society
3.The Role of the University to Achieve a Sustainable Society and Hokkaido University's Efforts
4.Conclusions
Chapter6 Energy Policy Reforms and the Promotion of Renewable Energy
1.Introduction
2.A Detailed Damage Investigation and the Publication of the Results
3.The Problems of Energy Policy that Emerged after March 11
4.Nuclear Power Generation Is Not Cheap
5.The Incalculable Cost of Accidents at Nuclear Power Generation Plants
6.Japan's Energy Balance Flow
7.Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants and Independent Nuclear Safety Regulations
8.Why Denuclearization?
9.Changing to an Energy Base Load Supply with a Reduced Environmental Load
10.The Promotion of Renewable Energy: The Generation and Cogeneration of Local Sources of Energy by Taking Advantage of Local Conditions
11.Implications of the Feed-in Tariff
12.The Implication of an Environment Tax
13.Conclusion: Reductions in Carbon Dioxide and Garbage, and a Policy for Reducing Sapporo's (and Hokkaido's) Dependence on Nuclear Power
Index
●著者紹介
Takao Sasaki(佐々木 隆生)/ editor
Professor of Hokusei Gakuen University, and Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
Shinichi Arai(荒井 眞一)
Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Science of Hokkaido University
Ken-ichi Nakamura(中村 研一)
Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
Kazuto Suzuki(鈴木 一人)
Professor of Graduate School of Law of Hokkaido University
Fumikazu Yoshida(吉田 文和)
Professor of Graduate School of Economics of Hokkaido University