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Asbestos Disaster: Lessons from Japan's Experience
Kenichi Miyamoto
Japan's asbestos disasters, encompassing both occupational disease and environmental pollution, have been caused principally by the asbestos textile, asbestos cement water pipe, and construction industries.
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: A Political Economy of Asbestos Disasters.-Notes.-References.-An Exploration of Measures Against Industrial Asbestos Accidents.-Notes.-References.-Why did the Asbestos Disaster Spread?.-Asbestos Pollution and Its Health Effects: Asbestos-Related Diseases in Japan.-References.-Mesothelioma Due to Neighborhood Asbestos Exposure: A Large-Scale, Ongoing Disaster Among Residents Living Near a Former Kubota Plant in Amagasaki, Japan.-References.-Asbestos Disasters and Public Policy: From the Prewar Era Through the Postwar Economic Boom.-Notes.-References.-Persistent Thorns: Responsibility for Asbestos Disasters.-Reference.-Asbestos Industry Transplants from Japan to South Korea.-Notes.-References.-Inaction on Asbestos Disasters and Delayed Countermeasures.-Notes.-Reference.-Process Tracing of Asbestos Politics in Japan: Focus on Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006.-Notes.-References.-Future Challenges for Asbestos Policy in the Construction Industry.-Notes.-Reference.-Local Government Measures Against Asbestos: Tokyo Metropolitan and Osaka Prefectural Governments as Case Studies.-Notes.-References.-Asbestos Litigation in Japan: Recent Trends and Related Issues.-Notes.-References.-The French Indemnification Fund for Asbestos Victims: Features and Formative Historical Factors: Preliminary Observations for a Comparative Analysis of Asbestos Relief Frameworks.-Notes.-References.-Index.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 18, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9784431539148 |
| Publishers | Springer Verlag, Japan |
| Pages | 318 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 20 mm · 639 g |
| Editor | Hiroyuki, Mori |
| Editor | Miyamoto, Kenichi |
| Editor | Morinaga, Kenji |
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