ISBN:
9789048559909
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 279 pages)
Series Statement:
Japan Documents handbooks
DDC:
304.20952
Keywords:
Sustainable development History
;
Japan Environmental conditions
;
History
Abstract:
Japan: a land plagued by volcanoes, earthquakes and typhoons, yet blessed with a climate suitable for all manner of agriculture and forestry, and positioned where ocean currents collide and bring an abundance of the ocean's resources to its people; a country which moved quickly from an agrarian pre-industrial society to become one of the world's great economic powerhouses in only a few decades, spoiling water, air and land in the process, bringing misery to many of its people; a country with expansionist desires, colonizing neighboring lands, leading to war, defeat, destruction and, for the first time in history, nuclear devastation and its aftermath; a land and its people which share a remarkable resilience and ability to evaluate and correct their mistakes and renew their trajectory towards a better future.
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9789048559909/type/BOOK
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