Handbook of Environmental History in Japan

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. The sixteen chapters of the Handbook of Environmental History in Japan

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041180624
• ISBN13: 9781041180623
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"