| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMIZU Shuji Fukushima University, Faculty of Economics, Professor, 経済学部, 教授 (30134159)
KANBE Hidehiko Fukushima University, Faculty of Administration and social Sciences, Associate Professor, 行政社会学部, 助教授 (70195189)
CHUMAN Norichika Fukushima University, Faculty of Administration and social Sciences, Professor, 行政社会学部, 教授 (30143126)
NAGAHASHI Yoshitaka Fukushima University, Faculty of Pedagogy, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (10292450)
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| Research Abstract |
In 1999, the writers visited the Japan's Ministry of Public Welfare and the national Environmental Agency, and investigated legal and administrative procedure regarding waste problems. In the same year, they paid several visits to the department of waste disposal in Fukushima, Miyagi, and Yamagata prefecutural offices, as well as actual dumpsites in order to assess local waste-related concerns.
In 2000, research was expanded to include the prefectures of Iwate, Niigata, and Tochigi, and focused particularly on many small dumpsites in the town of Nasu and the model circumstances exemplified by the Izumozaki Eco-Park Foundation. The researchers attended several local government hearings, and interviewed members of NGO. Many discrepancies were uncovered between official claims about safety and the actual circumstances.
As a result of continued investigations in 2001, however, the researchers established that perfectural guidelines on waste disposal, though not nationally legislated, can be effective in better waste disposal. This investigation also reveals that recent court decisions on waste disposal have become more sympathetic to environmental concerns. But major difficulties still persist due to a continuing trend among larger metropolitan areas outside these prefectures of dumping waste illegally.
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