Local Government and the Citizen in Coastal Zone Management : A Case Study of Reclamation in Hakata Bay, Japan

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The purpose of coastal zone management is the sustainable and wise use of the coastal zone and its resources. In many developed countries ocean or coastal zone policies include the provision for citizen participation in the policy-making process, in addition to the more usual restrictions and regulations regarding environmental protection. In Japan, however, based on the experiences of public nuisance in 1960s, government regulates sources of pollution but does not respect citizen participation. Since the 1980s, the growth of production and the technological innovation has resulted in large amounts of industrial and household waste, and has led to new pollution and destruction of environment through both the private and public sector activities. In some ways it may be said that the public sector brought about the environmental destruction by ignoring citizens' opinions. This is especially true regarding coastal reclamation, which has resulted in the disappearance of wetlands and natural coastlines. In this article, I demonstrate many procedural defects in public sector coastal reclamation activities in Japan, using Hakata Bay, Fukuoka Prefecture, as an example.
関西学院大学の論文
1999-08-31