| In light of increasing evidence demonstrating the irreparable damage
humans
have inflicted on the planet, some have adopted a defeatist attitude toward
environmental crises. Local Environmental Movements: A
Comparative Study of
the United States and Japan illustrates how local groups in both
Japan and
the United States are refusing to surrender the earth to a depleted and
polluted
fate. Drawing on a series of case studies, a team of scholars from across
the
world discusses the efforts by grassroots organizations to promote
sustainable
development that respects the need for environmental protection and
cultural
preservation.
Pradyumna P. Karan, professor of geography
at the University of Kentucky, is the
author of
Japan in the Twenty-first Century:
Environment, Economy, and Society.
Unryu Suganuma is associate professor of
geography at J. F.
Oberlin University in Tokyo and the author of Sovereign Rights and
Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations.
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