2007 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Democratization, Decentralization and Environmental Policy in Taiwan: Political Economy of Environmental Policy Formation and Implementation
Author : Tadayoshi Terao
Published in: Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Taiwan experienced rapid industrialization starting in the 1960s and suffered severe environmental problems, such as aggravation of industrial pollution, degradation of the living environment and degradation of natural resources, in the process. The countermeasures for environmental pollution and the deployment of environmental policy were not at all sufficient to counteract environmental degradation.