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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464029103321

Autore

Vivoda Vlado

Titolo

Energy security in Japan : challenges after Fukushima / / Vlado Vivoda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-14365-5

1-317-14364-7

1-4094-5531-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Transforming Environmental Politics and Policy

Disciplina

333.790952

Soggetti

Energy policy - Japan

National security - Japan

Environmental policy - Japan

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011

Electronic books.

Japan Politics and government

Japan Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Fukushima Disaster and Its Aftermath; 1 Interests, Institutions and Ideas; 2 The Evolution of Energy Security and Energy Policy in Japan; 3 Oil; 4 Natural Gas; 5 Coal; 6 Nuclear Energy; 7 Renewable Energy; 8 Electricity; Conclusion: Japan's Future Energy Options; List of Respondents; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book Vlado Vivoda aims to examine the drastically changed environment following Fukushima the disaster, to analyse Japan's energy security challenges and evaluate Tokyo's energy policy options. By looking at how the disaster exacerbated Japan's existing energy security challenges Vivoda considers the best policy options for Japan to enhance national energy security in the future exploring the main impediments to change and how they might be overcome.