%0 Journal Article
%T Strategies in Promoting Eco-policies: The Case of Toyama City, Japan | Ito | Asian Social Science | CCSE
%A Hiroshi Ito
%J Home | Asian Social Science | CCSE
%D 2019
%R 10.5539/ass.v15n5p34
%X Despite its relatively small population size and limited resources, Toyama City, Japan has been successful in promoting its eco-policies. Because of its substantial work and efforts to address environmental and socio-economic issues, the city was designated as an eco-model city in 2008 and eco-future city in 2011 by the Japanese government as well as a model city of the United Nation¡¯s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative in 2014 and the Rockefeller Foundation¡¯s 100 Resilient City Initiative in 2014. Through literature reviews and interviews with personnel from the Environmental Policy section at Toyama City Hall, this article describes Toyama City¡¯s eco-policies and examines how the city has succeeded in promoting eco-policies at both national and international levels. This study may provide other eco-cities with some insights to promote their eco-policies: Toyama City¡¯s case can promote good practices and sound expertise for other cities around the world that have faced similar problems and share lessons learned
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/0/39335