Comprehensive study on environmental problems in Japan and Asia-Pacific region with the historical study on the theories and research methodologies of Japanese environmental Sociology.

该项目有以下三个目标。（1）对环境问题史和环境问题社会学调查史的参考资料进行审查和重新整理;（2）研究亚太地区环境问题的历史发展及其研究趋势;（3）考察日本环境社会学的演变过程。1.对已故日本污染与环境问题研究先驱饭岛信子教授的6000多件污染与环境问题研究文献和资料进行了审查和整理，组成了新的“饭岛信子图书馆”，并将其放置在富士常叶大学图书馆。2.本研究课题的研究人员分别就环境问题和环境社会学的各个课题进行了研究。研究成果在最终报告（423页）的26篇论文中一一体现。3.为已故饭岛教授划时代的著作《污染的日本》编写续篇。“在为期4年的研究项目结束时，我们出版了两种类型的年表，“环境年表（1976-2005）1的准备材料：综合年表”（317页）和“环境年表（1976-2005）2的准备材料：各个主题的年表”（166页）。"

This project had the following three objectives. (1)examination and re-arrangement of the reference material on the history of environmental problems and the history of sociological survey on environmental problems, (2)study of the historical development of environmental problems in the Asia-Pacific region, and the study of research trends on these problems, and (3)examination of the evolutionary process of environmental sociology in Japan.Research results obtained are :1.More than 6000 pieces of documents and materials from the research on pollution and environmental problems, carried out by late professor Iijima Nobuko, the pioneer researcher in Japan in this field of research, were examined and sorted out, constituting the new "Iijima Nobuko Library," placed in the library of Fuji Tokoha University. Products related to this undertaking are the CD containing its database, and the brochure.2.Research members of this project respectively carried out their research on various topics of environmental problems and environmental sociology. Research results are reflected in each of the 26 papers in our final project report(423 pages).3.Preparation of the sequel to the epoch-making work by late professor Iijima, "Pollution Japan." At the end of the 4 year research project, we published two types of chronology, "Preparation material for the Chronology of the Environment(1976-2005)1: Integrated Chronology"(317 pages) and "Preparation material for the Chronology of the Environment(1976-2005) 2: Chronologies of Respective Topics"(166 pages)."