What is it about?
Now in the 21st century, we are facing serious environmental problems on the global scale. Global warming by carbon dioxide, an increase of ultraviolet light due to the breakdown of the ozone layer, etc. can be mentioned as examples. The concept of environmental protection has been strengthened and has prevailed through many unfortunate episodes and conferences about environmental protection. Several include the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Kyoto, Japan. In this chapter, we summarize the historical development of the concept and also the current situation in this paper.
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Why is it important?
In this chapter, we summarize the historical development of the concept, also the current situation, background behind the environmental problems relating to surface finishing and corrosion.
Perspectives
We have to take the historical background of environmental regulations into account, I think. In a short sighted way, we may sometimes complain that such an environmental regulation would be a non-sense hurdle for industries. However, I believe it would be a better solution for technical problems in the future, when we are going to overcome such a regulation.
Professor Hideyuki Kanematsu
National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College
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This page is a summary of: Background of Environmental Regulations, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55957-3_7.
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