...The causes of pollution vary depending on natural conditions such as weather, population distribution, and the level of productivity, including safety technology, but unlike natural disasters, pollution is fundamentally a man-made event resulting from the state of the economy and society, and is not an unavoidable natural disaster. In the West, there is no concept exactly the same as pollution, but the terms "environmental pollution" and "environmental disruption" are used to collectively refer to air pollution, water pollution, etc. Article 2 of Japan's Basic Law for Pollution Control provides the following definition: ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "environmental disruption" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… 公害の原因は気象などの自然条件,人口配置,あるいは安全の技術を含む生産力の水準によって変わってくるが,自然災害と違って,基本的には経済や社会のあり方から生まれる人為的なものであり,不可抗力の天災ではない。 欧米では公害とまったく同じ概念はないが,air pollution(大気汚染),water pollution(水質汚濁)などを総称して,environmental pollution(環境汚染)またはenvironmental disruption(環境破壊)ということばを使っている。 日本の〈公害対策基本法〉では,その第2条において,次のように定義している。… ※「environmental disruption」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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