Introduction: environmental laws in Southeast Asia and China: an overview -- Southeast Asia: the environmental law in Malaysia: a survey -- development and environmental planning in Singapore -- national policy trends on environmental protection and pollution control in the Philippines -- environmental problems in Thailand: with special reference to a case study of lead poisoning and the environmental laws -- water pollution in Indonesia from the aspect of industrial development -- Japan: Japanese environmental policy and law -- recent tendencies and problems of court cases on environmental pollution -- summary procedures for the settlement of pollution cases -- land reclamation and the protection of the sea and seashore surrounding Japan -- problems and concepts in noise prevention -- community strategies for improving our quality of life: from pollution control toward "amenity" development and enhancement -- environmental assessment in Japan: with reference to the U.S. experience -- the United States and international cooperation -- the growing international impact assessments -- relations between levels of government in preservation of the natural environment -- regional cooperation for the protection of the environment in the East Asian seas and the Pacific

1. Environmental law -- Pacific Ocean
2. Environmental policy -- Pacific Ocean
3. Environmental law -- United States
4. Environmental law -- Thailand