European Proceedings Logo

A Comparative Legal Study On Water Governance In Japan And Taiwan

Table 1:

Japan Taiwan Proposed Actions
Upstream Governance Governing Laws GoverningAuthority Governing Laws GoverningAuthority Proposed Legal and Policy Development
Forestry and Forestry Basic Act; Forest Act;Sediment-Related Disaster Prevention Act Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries. Forestry Act, Soil and Water conservation Act, Council of Agriculture 1.Establishing Coordinated Framework integrating water resource management, forestry and soil conservation2. Enacting Special Legislation on Sediment management
Water Resource Management River Act Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Water Act, Ministry ofEconomic Affair 1.. Implementing IWRM at river basin level 2.Enacting Comprehensive Framework Legislation empowering the implementation of IWRM 3.Establishing River Basin Authority
Downstream Flood Control Counterme-asures against Flood Damage of Specified Rivers Running Across Cities;Flood Control Act;Local Ordnance(e.g. Shiga Watershed Flood Mitigation Ordinance) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Water Act,Special Statute for the Comprehensive Management of River Basins;Sewage Act;Regional Planning Act,Urban Planning Act Ministry of Economic Affair, Ministry of the Interior,  1. Integrating flood control authority2. Promoting Local Ordinance on Flood Plain Management
< Back to article

We care about your privacy

We use cookies or similar technologies to access personal data, including page visits and your IP address. We use this information about you, your devices and your online interactions with us to provide, analyse and improve our services. This may include personalising content or advertising for you. You can find out more in our privacy policy and cookie policy and manage the choices available to you at any time by going to ‘Privacy settings’ at the bottom of any page.

Manage My Preferences

You have control over your personal data. For more detailed information about your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Third-party advertising and social media cookies are used to
(1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests;
(2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement;
(3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; and
(4) understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement.
They remember that you have visited a site and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.