Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earth's Future : Lectures Given at the Plenary Sessions of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference, 2013 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Okamoto, Kohei. (Editor), Ishikawa, Yoshitaka. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:International Perspectives in Geography, AJG Library, 1
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Traditional Wisdom
  • Traditional Wisdom in Urban Development in Ancient China
  • Clash of Civilizations is not a Fatality: Viewpoint of Geography
  • Were There in the Japanese Language Originally Equivalents to the Words "Environment" and "Nature"?
  • The Environment
  • Nature and Society in Protected Areas: Can Development, Conservation, and Local Livelihoods Co-exist?
  • Plural Knowledges and Modernity: Social Difference and Geographical Explanations
  • No Going Back: The Political Implications of Ecological Novelty
  • The Great East Japan Earthquake
  • The 2011 Tohoku Disaster: Unexpected Earthquake and Forgotten Tsunami
  • The Ecological Infra-structure as a Basis of the Reconstruction Plan for the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • National Reconstruction Ground Design as Dual Recovery Strategy of Post-Disaster and Pre-Disaster Recoveries in Japan.