Multidisciplinary Studies of the Environment and Civilization Japanese Perspectives
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2019
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780367247997
Publisert
2019-06-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184
Biographical note
Yoshinori Yasuda is the Director of the Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, Japan, a Professor at Ritsumeikan University, and Professor Emeritus at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan. Mark J. Hudson is a researcher in the Eurasia3angle project at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany, and a Research Associate at the Institut d’Asie Orientale, ENS de Lyon, France.
Multidisciplinary Studies on the Environment and Civilization draws on research from a diverse range of fields across the humanities, social and natural sciences to discover what is needed to develop an affluent, sustainable and resilient world for the twenty-first century and beyond.The contributions throughout this volume build and promote frameworks for an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability both in and beyond Japan. Utilizing research efforts from a broad range of fields such as zoology, biological anthropology and archaeology, these multidisciplinary studies are brought together to assess the impacts humans have had on the environment as well as the role of civilization, culture and heritage in environmental history.This book provides a truly multidisciplinary approach to environmental issues and will be of great interest to graduate students and researchers in fields such as climate, geology, plant taxonomy and marine science as well as those with an interest in Japanese history, archaeology, art and literature.
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The contributions throughout this volume build and promote frameworks for an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability both in and beyond Japan. Utilizing research efforts from a broad range of fields these multidisciplinary studies are brought together to assess the impacts humans have had on the environment.
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Preface- Yoshinori YasudaChapter 1. Introduction: The Great Wave of the Anthropocene Mark J. HudsonPart I: Natural History and Environmental History: Building Interdisciplinary FrameworksChapter 2. The Fishes of Shizuoka: A History of Fish- Fauna Research and Some Future PerspectivesKōichi ShibukawaChapter 3. Lake Varves and Environmental HistoryKazuyoshi YamadaChapter 4. The Geological Record of Tsunamis in the AnthropoceneDaisuke SugawaraChapter 5. Stable and Radiocarbon Isotope Measurements to Reconstruct the Diet and Age of Human Skeletal Remains during the Jōmon PeriodSōichirō KusakaChapter 6. Mount Fuji and Waka PoetryKazuha Tashiro Chapter 7. Mt. Fuji and the Tokugawa ShogunateJin Matsushima Part II: Culture, Civilization and the EnvironmentChapter 8. Biogeography of Pantropical Plants with Sea-Drifted SeedsKōji TakayamaChapter 9. Fuji Mine Shugyō: An Introduction to Mountain Ascetic Practices on Mount FujiYasumasa ŌtakaPart III: Environment and cultures: East/WestChapter 10. Neolithisation: A Perspective from the East Asian Inland SeasJunzō Uchiyama Chapter 11. Global Environmental Justice and the Natural Environment in Japanese ArchaeologyMark J. Hudson
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780367247997
Publisert
2019-06-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
184