TY - BOOK ID - 19147303 TI - Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present AU - Batten, Bruce Loyd AU - Brown, Philip C. PY - 2015 SN - 9780870718014 PB - Corvallis Oregon State University Press DB - UniCat KW - Nature KW - Human ecology KW - Climatic changes KW - Resilience (Ecology) KW - Environmental degradation KW - History KW - Science KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Risk assessment KW - Asia KW - Japan. KW - Environmental Science. KW - Japan KW - Environmental conditions KW - Geography KW - Degradation, Environmental KW - Destruction, Environmental KW - Deterioration, Environmental KW - Environmental destruction KW - Environmental deterioration KW - Natural disasters KW - Environmental quality KW - Ecological resilience KW - Ecosystem resilience KW - Ecology KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Climate change KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Environment, Human KW - Human beings KW - Human environment KW - Ecological engineering KW - Human geography KW - Environmental aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Effect of environment on KW - Nihon KW - Nippon KW - Iapōnia KW - Zhāpān KW - I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ KW - Yapan KW - Japon KW - Japão KW - Japam KW - Mư̄ang Yīpun KW - Prathēt Yīpun KW - Yīpun KW - Jih-pen KW - Riben KW - Government of Japan KW - 日本 KW - 日本国 KW - Nipponkoku KW - Nippon-koku KW - Nihonkoku KW - Nihon-koku KW - State of Japan KW - Япония KW - Japani KW - اليابان KW - al-Yābān KW - يابان KW - Yābān KW - Japonsko KW - Giappone KW - Japonia KW - Japonya KW - J7510 KW - J4419 KW - Japan: Natural sciences and technology -- biology -- ecology (general) KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- industrial organization and relations -- industry and society and environment KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change science KW - Japan: Science and technology -- biology -- ecology (general) KW - Global environmental change KW - Jepun KW - Yapon KW - Yapon Ulus KW - I︠A︡pon KW - Япон KW - I︠A︡pon Uls KW - Япон Улс UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19147303 AB - "Over the long course of Japan's history, its people profited from their rich natural environment while simultaneously facing significant environmental challenges. Over time, they have altered their natural environment in numerous ways, from landscape modification to industrial pollution. How has the human-nature relationship changed over time in Japan? How does Japan's environmental history compare with that of other countries, or that of the world as a whole? Environment and Society in the Japanese Islands attempts to answer these questions through a series of case studies by leading Japanese and Western historians, geographers, archaeologists, and climatologists. These essays, on diverse topics from all periods of Japanese history and prehistory, are unified by their focus on the key concepts of 'resilience' and 'risk mitigation.' Taken as a whole, they place Japan's experience in global context and call into question the commonly presumed division between pre-modern and modern environmental history. Primarily intended for scholars and students in fields related to Japan or environmental history, these accessibly-written essays will be valuable to anyone wishing to learn about the historical roots of today's environmental issues or the complex relationship between human society and the natural environment"-- ER -