TY  - BOOK
AU  - Batten,Bruce L.
AU  - Brown,Philip C.
TI  - Environment and Society in the Japanese Islands: From Prehistory to the Present
SN  - 9780870718021
AV  - GF666 
U1  - 304.20952 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Oregon State University Press
KW  - Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Japan -- History -- Congresses
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Plate, Figures, and Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader -- Introduction: Green Perspectives on the Japanese Past (Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown) -- Part I. Lay of the Land: Geology and Topography -- 1. Vulnerable Japan: The Tectonic Setting of Life in the Archipelago (Gina L. Barnes) -- 2. Settlement Patterns and Environment of Heijō-kyō, an Ancient Capital City Site in Japan (Tatsunori Kawasumi) -- 3. Earthquakes as Social Drama in the Tokugawa Period (Gregory Smits) -- Part II. Water: Oceans, Rivers, Lakes -- 4. Traditional Use of Resources and Management of Littoral Environments at Lake Biwa (Shizuyo Sano) -- 5. Floods, Drainage, and River Projects in Early Modern Japan: Civil Engineering and the Foundations of Resilience (Philip C. Brown) -- 6. High-Growth Hydrosphere: Sakuma Dam and the Socionatural Dimensions of "Comprehensive Development" Planning in Post-1945 Japan (Eric G. Dinmore) -- Part III. Life: Flora, Fauna, Fertilizer -- 7. Japan as an Organic Empire: Commercial Fertilizers, Nitrogen Supply, and Japan's Core-Peripheral Relationship (Toshihiro Higuchi) -- 8. Struggling with Complex Natures in the Ogasawara Islands (Colin Tyner) -- 9. When the Green Archipelago Encountered Formosa: The Making of Modern Forestry in Taiwan under Japan's Colonial Rule (1895-1945) (Kuang-Chi Hung) -- Part IV. Climate -- 10. A History of Climatic Change in Japan: A Reconstruction of Meteorological Trends from Documentary Evidence (Takehiko Mikami, Masumi Zaiki, and Junpei Hirano) -- 11. Climate, Famine, and Population in Japanese History: A Long-Term Perspective (Osamu Saito) -- 12. The Climatic Dilemmas of Built Environments: Tokyo, Heat Islands, and Urban Adaptation (Scott O'Bryan) -- Concluding Thoughts: In the Shadow of 3.11 (Bruce L. Batten and Philip C. Brown) -- Bibliography; Contributors -- Index
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