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Author International Geographical Union. Regional Conference (2013 : Kyoto, Japan)

Title 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 / Kohei Okamoto, Yoshitaka Ishikawa, editors
Published Tokyo : Springer, 2014

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations, maps
Series International perspectives in geography, 2197-7801
International perspectives in geography (Springer (Firm))
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
Summary The title of this book, Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earths Future, is from the theme of the 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union. Over the past few decades, globalization has strengthened connections among countries and regions of the world and has greatly changed existing geographies. However, this trend has also fostered various problems on a regional or global scale, such as economic imbalance, social fragmentation, political conflicts, and environmental crises. While acknowledging the worlds diversity, geography as a discipline must endeavor to resolve these problems by devising plans for cooperation and symbiotic existence of the different peoples of the world. An old Japanese proverb, On-ko chi-shin, taken from a Chinese one, Wengu zhixin, says that only by exploring the old can one understand the new. People should first understand how traditional ideas, linked to interaction between society/culture and the environment, were formed in different countries and regions. Traditional wisdom, in harmony with the environment, remains prevalent. This book examines how we can mold the earths future through such traditional wisdom and modern knowledge from the nine keynote speeches of the Kyoto Regional Conference focusing on three topics: traditional wisdom, the environment, and the Great East Japan Earthquake
Analysis duurzame ontwikkeling
sustainable development
geografie
geography
ruimtelijke ordening
physical planning
regionale planning
regional planning
natuurrampen
natural disasters
Geography (General)
Geografie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Traditional ecological knowledge -- Congresses
Environmental protection -- Congresses
Environmental degradation -- Congresses
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 -- Congresses
Regional planning.
Geology.
Sustainable development.
Geology
geography.
regional planning.
geology.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Environmental degradation
Environmental protection
Traditional ecological knowledge
Japan -- Tōhoku Region
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Okamoto, Kōhei, 1955- editor.
Ishikawa, Yoshitaka, 1953- editor.
International Geographical Union.
ISBN 9784431544067
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