| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 443 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Climate and culture,
2213-0519 ;
volume 1
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Climate and culture ; v. 1.
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| Summary |
Nature, Environment and Culture in East Asia. The Challenge of Climate Change explores East Asian cultural variations in approaching and solving environmental challenges in the past, present, and future-important perspectives from cultural studies to the current global environmental and climate crisis. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-426) and index. |
| Contents |
IDEAS -- Chinese "Unity of Man and Nature" : Reality or Myth? / Heiner Roetz -- Ideas in Daoism Relative to Ecology and the Environment / Paul Jackson -- Environmental Concern : Can Humans Avoid Being Partial? : Epistemological Awareness in the Zhuangzi / Karyn Lai -- Of Eco-Buddhas and Dharma-Roots : Views from the East Asian Buddhist Tradition / Henrik H. Sorensen -- PAST -- A Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History / Ts'ui-jung Liu -- Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of theNorthern Song Dynasty / Ling Zhang -- PRESENT -- Water Diversion Between Official Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature / Miriam Seeger -- Chinese Environmental Movements : Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection / Nora Sausmikat -- "From Worse to Better" : Anti-Desertification Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades / Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus -- From Ascetic to Activist : Jiyul Sunim's Korean Buddhist Eco movement / Eunsu Cho -- PROSPECTS -- Killing Three Birds with One Stone : Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies : What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China / Takashi Kanatsu -- Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea : Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? / Alexander Ruser -- Energy and Climate Change in China / Carlo Carraro & Emanuele Massetti -- List of Names and Subjects in Non-Latin Scripts -- Contributing Authors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- East Asia.
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Climatic changes. |
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East Asia. |
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- East Asia.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- East Asia.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
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Philosophy of nature -- East Asia.
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Philosophy of nature. |
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Environmental protection -- East Asia.
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Environmental protection. |
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East Asia -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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East Asia -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Meinert, Carmen, editor, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nature, environment and culture in East Asia. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013 9789004230682 (DLC) 2013014284 (OCoLC)841212400 |
| ISBN |
9789004253049 (e-book) |
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9004253041 (e-book) |
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9789004230682 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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9004230688 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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