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Title Traditional rural landscapes in island topography in East Asia / Bixia Chen and Yuei Nakama.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Environmental research advances
Environmental research advances series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents TRADITIONAL RURAL LANDSCAPES IN ISLAND TOPOGRAPHY IN EAST ASIA ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ; 1.1. BACKGROUND ; 1.2. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RESEARCH ON FENG SHUI ; 1.2.1. Definition of Feng Shui ; 1.2.2. Significance ; 1.3. PURPOSES ; 1.4. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF OKINAWA PREFECTURE ; 1.5. METHODOLOGY ; 1.6. STRUCTURE OF THE RESEARCH; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 RECENT FENG SHUI RESEARCH ; ABSTRACT ; 2.1. ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND FOLKLORE STUDIES ON FENG SHUI.
2.2. ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ON FENG SHUI 2.3. ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES ON FENG SHUI ; 2.4. FENG SHUI STUDIES IN OKINAWA ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 FENG SHUI IN OKINAWA- A LITERATURE REVIEW ; ABSTRACT ; 3.1. INTRODUCTION OF FENG SHUI TO OKINAWA ; 3.2. KEY CONCEPT OF FENG SHUI IN KINGDOM OF THE RYUKYUS: HO:GO ; 3.3. FENG SHUI PRACTICE IN OKINAWA ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 FENG SHUI VILLAGE LANDSCAPE AND FENG SHUI TREES ; ABSTRACT ; 4.1. FENG SHUI VILLAGE LANDSCAPE ; 4.1.1. The Consideration of Surrounding Physical Environment ; Dragon Vein ; Sha; Water; Cave.
4.1.2. Ideal Feng Shui Model 4.2. FENG SHUI TREES ; 4.2.1. Feng Shui Trees in Mainland China; 4.2.2. Feng Shui Trees in Hong Kong ; 4.2.3. Feng Shui Trees in Korea ; 4.2.4. Feng Shui Trees in Okinawa ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 A RYUKYU ISLAND FENG SHUI VILLAGE LANDSCAPE ; ABSTRACT ; 5.1. INTRODUCTION ; 5.1.1. Introduction and Development of Feng Shui in Ryukyu Kingdom ; 5.1.2. Village Feng Shui ; 5.1.3. Study Purpose ; 5.2. SURVEY SITE AND METHODS ; 5.2.1. Case Study Area 5.2.; 5.2.2. Data Collection ; 5.3. THE FENG SHUI LAYOUT IN TARAMA ISLAND.
5.4. FEATURES OF TREES IN THE FRONT FOREST BELT 5.5. FOREST COMPOSITION ON THE BACK HILL ; 5.6. A RYUKYU ISLAND FENG SHUI VILLAGE FEATURING FOREST PLANTING ; 5.7. The Naturally Regenerated Ho:GO FOREST OF RICH BIODIVERSITY AND THE FOREST IN THE REAR HILLS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 A SACRED VILLAGE LANDSCAPE IN MAINLAND OKINAWA ; ABSTRACT ; 6.1. INTRODUCTION ; 6.2. SURVEY SITE AND METHOD; 6.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 6.3.1. Facing the Sea and Backed by the Mountains ; 6.3.2. Feng Shui Sites ; 6.3.3. Highlighting Tree Planting.
6.3.4. Feng Shui Hamlets Were Planned at First in the Center CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 7 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FENG SHUI VILLAGES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OLD FUKUGI TREES INSIDE THE VILLAGE ; ABSTRACT ; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.1.1. A Traditional Feng Shui Village Landscape in Okinawa ; 7.1.2. House-Embracing Fukugi Trees in Okinawa ; 7.2. METHOD AND SURVEY SITES ; 7.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ; 7.3.1. Distribution of Large Fukugi Trees; 7.3.2. Huge Trees and the Hamlet Landscape Layout ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Landscape design -- Japan.
Landscape design.
Japan.
Landscape design -- East Asia.
East Asia.
Forest landscape management -- Japan.
Forest landscape management.
Forest landscape management -- East Asia.
Feng shui.
Feng shui.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Chen, Bixia, editor.
Nakama, YĆ«ei, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Traditional rural landscapes in island topography in East Asia Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2012. 9781614704973 (hardcover) (DLC) 2011024672
ISBN 9781614706540 ebook
1614706549
9781614704973 hardcover
161470497X