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Nature, environment and culture in East Asia the challenge of climate change
Title
Nature, environment and culture in East Asia [electronic resource] : the challenge of climate change / edited by Carmen Meinert.
ISBN
9789004230682 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004253049 (e-book)
Published
Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Physical Description
xxi, 443 p.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2015
Series
Climate and culture, v. 1
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references 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
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