1st Edition
Wildlife, Landscape Use and Society Regional Case Studies in Japan
By Ken Sugimura
Copyright 2021
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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A comprehensive analysis of the various terrestrial natural landscapes and habitats within Japan, and the efforts to sustain and conserve them and sustain landscape services.
In 2011, Conservation International designated the Japanese islands collectively as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. They are rich in biodiversity, but also densely populated and so human impacts have led to many... Read more
Introduction: aims and scope 1.Terrestrial biodiversity and landscape use across the country 2. Amami Oshima 3. Amami Oshima (2) 4. Forest utilisation in Fukushima before and after the 2011 power plant accident 5. Forests and Satoyama landscapes in the suburb of a metropolitan area 6. Regional comparison and summary discussion
Biography
Ken Sugimura is former professor of Environmental Science at Nagasaki University, Japan (he retired in March 2020).
