Landscape Ecology in Asian Cultures

Abstract

Preface Part 1. Understanding Asian Cultural Landscapes 1. Historical perspectives on the relationships between humanity and nature in Japan 2. Eco-cultural diversity in island and coastal landscapes: conservation and development 3. Ethnic culture and nature: interactions in the Hani terrace landscape 4. The characteristic of cultural landscapes in Malaysia: concept and perspective 5. Introducing geo-cultural landscapes in Iran 6. Cultural landscapes of the Tengger Highland, East Java 7. Traditional forests in villages linking man and nature landscapes 8. 'Cho-bun', the anthropogeneous landscape in Haui Island, Southwestern Korea 9. Human impact on coastal sand dune ecosystem in Korea 10. Have the ecological human rights been globally lost? A conflict of ecological spatial requirements and cultural landscape opportunities in the modern Homo sapiens Part 2. Measuring and Managing Patterns and Processes of Cultural Landscapes 11. A methodological framework to quantify anthropogenic effects on landscape pattern 12. Analysis of factors affecting the landscape dynamics of islands in western Japan 13. Creating pondscapes for avian communities: an artificial neural network experience beyond urban regions 14. Integrating geographic information into scenic assessment of middle landscapes 15. Sustainable management of Satoyama bamboo landscapes in Japan 16. Characteristics of the spatial distribution, vegetation structure and management systems of Shrine, Temple forests as urban green space: The case of Kitakyushu City 17. Conservation and management of the coastal pine forest as a cultural landscape 19. Restoring Central Asian floodplain ecosystems as natural capital and cultural heritage in a continental desert environment Part 3. Concluding Remarks 20. Integrating nature and culture in landscape ecology