Asian Perceptions of Nature

Asian Perceptions of Nature
Author: Ole Bruun
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136777695

This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

Asian Perceptions of Nature

Asian Perceptions of Nature
Author: Ole Bruun
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136777768

This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

Japanese Images of Nature

Japanese Images of Nature
Author: Pamela J. Asquith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 306
Release: 1997
Genre: Aesthetics, Japanese
ISBN: 0700704450

Documents the great diversity in how people perceive their natural environment and how they come to terms with nature, be it through brute force, rituals or idealization. The main message of the book is that 'nature' and the 'natural' are concepts very much conditioned by their context.

Asian Perceptions of Nature

Asian Perceptions of Nature
Author: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1995
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780700703012

This incorporates both Asian perceptions of their natural environment as well as western views of Asia. It examines the paradox of pollution and destruction of natural resources occurring in cultures traditionally perceived as being in harmony with their e

Nature, Environment and Culture in East Asia

Nature, Environment and Culture in East Asia
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9004253041

Since in the current global environmental and climate crisis East Asia will play a major role in negotiating solutions, it is vital to understand East Asian cultural variations in approaching and solving environmental challenges in the past, present, and future. The interdisciplinary volume Nature, Environment and Culture in East Asia. The Challenge of Climate Change, edited by Carmen Meinert, explores how cultural patterns and ideas have shaped a specific understanding of nature, how local and regional cultures develop(ed) coping strategies to adapt to environmental and climatic changes in the past and in the present and how various institutions and representatives might introduce their ideas and agendas in future environmental and climate policies on national levels and in international negotiating systems.

Nature Across Cultures

Nature Across Cultures
Author: Helaine Selin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401701490

Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

Nature and Nation

Nature and Nation
Author: Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2005-10-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780824828639

Nature and Nation explores the relations between people and forests in Peninsular Malaysia where the planet's richest terrestrial eco-system met head-on with the fastest pace of economic transformation experienced in the tropical world. It engages the interplay of history, culture, science, economics and politics to provide a holistic interpretation of the continuing relevance of forests to state and society in the moist tropics. Malaysia has long been singled out for emulation by developing nations, an accolade contradicted in recent years by concerns over its capital-, rather than poverty-driven forest depletion. The Malaysian case supports the call for re-appraisal of entrenched prescriptions for development that go beyond material needs. -- Book cover.

Environmental Change in South-East Asia

Environmental Change in South-East Asia
Author: Mike Parnwell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415129336

Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together scholars, journalists, consultants and NGO activists to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology. Ostensibly "green" activities - plantation forestry, eco-tourism, hydro-electricity - are revealed as guises used by elites to promote their own political and economic interests. Highlighting fatal flaws in presently exclusive economic and ecological approaches, the authors stress that neither the quest for sustainable development nor the process of environmental change itself can be understood without reference to political processes.

Biodiversity Conservation Ethics in Major Religions

Biodiversity Conservation Ethics in Major Religions
Author: H. S. A. Yahya
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1452061246

Covering three broader issues - biodiversity conservation, religious doctrine and environment - the book Biodiversity Conservation Ethics in Major Religions is the result of a unique approach. It attempts to initiate scientific discourse through the fabric of religions. Spread across 15 chapters, the book covers the essence of 10 religions on biodiversity, encompassing a wide range of issues related to conservation. The book promises to be a useful resource for biodiversity students, researchers and protected area managers and also for religious scholars who are invited to look at the broader themes of religions beyond theology.

Asia's Environmental Movements

Asia's Environmental Movements
Author: Alvin Y. So
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2017-07-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315479796

Adopting a comparative perspective, this book traces the social, political, economic and cultural conditions under which environmental movements have emerged, and assesses the transformative capacities of these movements.