Landscape Ecology in Asian Cultures

Part I. Understanding Asian Cultural Landscapes

1. Historical Perspectives on the Relationships between Humanity and Nature in Japan
Takakazu Yumoto

2. Eco-Cultural Diversity in Island and Coastal Landscapes: Conservation and Development
Sun-Kee Hong

3. Ethnic Culture and Nature: Interactions in the Hani Terrace Landscape
Yuanmei Jiao, Xiuzhen Li

4. The Characteristics of the Cultural Landscape in Malaysia: Concept and Perspective
Saiful Arif Abdullah

5. Introducing Geo-Cultural Landscapes in Iran
Forood Azari-Dehkordi

6. Cultural Landscapes of the Tengger Highland, East Java
Luchman Hakim

7. Traditional Forests in Villages Linking Humans and Natural Landscapes
Sun-Kee Hong, Jae-Eun Kim

8. “Cho-bun”, An Anthropogeneous Landscape in Haui Island, Southwestern Korea
Jong-O Park

9. Human Impact on Coastal Sand Dune Ecosystems in Korea
Jae-Eun Kim, Sun-Kee Hong

10. Have Ecological Human Rights Been Globally Lost? A Conflict of Ecological Spatial Requirements and Cultural Landscape Opportunities in Modern Homo sapiens

Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Bai-Lian Li

Part II. Measuring and Managing Patterns and Processes of Cultural Landscapes

11. A Methodological Framework to Quantify Anthropogenic Effects on Landscape Patterns
Jan Bogaert, Yao Sabas S. Barima, Jian Ji, Hong Jiang, Issouf Bamba, Léon Iyongo Waya Mongo, Adi Mama, Edgar Nyssen, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Nico Koedam

12. Analysis of Factors Affecting the Landscape Dynamics of Islands in Western Japan
Yoko Ohta, Nobukazu Nakagoshi

13. Creating Pondscapes for Avian Communities: An Artificial Neural Network Experience Beyond Urban Regions
Wei-Ta Fang

14. Integrating Geographic Information into Scenic Assessments of Middle Landscapes
Sampei Yamashita

15. Sustainable Management of Satoyama Bamboo Landscapes in Japan
Shigeo Suzuki, Nobukazu Nakagoshi

16. Characteristics of the Spatial Distribution, Vegetation Structure, and Management Systems of Shrine/Temple Forests as Urban Green Space: The Case of Kitakyushu City
Tohru Manabe, Keitaro Ito, Daisuke Hashimoto, Dai Isono, Takashi Umeno, Shuji Iijima

17. Conservation and Management of the Coastal Pine Forest as a Cultural Landscape
Michiro Fujihara, Mariko Ohnishi, Hiroyuki Miura, Yoshihiro Sawada

18. How to Conserve Japanese Cultural Landscapes: The Registration System for Cultural Landscapes
Nobukazu Nakagoshi

19. Restoring Central Asian Floodplain Ecosystems as Natural Capital and Cultural Heritage in a Continental Desert Environment
Stefan Zerbe, Niels Thevs

Part III. Measuring and Managing Patterns and Processes of Cultural Landscapes

20. Integrating Nature and Culture in Landscape Ecology
Jianguo Wu

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