Insularity and geographic diversity of the peripheral Japanese Islands / Akitoshi Hiraoka, Satoshi Suyama, Hisamitsu Miyauchi, Takehisa Sukeshige, editors.
2022
DS812
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Title
Insularity and geographic diversity of the peripheral Japanese Islands / Akitoshi Hiraoka, Satoshi Suyama, Hisamitsu Miyauchi, Takehisa Sukeshige, editors.
ISBN
9789811923166 (electronic bk.)
9811923167 (electronic bk.)
9789811923159
9811923159
9811923167 (electronic bk.)
9789811923159
9811923159
Publication Details
Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (274 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-2316-6 doi
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DS812
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.420952
Summary
This book clarifies the geography of the peripheral Japanese islands from a variety of angles. The islands are distributed in the tropical and cool temperate zones, and the most distant inhabited islands are more than 1,000 km from the mainland. In the past, they were Japan's frontier, close to neighboring countries. However, during Japan's modernization process, the islands were positioned as backward regions, supplying food, resources, and labor. Today, the islands are considered to be on the periphery of Japan, with lifestyles different from those of the mainland. The islands are also getting attention as sightseeing locales and emigration regions attracting those who prefer country lifean image of the islands that has been created by the romanticized gaze from the Japanese mainland. The authors describe the various forms of the outlying Japanese islands and at the same time discover their common regional characteristics, as defined by the view from the mainland.
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Hiraoka, Akitoshi, 1949-
Suyama, Satoshi, 1964-
Miyauchi, Hisamitsu.
Singh, S. P. (Sukeshwar Prasad), 1945-
Suyama, Satoshi, 1964-
Miyauchi, Hisamitsu.
Singh, S. P. (Sukeshwar Prasad), 1945-
Series
International perspectives in geography ; 18.
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Insularity and Geographic Diversity of the Peripheral Japanese Islands.
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Table of Contents
Cultural and Social Overview of Japanese Islands
Conventional Studies of Japanese Islands
Positioning of Islands in Modern Japan
Population Flow from/to the Islands
Natural Hazard and Island Inhabitants
Life Space on Islands
Production Space on Islands
Tourism Development in Islands
Conclusion.
Conventional Studies of Japanese Islands
Positioning of Islands in Modern Japan
Population Flow from/to the Islands
Natural Hazard and Island Inhabitants
Life Space on Islands
Production Space on Islands
Tourism Development in Islands
Conclusion.