Traditional wisdom and modern knowledge for the Earth's future [electronic resource] : lectures given at the Plenary Sessions of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference, 2013 / Kohei Okamoto, Yoshitaka Ishikawa, editors.
International Geographical Union. Regional Conference (2013 : Kyoto, Japan); Okamoto, Kōhei, 1955- editor of compilation.; Ishikawa, Yoshitaka, 1953- editor of compilation.; International Geographical Union.
2014
GN476.7
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Title
Traditional wisdom and modern knowledge for the Earth's future [electronic resource] : lectures given at the Plenary Sessions of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference, 2013 / Kohei Okamoto, Yoshitaka Ishikawa, editors.
Corporate Author
International Geographical Union. Regional Conference (2013 : Kyoto, Japan)
ISBN
9784431544067 electronic book
4431544062 electronic book
9784431544050
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54406-7
Published
Tokyo : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : color illustrations, maps.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-54406-7 doi
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GN476.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.7
Summary
The title of this book, Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earths Future, is from the theme of the 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union. Over the past few decades, globalization has strengthened connections among countries and regions of the world and has greatly changed existing geographies. However, this trend has also fostered various problems on a regional or global scale, such as economic imbalance, social fragmentation, political conflicts, and environmental crises. While acknowledging the worlds diversity, geography as a discipline must endeavor to resolve these problems by devising plans for cooperation and symbiotic existence of the different peoples of the world. An old Japanese proverb, On-ko chi-shin, taken from a Chinese one, Wengu zhixin, says that only by exploring the old can one understand the new. People should first understand how traditional ideas, linked to interaction between society/culture and the environment, were formed in different countries and regions. Traditional wisdom, in harmony with the environment, remains prevalent. This book examines how we can mold the earths future through such traditional wisdom and modern knowledge from the nine keynote speeches of the Kyoto Regional Conference focusing on three topics: traditional wisdom, the environment, and the Great East Japan Earthquake.
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Okamoto, Kōhei, 1955- editor of compilation.
Ishikawa, Yoshitaka, 1953- editor of compilation.
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International Geographical Union.
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International perspectives in geography (Springer (Firm))
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