Landscape ecology in Asian cultures

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 landscapeecology.