Meinert Carmen  editor <br/><br/>
Nature, environment and culture in East Asia :  the challenge of climate change 
edited by Carmen Meinert. 
 - xxi, 443 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Climate and culture,  VOLUME 1  2213-0519 ; .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-426) and index. 
<br/><br/>IDEAS -- Chinese "Unity of Man and Nature" : Reality or Myth? / Heiner Roetz -- Ideas in Daoism Relative to Ecology and the Environment / Paul Jackson -- Environmental Concern : Can Humans Avoid Being Partial? : Epistemological Awareness in the Zhuangzi / Karyn Lai -- Of Eco-Buddhas and Dharma-Roots : Views from the East Asian Buddhist Tradition / Henrik H. Sorensen -- PAST -- A Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in  Chinese History / Ts'ui-jung Liu -- Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of  theNorthern Song Dynasty / Ling Zhang -- PRESENT -- Water Diversion Between Official Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature / Miriam Seeger -- Chinese Environmental Movements : Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection / Nora Sausmikat -- "From Worse to Better" : Anti-Desertification Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades / Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus -- From Ascetic to Activist : Jiyul Sunim's Korean Buddhist Eco  movement / Eunsu Cho -- PROSPECTS -- Killing Three Birds with One Stone : Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies : What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China / Takashi Kanatsu -- Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea : Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? / Alexander Ruser -- Energy and Climate Change in China / Carlo Carraro & Emanuele Massetti -- List of Names and Subjects in Non-Latin Scripts -- Contributing Authors. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004230682 (hardback : acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013014284 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Climatic changes--East Asia.<br/>Climatic changes--Social aspects--East Asia.<br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on--East Asia.<br/>Philosophy of nature--East Asia.<br/>Environmental protection--East Asia.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>East Asia--Environmental conditions.<br/>East Asia--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC903.2.E27  / N38 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.738/74095