Satoyama: The Traditional Rural Landscape of Japan

Japan's traditional and fragile satoyama landscape system was developed over centuries of human life on mountainous island terrain in a monsoon climate. There is a new realization that these woodlands still play a vital role in the management of the Japanese landscape and a new determination to manage them for the future.

• | By (Author): K. Takeuchi, R.D. Brown, I. Washitani, A. Tsunekawa,M. Yokohari (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Springer Verlag, Japan
• | Publication Date: Oct 28, 2012
• | Country of Publication: Japan
• | Number of Pages: 229 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 4431679804
• | ISBN-13: 9784431679806