Overview
- Combines traditional knowledge and modern technologies to achieve sustainable development
- Presents case studies based on solution-driven research
- The regions studied are most vulnerable and home to a number of traditional agriculture landscapes that have withstood climate variability and societal changes for thousands of years
Part of the book series: Science for Sustainable Societies (SFSS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book summarizes three years of extensive research conducted in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam as part of the CECAR – Asia project, which was intended to enhance resilience to climate and ecosystem changes by developing mosaic systems to strengthen resilience of bio-production systems through the integration of large-scale modern agriculture systems with traditional, decentralized small-scale systems.
The book starts with climate downscaling and impact assessment in rural Asia, and then explores various adaptation options and measures by utilizing modern science and traditional knowledge including home garden systems and ancient irrigation systems. The book subsequently examines the influence of climatic and ecological changes and the vulnerability of social economies from quantitative and qualitative standpoints, applying econometric and statistical models in agriculture communities of Asia to do so. The main goal of all chapters and case studies presented here is to identify the merits of applying organic methods to both commercial large-scale production and traditional production to strengthen social resilience and promote sustainable development. Especially at a time when modern agriculture systems are highly optimized but run the risk of failure due to changes in the climate and ecosystem, this book offers viable approaches to developing an integrated framework of modern and traditional systems to enhance productivity and total system resilience, as illustrated in various case studies.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), Tokyo, Japan
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Kanagawa, Japan
Osamu Saito
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Tokyo, Japan
Hirotaka Matsuda
Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), Graduate Program in Sustainability Science (GPSS) / Sustainability Science Global Leadership Initiative (GLI), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Geetha Mohan
Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S)
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Resilient Asia
Book Subtitle: Fusion of Traditional and Modern Systems for a Sustainable Future
Editors: Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Osamu Saito, Hirotaka Matsuda, Geetha Mohan
Series Title: Science for Sustainable Societies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56597-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56595-6Published: 05 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56864-3Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56597-0Published: 21 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2197-7348
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7356
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 196
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Climate Change Management and Policy