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Table of Contents: “…Features of riparian forests in Japan -- Geography, disturbance regime and dynamics of sediments in riparian zone -- Occurrence of hillslope processes affecting riparian vegetation in upstream watersheds of Japan -- Sediment dynamics and characteristics with respect to river disturbance -- Riparian community -- Vegetation-geographic evaluation of the syntaxonomic system of valley-bottom forests occurring in the cooltemperate zone of the Japanese Archipelago -- Riparian forests in headwater stream -- Coexistence mechanisms of three riparian species in the upper basin with respect to their life histories, ecophysiology, and disturbance regimes -- Population dynamics and key stages in two Japanese riparian elements -- Rodent seed hoarding and regeneration of Aesculus turbinata: patterns, processes and implications -- Longitudinal variation in disturbance regime and community structure of a riparian forest established on a small alluvial fan in warm-temperate southern Kyushu, Japan -- Riparian forests on wide alluvial fan -- Structure and composition of riparian forests with reference to geomorphic conditions -- Mosaic structure of riparian forests on the riverbed and floodplain of a braided river: A case study in the Kamikouchi Valley of the Azusa River -- Coexistence of Salix species in a seasonally flooded habitat -- Riparian forests in lowland regions -- Process of willow community establishment and topographic change of riverbed in a warm-temperate region of Japan -- Growth and nutrient economy of riparian Salix gracilistyla -- The expansion of woody shrub vegetation (Elaeagnus umbellata) along a regulated river channel -- Riparian forests in wetland -- Distribution pattern and regeneration of swamp forest species with respect to site conditions -- Flooding adaptations of wetland trees -- Species diversity of riparian forests -- Diversity of tree species in mountain riparian forest in relation to disturbance-mediated microtopography -- Diversity of forest floor vegegation with landform type -- Endangered species and its conservation -- Ecology and conservation of an endangered willow, Salix hukaoana -- Strategy for the reallocation of plantations to semi-natural forest for the conservation of endangered riparian tree species -- Conclusion -- General conclusions concerning riparian forest ecology and conservation.…”
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Table of Contents: “…RaJan ; PART V: MEGALITHS FROM CENTRAL AND EAST ASIA ; Introduction -- Laurent Nespoulous, Anke Hein ; Chapter 28 : Monuments in the mountains: the megalithic graves of western China -- Anke Hein ; Chapter 29 : Prehistoric cairns and dolmens in Manchuria (China) -- Kazuo Miyamoto ; Chapter 30 : Dolmens and societies in the Korean Peninsula -- Daisuke Nakamura ; Chapter 31 : Dolmens of the Korean Peninsula: Conservation and utilization in Hoseo (South Korea) -- Joon-ho Son ; Chapter 32 : The development of stone art culture in ancient Korea -- Takafumi Yamamoto ; Chapter 33 : From megalithic contexts in the Japanese archipelago, to megalithism as a context: Reflections for consideration, from the first sedentary societies to the first State societies -- Laurent Nespoulous ; Chapter 34 : Prehistoric and protohistoric megaliths of the Japanese archipelago -- Yoshio Kikuchi ; Chapter 35 : Bronze Age and Iron Age decorated megaliths and funerary complexes in Mongolia and Southern Siberia -- Jérôme Magail, Yuri Esin, Jamiyan-Ombo Gantulga, Fabrice Monna, Tanguy Rolland, Anne-Caroline Allard ; Digital 3D documentation of the Tamchinsky deer stone -- Vladislav Kazakov, Vasily Kovalev, Kair Zhumadilov, Lyudmila Lbova, Aleksandr Simukhin ; Chapter 36 : Megalithic traditions in the Early Bronze Age of the Mongolian Altaï: the Chemurchek (Qie'muerqieke) cultural phenomenon -- Alexey Kovalev ; PART VI: MEGALITHS FROM CAUCASUS TO THE ARABIC PENINSULA ; Introduction -- Tara Steimer-Herbet, Viktor Trifonov ; Chapter 37 : In the shadow of monoliths. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Influence -- The Cold War and Revolution -- Authoritarianism -- Democracy -- Social Movements and Indigenous Rights -- Drug Economy -- Culture and Populations -- Religion -- Language -- Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity -- Food -- Music, Art, Film, and Sports -- Gender Relations -- Demography and Urbanization -- Demographic Change -- Migration Within the Region -- Latin American and Caribbean Migration Beyond the Region -- Faces of the Region: Bolivian Youth in Argentina -- Urbanization -- Future Geographies -- Sustainable Development -- Emerging Economies -- Representation and Democracy -- Public Attitudes -- Learning Outcomes Revisited -- Key Terms -- Thinking Geographically -- Data Analysis -- Environment, Society, and Sustainability -- Climate and Climate Change -- Adapting to Semiarid and Subtropical Climates -- Climate Change -- Geological Resources, Risk, and Water -- The Tibetan Plateau -- Plains, Hills, Shelves, and Islands -- Earthquakes in a Still-Forming Region -- Flooding, Flood Management, and Hydroengineering -- Sustainability in the Anthropocene: The Environmental Price of Industrialization -- Ecology, Land, and Environmental Management -- Tibetan and Himalayan Highlands -- Steppe and Desert -- Inner China, Korea, and the Japanese Archipelago -- Revolutions in Agriculture -- Conservation Issues -- Wildlife in the Demilitarized Zone -- Sustainability in East Asia -- Geographies of Indulgence, Desire, and Addiction: Animals, Animal Parts, and Exotic Pets -- History, Economy, and Territory -- Historical Legacies and Landscapes -- Empires of China -- Japanese Feudalism and Empire -- Imperial Decline -- Revolutions, Wars, and Aftermath -- Economy, Accumulation, and the Production of Inequality -- Japan's Economy: From Postwar Economic Miracle to Stagnation -- Visualizing Geography: Colonialism in East Asia -- China's Economy: From Communist Revolutionary to Revolutionary Capitalist -- Emerging Regions: The Pacific Rim -- Two Koreas, Two Economies -- Territory and Politics -- An Unfinished War in Korea -- Unresolved Geopolitics in Taiwan -- The Contested Periphery of Tibet -- The Geopolitics of Globalized Chinese Investment -- Culture and Populations -- Religion and Language -- Religions -- Feng Shui -- Languages -- Cultural Practices, Social Differences, and Identity -- Gender and Inequality -- Faces of the Region: Emerging Women's Power Amid Patriarchy and Corruption -- Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in China -- Food -- East Asian Culture and Globalization -- Demography and Urbanization -- Demographic Change -- Population Control in China -- Migrations -- Diasporas -- Great Asian Cities -- Future Geographies -- A Nation of Chinese Consumers? …”