Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the book joins experts in ecology, agriculture, medicine and development studies to produce this large-scale study. The authors argue that a number of qualitatively different regional types exist in the world, each comprising its own homeostasis. The book presents a fresh perspective on environmental area studies and demonstrates that the process of globalization leads to the destruction of the coexistence of human beings and their environments.

Awards

Gold Award in Academic Division, Asia-Pacific Publishing Association Award 2005

About Editors and Authors

FURUKAWA Hisao is Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University. He graduated from the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, in 1963, and served as Associate Professor at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University (1978), Professor at Kyoto University (1988) and Professor in the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University (1998). He specializes in ecological science and human geography, and throughout his career conducted extensive fieldwork in Southeast Asia. He retired in 2003.