Traditional wisdom and modern knowledge for the Earth's future : lectures given at the plenary sessions of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference, 2013

Traditional Wisdom.- Traditional Wisdom in Urban Development in Ancient China.- Clash of Civilizations is not a Fatality: Viewpoint of Geography.- Were There in the Japanese Language Originally Equivalents to the Words "Environment" and "Nature"?.- The Environment.- Nature and Society in Protected Areas: Can Development, Conservation, and Local Livelihoods Co-exist?.- Plural Knowledges and Modernity: Social Difference and Geographical Explanations.- No Going Back: The Political Implications of Ecological Novelty.- The Great East Japan Earthquake.- The 2011 Tohoku Disaster: Unexpected Earthquake and Forgotten Tsunami.- The Ecological Infra-structure as a Basis of the Reconstruction Plan for the Great East Japan Earthquake.- National Reconstruction Ground Design as Dual Recovery Strategy of Post-Disaster and Pre-Disaster Recoveries in Japan.