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Author Karan, Pradyumna P. (Pradyumna Prasad)

Title Japan in the 21st century : environment, economy, and society = Nijuisseiki no Nihon / Pradyumna P. Karan ; cartography by Dick Gilbreath.

Imprint Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 FSCC Non-Fiction  952.05 KAR 2005    ---  Available
Description xii, 401 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. + 1 folded map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Japan at the crossroads: grappling with changes -- Environmental challenges and constraints -- The cultural heritage -- Japanese landscapes -- Regional reality -- Demographic and social challenges -- Rural landscape, settlements, and agriculture -- Urban settlements -- The political challenge -- The economic challenge -- Development and restructuring of industry -- Postindustrial Japan -- The challenge of environmental preservation -- Facing the challenges.
Subject Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
Toekomstverwachtingen.
Japan.
5.380.
Added Author Gilbreath, Dick.
Added Title Japan in the twenty-first century
Nijuisseiki no Nihon
21-seiki no Nihon
ISBN 0813123429 (alk. paper)
9780813123424 (alk. paper)
0813191181 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813191188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 267699336

 
    
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