Japanese Commons in the Coastal Seas How the Satoumi Concept Harmonizes Human Activity in Coastal Seas with High Productivity and Diversity /

• Main Author: Yanagi, Tetsuo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Environment.; Coasts.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Coastal Sciences.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

The author proposed the satoumi concept, analogous to the satoyama concept on land, as “coastal sea with high biodiversity and productivity in harmony with human interaction” in 1998. The concept for environmental conservation in the coastal seas has been widely accepted and was included in the Japa...