Social-Ecological Restoration in Paddy-Dominated Landscapes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Usio, Nisikawa (Editor), Miyashita, Tadashi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Ecological Research Monographs,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Applied ecology.; Ecosystems.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Applied Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Sustainable Development.

With a focus on environmentally friendly rice farming, this unique book integrates both ecosystem and human dimensions of ecological restoration to provide strategies to promote sustainable agriculture and rural development. Paddy fields have multiple functions beyond their role of producing rice: T...