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Just enough : lessons from Japan for sustainable living, architecture, and design / Azby Brown.
Fine Arts Library GE199.J3 B76 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Azby, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmentalism--Japan--History.
- Environmentalism.
- Sustainable development--Japan--History.
- Sustainable development.
- Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Lessons from Japan for sustainable living, architecture, and design
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : Stone Bridge Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Explains how during the Edo period of its history when it faced environmental problems similar to those of the 21st century, the population of Japan was able to develop a lifestyle which conserved water, energy, food, and housing, and created a sustainable economy.
- Contents:
- Preface to the thrid edition
- Foreword: just enough
- Part I: field and forest
- Part II: the sustainable city
- Part III: a life of restraint.
- Notes:
- "First edition published 2009 by Kodansha International."--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-226) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781611720778
- 161172077X
- OCLC:
- 1337408127
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