Layout and composition of house-embracing trees in an island Feng Shui village in Okinawa, Japan

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Chen, Bixia ^a   Nakama, Yuei ^b   Kurima, Genji ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c Midori Net in Okinawa ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asia; Forest composition; Garcinia subelliptica; Tourism; Traditional village landscape

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOFTWARE; TOURISM; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

GARCINIA; GARCINIA SUBELLIPTICA;

EID: 38749154675     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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