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- Shows the current state of nature around Mount Kenya, including geology, topography, glaciers, and vegetation
- Discusses the changes in the natural environment of Mount Kenya and the transformation of local communities
- Describes the challenges for the natural environments and local communities in the future
Part of the book series: International Perspectives in Geography (IPG, volume 17)
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He has researched the vegetation and environments of the Japan Alps and the Daisetsuzan Mountains of Japan; glacial fluctuation and vegetational successions in tropical high mountains (Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro, and the Andean Cordillera); natural environments and human activities in the Namib Desert of Namibia; and nature, culture, and society of the Arunachal Pradesh of India. He is a co-author of Himalayan Nature and Tibetan Buddhist Culture in Arunachal Pradesh, India (Springer, 2015).
Yuya Otani is a researcher at the Institute for Water Science, Suntory Global Innovation Center Ltd. His research interests include watershed hydrogeology, stable isotope hydrology, and regional studies. At the Tokyo University of Agriculture, he investigated the effects of chemical fertilizer substances on the sea area using stable isotopes in coral skeletal annual rings at Yoron Island, Kagoshima, Japan.
As his doctoral research at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, he worked on the effects of glacier shrinkage on the water environment surrounding Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro using oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes and regional surveys. He is a member of the Association of Japanese Geographers and Japan Association for African Studies
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Book Title: Glaciers, Nature, Water, and Local Community in Mount Kenya
Editors: Kazuharu Mizuno, Yuya Otani
Series Title: International Perspectives in Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7853-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7852-3Published: 19 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-7855-4Published: 20 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-7853-0Published: 18 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2197-7798
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7801
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 166
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Geography, general, Human Geography, Water, general, Climate, general, Social Sciences, general