Showing papers in "Asian geographer in 2020"
TL;DR: In this article, a geographically-informed preliminary assessment of the diverse and uneven immediate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is presented, and an agenda for geographical studies of the impact of the pandemic can be found.
Abstract: This paper contributes to a geographically-informed preliminary assessment of the diverse and uneven immediate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, and outlines an agenda for geographical studies of i...
39 citations
TL;DR: More and more tourism destinations have begun to utilize the increasing influence of Asian pop entertainment media, in an attempt to diversify their products and tourists' experiences as discussed by the authors, in order to increase tourists' experience.
Abstract: More and more tourism destinations have begun to utilize the increasing influence of Asian pop entertainment media, in an attempt to diversify their products and tourists’ experiences. This paper i...
18 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how local residents' senses of place of tourism site and involvement in tourism could influence their attitude toward tourism, which eventually affected their support for tourism, and find that their sense of place and involvement influenced their attitudes toward tourism.
Abstract: This paper intended to examine how local residents’ senses of place of tourism site and involvement in tourism could influence their attitude toward tourism, which eventually affected their support...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the vulnerability of ethnic minority groups living in poverty in marginalized areas to climate change, and those most severely affected tend to be members of minority groups.
Abstract: Vietnam is highly vulnerable to climate change, and those most severely affected tend to be members of ethnic minority groups living in poverty in marginalized areas. This paper focuses on the Tay,...
16 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a variety of rural lands that benefit the suburbanization process in social, environmental, economic, and social welfare are discussed in regard to its negative impacts, while urban sprawl has been mainly discussed in terms of its negative impact.
Abstract: Urban sprawl has been mainly discussed in regard to its negative impacts. However, there is a variety of rural lands that benefit the suburbanization process in social, environmental, economic and ...
14 citations
TL;DR: The authors argued that climate change caused wars in pre-industrial societies, but did climate change cause wars in history, while a growing number of quantitative studies (particularly in the field of geography) illustrate the climate-war nexus in preindustrial societies.
Abstract: Did climate change cause wars in history? While a growing number of quantitative studies (particularly in the field of geography) illustrate the climate-war nexus in pre-industrial societies, there...
11 citations
TL;DR: Recently, many untoward incidents have happened in middle Himalaya either due to natural calamities or human errors, and large casualties which were avoidable, occurred due to unregulated tourism as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Recently, many untoward incidents have happened in middle Himalaya either due to natural calamities or human errors, and large casualties, which were avoidable, occurred due to unregulated tourism....
8 citations
TL;DR: The authors explored the possible non-linear nature of the climate-crime association and found that the nonlinearity of the relationship between climate change and climate crime was not explored in previous climate crime studies.
Abstract: Previous climate-crime studies are primarily grounded on conventional statistical methods, leaving the possible non-linear nature of the climate-crime association insufficiently explored. I...
7 citations
TL;DR: For the last few decades, the development of mega-infrastructure projects has been high on the agendas of policymakers in Southeast Asia as discussed by the authors. But despite the potential benefits of such projects, there are...
Abstract: For the last few decades, the development of mega-infrastructure projects has been high on the agendas of policymakers in Southeast Asia. Despite the potential benefits of such projects, there are ...
6 citations
TL;DR: The authors deconstructs Japanese media discourses of Japan's territorial disputes in selected newspapers in English, namely The Asahi Shimbun, The Japan News and The Japan Times from 2002 to 2018.
Abstract: This paper deconstructs Japanese media discourses of Japan’s territorial disputes in selected newspapers in English – namely The Asahi Shimbun, The Japan News and The Japan Times from 2002 to 2018....
6 citations
TL;DR: The reduced sensitivity of tree growth to temperature in recent decades, commonly known as the tree-ring "divergence problem" has been observed in many places of the world, which challenge...
Abstract: The reduced sensitivity of tree growth to temperature in recent decades, commonly known as the tree-ring “divergence problem”, has been observed in many places of the world, which challenge...
TL;DR: A coastal port and fishing city in Miyagi Prefecture, Kesennuma was one of the hardest hit cities in the 2011 Japanese earthquake as discussed by the authors, which was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in that country.
Abstract: On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in that country. A coastal port and fishing city in Miyagi Prefecture, Kesennuma was one of the hardest hit populatio...
TL;DR: In this article, the evolution of land surface temperatures (LSTs) within the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) was examined with respect to patterns of urbanization from 2000 to 2019.
Abstract: The evolution of land surface temperatures (LSTs) within the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) is examined with respect to patterns of urbanization from 2000 to 2019. Change detection as well as ex...
TL;DR: The authors put emphasis on a literature review of current theoretical strands in two major fields: food security and rural-urban linkage, and critically evaluated the relation between these two fields and evaluated the relationship between them.
Abstract: This study puts emphasis on a literature review of current theoretical strands in two major fields: food security and rural-urban linkage. It then critically evaluates the relation between these tw...
TL;DR: In this article, a time-use perspective is used to promote active ageing in urban planning and policy-making in Hong Kong, using Hong Kong as a reference point for the study.
Abstract: Promoting active ageing has emerged as a key objective of urban planning and policymaking globally. Our study aims to provide new insights from a time-use perspective. In this paper, we use Hong Ko...
TL;DR: The dramatic decline in the share of agriculture in India's gross domestic product from 52 percent in 1950-1951 to less than 17 percent in 2017-2018 implies a decrease in the amount of l... as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The dramatic decline in the share of agriculture in India’s gross domestic product from 52 percent in 1950–1951 to less than 17 percent in 2017–2018 necessarily implies a decline in the amount of l...
TL;DR: The toponymic system of India is one of the most complex and diverse in the world as mentioned in this paper, as a result of perplexing ancient legacies encrypted in cultural landscapes as an unimaginable amalgam of language.
Abstract: The toponymic system of India is one of the most complex and diverse in the world. As a result of perplexing ancient legacies encrypted in cultural landscapes as an unimaginable amalgam of language...