Boat-shaped houses of the indigenous Li people on Hainan Island, China: plant resources and ecological adaptations
Li boat-shaped houses demonstrate a low-carbon, climate-adaptive building system rooted in indigenous knowledge. Their preservation offers critical insights for sustainable design and biocultural conservation in tropical regions.
Authors
- Ding-Hai Yang
- Xiaodong Mu
- Ming‐Xun Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4707-2656)
- Guang-Hui Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0126-0288)
Institutions
- Hainan University (CN)
- Hainan Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Department of Ecology and Environment of Hainan Province (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-025-00818-9
- Primary Topic
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Hainan University