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CONSTRUCTION OF GRAND DESIGN FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE REED FIELD OF THE KITAKAMI RIVER ESTUARY

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14380262
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 環境保全
Research InstitutionIwate University

Principal Investigator

MAKI Yonosuke  IWATE UNIV., FAC.HUM. & SOC.SCI., PROF., 人文社会科学部, 教授 (90048520)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HIRAKI Tatsumi  IWATE UNIV., FAC.HUM. & SOC.SCI., ASSIST.PROF., 人文社会科学部, 助教授 (50181152)
KITAZUME Eiichi  IWATE UNIV., FAC.HUM. & SOC.SCI., PROF., 人文社会科学部, 教授 (00186248)
YOSHIDA Shouichi  IWATE UNIV., FAC.HUM. & SOC.SCI., PROF., 人文社会科学部, 教授 (50083407)
SASAO Toshiaki  IWATE UNIV., FAC.HUM. & SOC.SCI., LECT.PROF., 人文社会科学部, 講師 (90322958)
TSUKAMOTO Yoshihiro  IWATE UNIV., FAC.HUM. & SOC.SCI., ASSIST.PROF., 人文社会科学部, 助教授 (70322956)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥8,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000)
Keywordssulfur isotope composition / zoobenthos / landscape experience / environmental endocrine disrupter / fire effect / environmental education / environmental valuation / ecosystem approach / ヤマトシジミ / フトミミズ / 向流クロマトグラフ / 風景論 / 埋土種子集団 / ヨシ原保全 / 上流域と下流域
Research Abstract

It is very important to respect local residents' environmetal values in considering how to conserve and design the most appropriate environment for them. This study aimed at proposing basic ideas in planning environmental design in the estuary of the Kitakami River, where the residents have been deeply involved in the reed field in many respects. Ecological studies revealed the importance of shallow lagoons and a great deal of mud for Corbicula japomca, Eriocheir japonica and other various macrozoobenthos. The results of chemical analysis indicated cleaning effect by reed plants for DOP(di-octyl phthalic acid ester). Phramites australis recycled 20g-nitrogen/m^2 between leaf-stem and root counterparts during the life cycle. The effects of burning and cutting of reed plant were apparent in both soil macrofauna and soil seed bank. Between the residents of the estuary and those of the upper stream district, there was a large gap in evaluation of conserving the reed field. And it was sugge … More sted that the support by a local government for a citizens' non-profit organization is indispensable. The results of economical valuation of the reed field showed that the people around the upper stream place a higher value on protecting the reed field than those around the lower stream, while the lower stream residents assessed waste or drift wood and providing places for recreation more positively. According to the anthropological ethical reexamination of the idea of a landscape, it is advisable that we should conserve and create our landscape in the way that we can locate and identify ourselves in it. On the other hand, discussions on management system preserving the Kitakmi River pointed out mat we should promote a river-engineering considering the naturalness of rivers, and integrate new management concepts such as ecosystem management. Although the ecosystem approach is gradually finding a greater acceptance in Japan, the management of integrated resources within an ecosystem boundary has not been accurately undetrstood. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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