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A Study on Changes in Satoyama Landscapes in Kunisaki, Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K00671
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Environmental policy and social systems
Research InstitutionNagoya Keizai University

Principal Investigator

SANO YAE  名古屋経済大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70517036)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 有井 健  同志社大学, グローバル教育センター, 教授 (10454985)
VAFADARI Kazem  立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (70628049)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords里山保全 / 植生 / 高齢化 / 世界農業遺産 / 国東半島 / 土地利用の変化 / 少子高齢化 / 里山 / 土地利用
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita, Japan is a site of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. However, it faces the problem of an aging and declining population. A decrease in the working-age population is leading to deterioration of its traditional rural landscape, known as Satoyama. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in Kunisaki’s society and land use. Based on government population projections, 57.9% of Kunisaki’s population in its 702 agricultural communities will be over 65 years old by 2030. To examine how land use changed in the Morota District, we analyzed aerial photographs taken between 1947 and 2016, and found a large decrease in crop land and a steady increase in forested areas. The increase in forested areas are caused by both plantation and transition from abandoned crop land. Although the proportional area of crop land has consistently declined since 1947, this decrease has accelerated since 2006.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2017

All Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Presentation] The Effects of an Aging Population on Satoyama2017

    • Author(s)
      SANO Yae
    • Organizer
      AP Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Land use change in the Satoyama landscape: a case study in Kunisaki, Japan between 1947-20162017

    • Author(s)
      ARII Ken
    • Organizer
      AP Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Tourism and Community Building in Satoyama Landscapes of Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      VAFADARI Kazem
    • Organizer
      AP Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] P1T lab of Japan GIAHS Tourism and revitalization of Satoyama and Satofumi landscapes of Japan2017

    • Author(s)
      VAFADARI Kazem
    • Organizer
      People First Tourism International Partnership
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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