1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Geographical Study on the Closed Mining Sites in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	04680240
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Human geography
Research Institution	Kanazawa University
Principal Investigator	KAWASAKI Shigeru Kanazawa University, Faculty of Letters.Professor, 文学部, 教授 (50039179)
Project Period (FY)	1992 – 1993
Keywords	closed mining site / field survey / preservation of environment / historic mining sites / regional renewal('Machi-Okoshi')
Research Abstract	The author got the opportunity of making useful visits to the closed mining sites in Japan, from 1992 to 1993 by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C). The principal places of field survey were as follows : (northeastern Japan) Yubari-shi, Mikasa-shi, Bibai-shi, Matsuo-mura, Kazuno-shi, Odate-shi, Ogachi-machi, Iwaki-shi, Hitachi-shi, and Ashio-machi. (southwestern Japan) Ikuno-cho, Niihama-shi, Besshiyama-mura, Okawa-mura, Iizuka-shi, Miyata-machi, Tagawa-shi, Kitagata-machi, Omachi-cho, Takashima-cho, Nakatsue-mura, Kushikino-shi, and Yokogawa-cho. In this paper, the author intends to discuss on the landscapes of the old mining sites, mainly from the viewpoints of the preservation of natural environment and historic mining sites, and the 'Machi-Okoshi' in other words of regional renewal.