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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

DEVELOPMENT OF LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION AND ITS CAUSES IN RURAL JAPAN

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07680166
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

OKAHASHI Hidenori  HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY,FACULTY OF LETTERS,DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY,PROFESSOR, 文学部, 教授 (00150540)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
KeywordsRural Japan / landscape / Rural Geography / Landscape Policy / Landscape Improvement / Rural Policy / Landscape Conservation
Research Abstract

1. The head investigator on research trends of landscape studies and examined geography's position in the study circle. As a result, uniqueness of humanistic geography was clarified, though surveys from socio-economic geography's point of view has not been successful upto now. For the future development of this point of view, the auther proposed a theoretical framework for landscape issues.
2. Landscape policy in Japan's rural areas has progressed since 1980's and the most aggressive areas belong to hilly and mountainous areas which have experienced serious depopulation in postwar days.
3. Considering the significance of landscape policy for the sustainable development, it is confirmed that such policy was effective for overcoming the problems originated in the peripherality.
4. A case study of Kake cho in hilly and mountainous areas revealed that landscape conservation movement plyed an important role in vitalizing the central settlement.
5. A case study of Tyrolin in Austria suggested the importance of regionalism in conserving the traditional cultural landscape, comparing with Japan's experiences.

  • Research Products

    (14 results)

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All Publications (14 results)

  • [Publications] 岡橋 秀典: "西中国山地・広島県加計町における過疎化と集落システムの変動" 地理学評論. 68. 657-679 (1995)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 岡橋 秀典: "今なぜ景観か-問題提起として-" 地理科学. 51. 149-157 (1996)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahahsi Hidenori: "Development of Mountain VillageStadies in Postwar Japan" Geographical Review of Japan. 69. 60-69 (1996)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 岡橋 秀典: "「周辺地域」論の地平" 森川洋編『都市と地域構造』大明堂. 444-464 (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahashi Hidenori: "Landscape Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Rural Periphey" Proceedings of 8th Japanese-German Geographical Conference. (印刷中). (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 中越 信和 編: "景観のブランドデザイン" 共立出版, 178 (1995)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] 持田 紀治 編: "むらまち交流と地域活性化" 家の光協会, 287 (1995)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahashi Hidenori: "The Changing Settlement System in a Depopulated Mountain Villages, Kake-Cho in the Western Chugoku Mountains, Japan" Geographical Review of Japan. 68A. 657-679 (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahashi Hidenori: "On the Landscape Studies in Geography" Geographical Sciences. 51. 149-157 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahashi Hidenori: "Development of Mountain Village Studies in Postwar Japan" Geographical Review of Japan. 69B. 60-69 (1996)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahashi Hidenori: "landscape Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Rural Periphery of Japan" Proceedigs of 8th Japanese and German Geographical Conference. (in print). (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Okahashi Hidenori: "Horizon of Studies on Peripheral Regions" Morikawa, H.ed."City and Regional Structure" Taimeido. 444-464 (1998)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Nakagoshi Nobukazu: Grand Design of Landscapes. Kyoritsu Shuppan, 198 (1995)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Mochida Noriharu: urban Rural Interaction and Vitalization of Locality. Ienohikari Kyokai, 287 (1995)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 1999-03-16  

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