1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

BASIC RESEARCH FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF HILLED RURAL AREA BY USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

Research Project

Project/Area Number	09460111
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Irrigation, drainage and rural engineering/Rural planning
Research Institution	SHIMANE UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	FUJII Yoshio SHIMANE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 生物資源科学部, 助教授 (60181327)
Project Period (FY)	1997 – 1998
Keywords	HILLED RURAL AREA / SETTLEMENT / AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY / ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION / QUANTITATIVE FACTOR / QUALITATIVE FACTOR / GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM / CLASSIFICATION
Research Abstract	AT PRESENT, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HILLED RURAL AREA IS RECOGNIZED FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF FARMLAND AND WOODLAND. IN THIS RESEARCH, BASED ON SUCH A BACKGROUND, THE METHOD TO CLASSIFY THE CONSERVATION ZONE IN THE HILLED RURAL AREA WAS INVESTIGATED AS A CASE STUDY OF YASAKA VILLAGE AND DAITOU TOWN IN SHIMANE PREFECTURE BY EVALUATING FUNCTION OF NATIONAL LAND CONSERVATION, EVALUATING THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING SETTLEMENT IN THE INVESTIGATED AREA IN GROUPS ACCORDING TO SETTLEMENT, AND RANKING BOTH EVALUATION RESULTS RESPECTIVELY BY MEANS OF OVERLAY TECHNIQUES IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM.

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