2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Changes in the World Heritage Site of Shirakami-Sanchi : From the Perspective of Development and Usage of Forest and Mineral Resources
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21520660
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese history
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| Research Institution | Hirosaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
WAKINO Hiroshi 秋田工業高等専門学校, 人文科学系, 教授 (80220846)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 白神山地 / 世界遺産 / ブナ林 / 流木 / 鉱山 / 西目屋 / 弘前藩 |
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| Research Abstract |
Shirakami-Sanchi, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site i n 1993, is a region which has held abundant resources of forest and minerals. This st udy elucidates how this region's resources have been used historically, based on the survey and analysis of historical documents. As a result, it has been discovered tha t Shirakami-Sanchi is not untouched nature as its virgin beech forests are often described to be, but rather a place where mountain inhabitants lived together and int eracted. From the 18th through 19th centuries, Hirosaki domain increasingly carried o ut mining and logging in this area, and they even faced the problem of resource deple tion.
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