Study of stone tidal weirs as cultural resource and construction of international study netowork of stone tidal weir

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520902
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: TAWA Masataka 関西学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (30217210)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 石干見 / 文化遺産化 / 環境保全 / 研究ネットワーク / 地域貢献 / ツーリズム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Stone tidal weirs are traditional fixed stone traps that are constructed on seaward slopes. They have become outdated, and very few remain today. Two ideas worth considering are preserving the stone tidal weirs, as local cultural assets and utilizing them as tourist attractions in recent years. I discussed the problems about how to make efficient of stone tidal weirs ac cultural and historical heritages, symbols of marine resource management and tools for environmental education in East Asia, Europe and the Pacific Resions.
I acieved many results of the historical analysis of the stone tidal weirs of Penghu　Island in Taiwan and built the database of them in each local area. I also built national and international networks of associations preserving stone tidalweirs in Kyushu in Japan, Taiwan, and France.

Free Research Field

漁業文化地理学