2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Land use change during 50 years in a hilly area of Laos
| Project/Area Number |
25580178
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Konan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 焼畑 / 集落 / 土地利用 / 航空写真 / コロナ衛星写真 / 空中写真 / ラオス |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research revealed the land use change since the 1940s to the 1990s in one area of northern Laos, combing the data from the images of aerial photos and CORONA satellite photos with the data from the interviews with the inhabitants in the area. It especially focused on the land use change during the Second Indochina War (more commonly known as the Vietnam War: 1960-1975), which had scarcely been researched in detail. For example, it revealed that, during the war, many refugees had come to occupy the unused land in the research site, which resulted in the clearance of the large area of matured forest.
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| Free Research Field |
人文地理学
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