| Project/Area Number |
13660214
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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 |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
IWAMOTO Noriaki The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Professor, 大学院・農学生命科学研究科, 教授 (40117479)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | Rights of access to the countryside / National Parks / Countryside recreation / Rural tourism / Rights of access to the beach / Environmental rights |
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| Research Abstract |
I conducted data collection on the following two topics.
1.Public rights of access to the countryside in Britain : I collected journals and historical documents of the Footpaths Preservation Society (Open Spaces Society) at the library of London School of Economics. I also collected annual reports and other related documents of the National Parks Commission (Countryside Agency) at the Rural History Center of Reading University.
2.Social movements of access to the beach in Takasago city : I interviewed key persons of the social movement and collected important documents at the library of Hyogo prefecture.
Based on the above-mentioned data collection, I mainly examined the documents on public rights of access in Britain. A detailed chronological table with references was made for further study.
Major findings are as follows.
1.The Footpaths Preservation Society, the oldest amenity body in Britain, was organized in order to protect urban commons from the urban development. The Society brought the case into court and insisted the customary rights of access for local people. In addition, the Society stressed the importance of open spaces for the urban people as a public right.
2.In the lawsuit, the Society tried to authorize the public rights of access on the following principles. Firstly, the Society emphasized the continuity of customary right of access to the commons. Secondly, the society stressed the important function of urban commons as recreational spaces for the public. They thought that in the industrial societies, the urban commons were more important for the recreational spaces than that for farming business.
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