Evaluation and Conservation of World Cultural Heritage focusing on Relationship between Forest and Local Community

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24580036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Horticulture/Landscape architecture
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: KURODA Nobu 筑波大学, 芸術系, 准教授 (40375457)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 世界文化遺産 / 森林利用

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Relationship between forest and man is important aspect to evaluate World Cultural Heritage. Management of forest area in the Cultural Heritage sites should be planed on the basis of its cultural value. In “Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape”, chestnut, plum, oak, camellia, pine and bamboo had been frequently used. It is suggested that appropriate forest management focusing on these plants along the tourist route is necessary. In “Shirakawa-go” most of grassland and deciduous trees forest around the settlement had changed to the sugi plantation. A zoning plan adopting to the current situations is one of the research outcomes.

Free Research Field

農学