This paper is intended to learn from Okushiri Island which was suffered serious damage in 1993 and discusses tsunami as a key hazard which causes disaster. The purpose of this study is 1) to grasp the attributes, disaster experience, evaluation of disaster reconstruction and the consciousness of islanders and 2) to make the structure of evaluation of disaster reconstruction clear. A questionnaire survey for all 1,433 householders on the island was employed in 2015. As a result, self-help and mutual aid were supported as the most strengthening countermeasures against future disasters.

The purpose of this scientific research is to reveal the theoretical foundations of modern land management and determine its tasks. The patterns of land management, its tasks and principles are formulated in the conditions of modern agrarian reform. The system of interconnected forecasting and design of land management development is proposed. The methodological and theoretical basis of research is a dialectical method and a systematic approach to the cognition of economic phenomena and processes.

This study aims to clarify the features of community plans based on the 'Rural Rejuvenation Act'(RRA), choosing Miaoli county of Taiwan as a case study area. We scrutinized planning documents made by national and county government and conducted interview to government officials who take charge in Rural Rejuvenation. As a result, we clarified two features: 1) the form of planning document is developed by the government but contents are different from community to community, combining various hard and soft programs to deal with varying characteristics of local communities.

In the framework of the National Proyect: "Tipification, Cartography and Evaluation of Spanish Pastures" (INIA 00T00-037-C17-08) and Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 2001-2004), promoted by the Spanish Society of Pastures Studies, "dehesas" areas are obtained depending on the uses of different cartographic sources. A comparative analyze has been carried out in Toledo province (Spain). Data used were obtained from the Spanish Forestry Map, the CORINE-LAND COVER 2000 proyect and Cadastral information.

Determining areas affected by forest succession is one of the main tasks aimed at shaping rural areas. Effective determination of the parameters of the dynamics of forest succession in areas used for agriculture is the basis for understanding the phenomenon of land cultivation abandonment. Understanding it allows to implement a proper policy limiting the negative effects of giving up agricultural production. There are many methods to determine forested areas. The most popular group of the methods includes those that rely on the use of LiDAR data.