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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2016
    Germany

    This study clarified the factors of spreading wood burials in Germany comparing with Japanese challenges of them. The actual state of wood burials in Germany was figured out through literature researches, fieldworks and interview researches. German wood burial is placed as a new forest use in addition to the multiple public functions of forest. In contrast, Japanese wood burial is a new form of graveyard. In addition to that, German wood burials are managed by private enterprises which contract with forest owners and controlled by foresters in a sustainable nature based forest management.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2017
    Japan

    This study aims to understand the effective management of abandoned properties such as forest, farmlands, houses in depopulated areas in Japan. Specifically, this study focuses on 'absentee landlords' who own their property away from their current residence. Descriptive analyses of the Internet survey on absentee landlords who own properties in depopulated areas in Japan shows that the absentee landlords who cannot manage their forests properly also cannot manage paddy fields and houses properly.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Japan, Eastern Asia, Asia

    The Law aims at the prevention of the production of agricultural crops and livestock which may be harmful to the human health or may interfere with the cultivation of crops helpful for the protection of national health or of a good living environment. In terms of Article 3 if certain agricultural areas are understood to be harmful to human health or of obstacle to the growth of other crops, the Government may declare such areas as agricultural land soil pollution policy areas ('policy areas").

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2016
    Japan

    The purpose of this study is to clarify land improvement method of early collective housing sites developed by Japan housing corporation during 1960's-70's constructed on marshland on Nakagawa lowland in Saitama prefecture - Misato, Yoshikawa, Takesato, and Soka-Matsubara. Those housings are mainly larger scale mid-rise buildings located on Tokyo suburbs and former land-use is paddy field where collective housings had been never built before 1950's since those areas have deep alluvial layer.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2015
    Japan

    The purpose of this study is to show the administrative institutions and acts for the unused farmlands in hilly and mountainous areas. The Nagano City Agricultural Commitee surveyed the farmland used in 2013, and produced a survey in collaboration with the members of their committee as well as other farmers. In this survey, it was shown that almost all the unused farmlands were kept as forests and thus, couldn't be cultivated. Before the 1970s, silk was produced in Nagano City, and so almost all the unused farmlands were used for mulberry production which supported the silk industry.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2014
    Thailand

    Using Bangmaenang District in the urban fringe of Bangkok Metropolitan Region in Thailand as a case study area, this study aims at examining agricultural land-use changes after the 2011 Floods with special focus on farmers' intentions of orchard use and management. Supervised image classifications were conducted for two GeoEye-1 images (before and after the floods) in order to identify agricultural land-cover changes by the floods.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2014
    Japan

    The contents of Noumuchou can be divided into six sections: 1) conservation of agricultural land, 2) methods of cultivation, 3) cooperative community cultivation, 4) laying aside produce for times of emergency, 5) growing useful plants and 6) the duties of agriculture-related officials. From these sections it is possible to extract regional characteristics particular to Okinawa. Several points are detailed below. The first concerns technical methods of conserving soil fertility.

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