{"title":"The Use of Road Crossing Structures in Japan by Mammals and Factors Influencing their Usage","authors":"Y. Sonoda, Masahiko Matsue, Satoshi Funakubo","doi":"10.5632/jilaonline.12.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/jilaonline.12.37","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128990294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Murakami, E. Kumakura, Hiroki Takahashi, S. Miyagi, Kazuaki Nakaokubo
{"title":"The Process of Landscape Design and Maintenance Using Thermal Environment Simulation at Passive Town Kurobe","authors":"A. Murakami, E. Kumakura, Hiroki Takahashi, S. Miyagi, Kazuaki Nakaokubo","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.33","url":null,"abstract":"In this short paper, the process of landscape design utilizing thermal environment simulation and the planning of maintenance plan afterwards would be discussed, illustrating a residential area development project \"Passive Town Kurobe\" (Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture). In order to create a comfortable outdoor space, the plan and design were evaluated using a heat balance numerical simulation, and how to improve and to make space more comfortable were discussed based on the evaluation. Not only physical aspect of outdoor space but also residents’ usage of the space and growth of the trees were considered in the design process. Field survey was implemented in the summertime in 2018 and the results confirmed the evaluation was mostly appropriate. Considering the location and reasons behind the gap between the results of evaluation and observation, how to maintain and modify the landscape in the future was discussed.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126064518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in Ecosystem Services in Mie Prefecture","authors":"Makoto Yamamoto, K. Ohno","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.21","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents assessments on the changes of ecosystem services using the definition of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Rates of agricultural output, rates of forested areas, rates of tourists, rates of city park areas, and diversity of plant community was mapped at the municipal level prior to the latest municipal mergers, or at every natural park. The results of the assessments demonstrated that the values of provisioning services have decreased in most areas. There are differences between the northern areas and the southern areas of Mie prefecture among other ecosystem services. In the northern areas, the values of regulating services have decreased. The values of cultural services and supporting services have increased, or were already high. In the southern areas, the values of provisioning services have increased in a part of the area, although they have decreased in most areas. And, the values of regulating services have increased. The values of cultural services and supporting services have decreased, or were already low. However, they have increased in a part of the area. In particular, in the southern area, most kinds of ecosystem services were already at a low level, but these trends have diminished recently. To make this study more effective for the practice, we will analyze more indicators in the future.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127130853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the Bicycle-Parking Behavior of Bicycle Users in Hamadera Park","authors":"Takashi Yamada, S. Abe","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.14","url":null,"abstract":"In Hamadera Park, bicycle parking areas are not defined except for provisional bicycle parking spaces. Hence, bicycle users park their bicycles at various places in the park. In this research, we analyzed the parking patterns and parking areas of bicycle users in Hamadera Park, and clarified the characteristics of parking behaviors under different conditions. We aimed to derive a person’s parking characteristics in this park and thereby obtain knowledge that contributes to the correction of bicycle problems in urban parks. To this end, observation surveys were carried out in summer and autumn, weekdays and holidays, and in the mornings. Our study revealed the parking patterns and characteristics of the parking area in summer and autumn, and confirmed that there were seven types of parking patterns in the park. Many bicycles were seen near the park entrances, near intersections, and around provisional bicycle parking facilities for attracting customers. We noticed that the parking distribution tends to be different depending on the season. The survey results show that bicycle parking lots are preferable in places where usage is expected to be high. It is also desirable to set parking lots in places with little traffic.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"62 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130029856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Actual Condition of Damaged Trees by the Itoigawa Station North Area Conflagration","authors":"T. Iwasaki","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.10","url":null,"abstract":": The Itoigawa Station North Area conflagration which broke out on December 22 , 2016 spread over down town Itoigawa because of a fierce south wind and burnt down the traditional and precious streetscape. The fire spread from the origin of the fire to the north according to the wind direction until the National Route 8 and the Sea of Japan prevented the fire spreading. The congestion of houses had intensified in the fire-devastated area with little unoccupied space. Trees such as garden tree and forest were also damaged. However, in devastated areas including those by the Great Kanto earthquake down to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, few records have remained about the existence and conditions of trees damaged together with towns and it commonly takes place to cut down most of those trees in the process of restoration. Therefore, in this study, it was investigated the conditions of trees in the devastated areas. As a result, total 354 trees were remaining in the burnt-out districts, and the actual condition of remaining trees was grasped, such as the damage is relatively small for trees with low those height.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115399729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Little Corridor Effect of the Small Linear Green Spaces on Breeding Avian Species Composition Appearing in the Block Parks","authors":"Shushi Miyamoto, W. Fukui, Yutaka Takabayashi","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.12.1","url":null,"abstract":": Enriching environments such as biodiversity at the block park in the neighborhood recreation area raises the value of the park, raises the frequency of use and raises the satisfaction of the park. In this study, we investigated the factors affecting bird species composition appearing in urban block parks around the small linear green spaces in urban area, which are expected to play a role as a corridor to expand the living and feeding area for birds. The investigation target area was block parks within 500 m from Lake Biwa canal. As a result, as factors affecting bird species composition, the distance from the large-scale habitat, the green coverage ratio in the block park, the green coverage ratio within 50 m around the block park, and the coverage rate of agricultural lands within 50 m around the block park were extracted. However, as block parks close to the small linear green spaces, bird species were not abundantly specific, the influence of the small linear green spaces as a corridor given to block parks within 500 m around the small linear green spaces was considered to be small. In addition, raising the green coverage ratio in the block park and maintaining the coverage rate of agricultural lands around the block parks were considered to be necessary in order to improve the biodiversity even in the block parks distant from the large-scale habitat.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123925785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of Plan Conformance under Agricultural Scenic Area Development System in Tokyo","authors":"Misako Otsuka, Shizuka Hashimoto","doi":"10.5632/jilaonline.13.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/jilaonline.13.8","url":null,"abstract":": There are increasing attentions to multifunctional roles played by urban farmland and forests in densely populated areas , which becomes a new area of urban green space policy. This study tried to examine the plan conformance of three district-level plans formulated under the Agricultural Scenic Area Development System of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG). The evaluation of plan conformance was conducted from two perspectives, namely 1 ) whether the plan was formulated in line with the purpose of the System, and 2 ) which factors affected the plan conformance. We conducted semi-structured interviews with officials of TMG and three municipalities in charge of the System and questionnaire survey to residents of three districts where district-level plans have been in place. Most of the items of all the three district-plan has been implemented, showing high plan conformance. Our analysis suggested that high conformance was achieved by avoiding the use of legally-binding city planning schemes that often requires negotiations with residents and land-owners, minimizing plan-items targeted at the district requiring special budgeting, and using plan-items that can be implemented by municipal government without a special coordination with local stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127408935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Changes in Cultural Landscape of OOISHITA Tea Plantation and Tea Plant System in Siragawa District, Uji","authors":"Zhende Yang, A. Shimomura","doi":"10.5632/jilaonline.11.86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/jilaonline.11.86","url":null,"abstract":"It is a study on Siragawa District which is an OOISHITA tea-producing area in Uji City. Through analysis of changes in tea plantation and land use around it, this article aims to explain the transition process of tea plantation cultural landscape in Siragawa. Moreover, through study of changes in plant system of OOISHITA tea, this article aims to consider the relationship between the transition process of the plant system of OOISHITA tea and the tea plantation cultural landscape. As a result, it is revealed that (1) there was a significant decrease of traditional OOISHITA tea plantation from 1961 to 2008. (2) About distribution, traditional OOISHITA tea plantation is gradually moving away from rural community. (3) Since 1955, plant system of OOISHITA tea has significant changed. From the above, when preservation of cultural landscape in Uji City, a reconsideration on the selection of elements and methods of preservation is required.","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"133 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124256904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Applicability of Findings on Forest Landscapes in Past Studies to Riparian Forest Cutting","authors":"K. Iwata, Yasuaki Matsuda, K. Kashiwaya","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.11.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.11.82","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129483954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Title Current Status and Future Challenges for Sustaining \"Genuine\" Japan-made Silk\" by Sericulture/ Filature/ Silk Fabrication Collaborated Groups","authors":"Toshimitsu Yamaguchi, N. Kuroda","doi":"10.5632/JILAONLINE.11.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5632/JILAONLINE.11.63","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":274861,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Research Japan Online","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115259607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}