Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

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Symbol H (Human Geosciences) » H-GG Geography

[H-GG13] Use and management of natural resources and environment

Wed. May 25, 2016 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 101A (1F)

Convener:*Gen Ueda(Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University), Yoshinori OTSUKI(Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Chair:Yoshinori OTSUKI(Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Gen Ueda(Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)

In this session, issues on natural resource use and management from all over the world are discussed based on findings from local-scale fieldwork and their methodological and/or conceptual reflections. Taking human ecological and earth scientific perspectives, a variety of research topics are expected including resource/environmental use and local knowledge, environmental history, environmental geography, environmental degradation through resource use and/or management, related socio-economic changes and implication for livelihood security, political ecology, and the issue of scale gap between local and broader, national and global studies.

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[HGG13-02] Human activities and forest transition in Japan Sea Coast area with special references to Lake Hiruga and Lake Kitagata in Fukui prefecture, Japan

*Junko Kitagawa1, YOSHITSUGU SHINOZUKA2, Akihiro Yoshida3, Kazuyoshi Yamada4, Sena Irisawa5, Koji Seto5 (1.Fukui Prefectural Satoyama-Satoumi Research Institute, 2.Ritsumeikan University, 3.Kagoshima University, 4.Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, 5.Shimane University)