Traditional water management and sustainable water use

Masatoshi Motoki

Presentation information

[J] Oral

H (Human Geosciences ) » H-GG Geography

[H-GG01] Use, change, management of natural resources and environment: Interdisciplinary perspectives

convener:Toru Sasaki(Miyagi University of Education), Gen Ueda(Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University), Takahisa Furuichi(Miyagi University of Education), Yoshinori OTSUKI(Institute of Geography, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

[HGG01-04] Traditional water management and sustainable water use

*Masatoshi Motoki¹ (1.Faculty of Management and Administration, Tokiwa University)

Keywords:sustainable water use, taraditional water management, water springs, Islands

Conservation of traditional spring water is necessary to maintain the harmonious relationship between hydrological environment and human activity on the Island. The spring water has been used importantly as municipal water and agriculture water of inhabitants or a long time. But, the environment surrounding spring water is changing in Japan. This time, The purpose of the present study is to investigate the actual hydrological environment and sustainable use of traditional spring water on Okinoerabu, Yoron, and Kikai Island, an outlying island in the Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.