A study on the cultural landscape of the traditional village of Republic of Palau, Micronesia

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  • ミクロネシア島嶼パラオ共和国における集落の文化的景観に関する研究
  • A case study at Airai village in Babeldaob Island
  • バベルダオブ島アイライ集落を事例に

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify the cultural landscape of the traditional village of the Babeldaob Island in Micronesia. Airai village is chosen as a case site. The following three points were clarified. First, agroforestry such as Mekesokes, Chereomel, Mesei, and Sers are the main elements of cultural landscape of the village, which co-exist with the historical assets like old stone-paved road and traditional meetinghouse. Second, the agroforestry landscape has been maintained through the cultivation activities of horticulture, agriculture and arboriculture, and people also utilize the natural resources of the surrounding environments through plants collection, fishery and hunting. Third, the cultural landscape of the villages is the aggregation of the minute landscape units classified by land use based on micro-geography and human's livelihood. It seems that to identify the landscape units are the fundamental way for cultural landscape management or environmental management.

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  • CRID
    1390001205524069760
  • NII Article ID
    130006948367
  • DOI
    10.11361/cpij1.45.0.17.0
  • ISSN
    1348284X
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • Crossref
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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