Changes in Land Use of Uncultivated Farmland in Suburban Area

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  • 都市近郊における不耕作農地の利用変化とその要因
  • トシ キンコウ ニ オケル フコウサク ノウチ ノ リヨウ ヘンカ ト ソノ ヨウイン

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Uncultivated farmland in suburban areas has been considered the intermediate stage of farmland's transition to urban land use. This research examined changes in land use in two farming communities in the Nishi Ward of the city of Kobe, Japan, from 1986 to 2000. One community was part of an Urbanization Promotion Area, and the other was part of an Urbanization Control Area. The study confirmed the following facts:<BR>It was not always the case that uncultivated farmland was converted to urban use. There were cases in which uncultivated farmland again became used as farmland, as well as case of sustained stop cultivating.<BR>Two factors were identified as determinants of the future of a tract of uncultivated farmland. They were its distance from the farmer's house and whether or not the uncultivated farmland faced a road.<BR>In conclusion, land consolidation was needed to solve the problem of uncultivated farmland not being converted to urban land use or not being reused as farmland.

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