Research Reports No.10

Report of the 4th Research Meeting on Cultural Landscapes The Current Situation and Challenges for Cultural Landscapes: Interim Summary on Preservation Administration and Academic Research

Research Reports of the Nara National Institute for Cultural Properties, Vol. 10

CONTENTS

Purpose of the Meeting

Program

Keynote Lecture

The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Revitalization of Cultural Landscapes　HIROTA Jun’ichi　　　5

Round Table

Traditional Scenic Beauty and Cultural Landscape in Asuka MASUI Masaya, TERANISHI Akira, MIYAMAE Yasuko and AIHARA Yoshiyuki　　　23

I Summary of Cultural Landscape Preservation Administration

Activities of Cultural Landscape Preservation Administration for the Last Seven Years　SUZUKI Chihei　　　37

Operational Status of the Cultural Landscape Preservation System　IMAMURA Yoichi　　　46

Acceptance and Utilization of the Cultural Landscape Preservation System in Local Government Policies: How Can the System Be Understood? UENO Kenji　　　55

II Summary of Academic Research on Cultural Landscapes

Urban and Architectural History and Cultural Landscapes　TAKAHASHI Yasuo　　　65

Landscape Ecology and Cultural Landscapes　NAKAGISHI Nobukazu　　　76

Conservation of Cultural Landscapes and Community Development TANAKA Naoto　　　89

Cultural Landscapes in Rural Planning and Landscape Architecture EDANI Hiroko　　　99

III Case Reports

Fluvial Landscape at the Confluence of the Tone and Watarase Rivers MIYATA Yukie　　　107

Rice Terraces in Kashihara SHINKAI Harumi　　　119

Regional Networks Through Selected Cultural Landscape Sites: “Cultural Landscape of the Shimanto River Basin　MIZOBUCHI Hirohiko　　　125

IV Discussion　　　135