Labor Forces and Landscape Management

-Hiroyuki Shimizu, Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Chika Takatori, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Hiroyuki Shimizu, Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Chika Takatori, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Junich Kitamura, Research fellow, Graduate school of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan-Norio Kawamura, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Akito Murayama, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo, Tokyo, Japan-Kohei Okamoto, Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Kazu Hagihara, Associate Professor, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Japan-Nobuko Kawaguchi, Research assistant, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Hiromi Yamashita, Associate Professor, College of Asia Pacific Studies, Beppu, Japan-Toru Terada, Assistant Professor, Biosphere Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan-Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecosystem Studies, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan-Yasuhiro Hirano, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Takashi Tashiro, Endowed chair associate professor, Disaster Mitigation Research Center Division, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Masao Takano, Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan-Makoto Oba, Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan-Kiichiro Hayashi, Professor, Eco Topia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Japan-Shigeya Nagayama, Researcher, Aqua Restoration Research Center, Kakamigahara, Japan

• Introduction.- Japanese basic landscape types, and change in population and urban land use.- Urban landscape: Urban planning policies and institutional framework.- Urban periphery landscape: Dichotomization of urban and rural dimensions.- Agricultural landscape: Farmland abandonment and direct payments.- Plantation forest landscape: The paradigm shift in forestry, a belowground ecosystem for sustainability land use.- Inland water landscape: Structural and functional changes in the ecosystem.- Coastal area landscape: Environmental changes and the characteristics of labor activities.- Methodology.- Case studies in a variety of urban greenspaces: Nagoya City.- Urban landscape case study in a middle city: Matsusaka Chuo District.- Case studies in urban forest neighborhood landscape complex units: Fujimaki Town.- Case studies in flatland farmland neighborhood landscape complex units: Asami District.- Case studies in paddy field satoyama neighborhood landscape complex units: Nyu District.- Case study of other satoyama field types within complex neighborhood landscape units: Kayumi District.- Case studies in coastal neighborhood landscape complex units: Saki-Shima Peninsula.- Integration of Landscape Management Labor Accounts .- Urban Planning: Is a Networked Compact City Vision Realistic?.- Urban periphery planning: Concept to link urban and rural communities in the 21st century.- Rural planning: Sustainable management in collaborative activities.- Forest planning: Human resource development for sustainable forest planning.- Inland water system planning: Management for ecosystem rehabilitation.- Coastal planning: Biodiversity restoration and ownership.- Connection to the Ecosystem service studies.- Conclusion：Towards Sustainable Labor Force Management of Landscapes.