Roadkill (RK) refers to wildlife killed as a result of the collision with a vehicle. RK prevention is an important issue not only for environmental conservation but also for safe driving. In this study, we focused on RK records (RKR). RKR is an invaluable source of biological information that provides the basis for solving RK problems. The RKR can be used to identify RK hot spots, analyze the causes of its occurrence, propose preventive countermeasures, and understand the animal habitat. Moreover, RKR is big data with a large amount and variety. Therefore, the systematization of records is important. Previous studies have reported the content and management of RKR; thus, this study focuses on the current situation and issues of the RKR in Tottori Prefecture. Besides, future RKR improvements and methods are also proposed. Data on RKR were collected through interviews via phone, e-mail, and direct visits to related organizations such as road administrators, police department, prefectural departments that rescue injured birds and mammals, and local museums during the period from 2018 to 2019. Consequently, it was found that some organizations did not record RKR and even if it was collected, the data are too few to meet the need for countermeasure implementation and scientific analysis both from qualitative and quantitative points of view. One of the main reasons for insufficient records is the RK status in each organization. Nearly all organizations (except highway road administrators) did not utilize RKR for countermeasure implementation and analysis. In the future, it is desirable to improve the content and format of RKR, considering the importance and burden of RKR in each organization. Establishment of a suitable RK recording system and enactment of favorable RK policies are of paramount importance for the alleviation of RK.
{"title":"Present status and issues of roadkill record, lessons from a case of Tottori Prefecture","authors":"Yuka Suetsugu, Y. Hioki","doi":"10.5738/jale.25.209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.25.209","url":null,"abstract":"Roadkill (RK) refers to wildlife killed as a result of the collision with a vehicle. RK prevention is an important issue not only for environmental conservation but also for safe driving. In this study, we focused on RK records (RKR). RKR is an invaluable source of biological information that provides the basis for solving RK problems. The RKR can be used to identify RK hot spots, analyze the causes of its occurrence, propose preventive countermeasures, and understand the animal habitat. Moreover, RKR is big data with a large amount and variety. Therefore, the systematization of records is important. Previous studies have reported the content and management of RKR; thus, this study focuses on the current situation and issues of the RKR in Tottori Prefecture. Besides, future RKR improvements and methods are also proposed. Data on RKR were collected through interviews via phone, e-mail, and direct visits to related organizations such as road administrators, police department, prefectural departments that rescue injured birds and mammals, and local museums during the period from 2018 to 2019. Consequently, it was found that some organizations did not record RKR and even if it was collected, the data are too few to meet the need for countermeasure implementation and scientific analysis both from qualitative and quantitative points of view. One of the main reasons for insufficient records is the RK status in each organization. Nearly all organizations (except highway road administrators) did not utilize RKR for countermeasure implementation and analysis. In the future, it is desirable to improve the content and format of RKR, considering the importance and burden of RKR in each organization. Establishment of a suitable RK recording system and enactment of favorable RK policies are of paramount importance for the alleviation of RK.","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"293 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114095581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the extent of forest degradation using multi-temporal digital aerial photographs from an unmanned aerial vehicle","authors":"T. Ota, N. Mizoue, T. C. Khai, S. Minn","doi":"10.5738/jale.26.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.26.3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123669910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A report of evaluation about position accuracy of ortho photos derived from SfM using UAV aerial photos - A case of a sugi plantation stand in the Tano forest science station of University of Miyazaki","authors":"Fumihiro Miyazaha, Y. Mitsuda","doi":"10.5738/jale.26.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.26.9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125477191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Land use and urban planning on the north side of Kameoka station","authors":"Etsuro Namikawa","doi":"10.5738/jale.24.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.24.27","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124005973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
: Significance of emotionally engaging factors such as fun or aesthetics has been pointed out in order to promote the spread of Green Infrastructure. One of the fine examples are "Artful Downspouts" whose design can appeal additional values and meanings of beauty, fun or enlightenment though the function of conveyance of run-off is the same as the ordinal ones. As there is no comprehensive report about "Artful Downspouts", this research organized the following information by collecting the photos via online: variety of design types, kinds of functions, distribution and increase rate. 351 photos were found in total. The location of 162 photos were revealed, of which 119 were in the United States. Most photos were found in the cities which had proactively introduced green infrastructure. The classification of design types was proposed from the information of changing parts of downspouts. As the result of summary counts based on the classification, 64 % of "Artful Downspouts" were made by altering the forms of the end of pipes or swapping the rain chains. It indicates the importance of easiness of installation. The design of 27 % had little relation with flood alleviation or nature conservation. It implies that "Artful Downspouts" could incorporates diversity of interest and its non-exclusiveness might have contributed to the dissemination of Green Infrastructure.
{"title":"An overview report of \"Artful Downspouts\" which can contribute to the dissemination of Green Infrastructure","authors":"A. Ano, Tomonori Takeda, Y. Morimoto","doi":"10.5738/jale.25.259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.25.259","url":null,"abstract":": Significance of emotionally engaging factors such as fun or aesthetics has been pointed out in order to promote the spread of Green Infrastructure. One of the fine examples are \"Artful Downspouts\" whose design can appeal additional values and meanings of beauty, fun or enlightenment though the function of conveyance of run-off is the same as the ordinal ones. As there is no comprehensive report about \"Artful Downspouts\", this research organized the following information by collecting the photos via online: variety of design types, kinds of functions, distribution and increase rate. 351 photos were found in total. The location of 162 photos were revealed, of which 119 were in the United States. Most photos were found in the cities which had proactively introduced green infrastructure. The classification of design types was proposed from the information of changing parts of downspouts. As the result of summary counts based on the classification, 64 % of \"Artful Downspouts\" were made by altering the forms of the end of pipes or swapping the rain chains. It indicates the importance of easiness of installation. The design of 27 % had little relation with flood alleviation or nature conservation. It implies that \"Artful Downspouts\" could incorporates diversity of interest and its non-exclusiveness might have contributed to the dissemination of Green Infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129955020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
* 連絡先:ito.keitaro230@mail.kyutech.jp 受付:2020 年 1 月 20 日/受理:2020 年 3 月 13 日 景観生態学とランドスケープデザインの関係を考える 伊東 啓太郎 ・廣瀬 俊介 2 1 国立大学法人 九州工業大学大学院工学研究院建設社会工学専攻 〒 804-0015 北九州市戸 畑区仙水町 1-1 2 風土形成事務所 〒 321-4217 栃木県芳賀郡益子町益子 1665 Serial Publication: Landscape Ecology & Landscape Design (1) A thought on between landscape ecology and landscape design Keitaro Ito and Shunsuke Hirose Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Tobata, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan Fudokeisei Büro für Umweltgestaltung, 1665 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Tochigi 321-4217, Japan 技術情報
* 連絡先:ito.keitaro230@mail.kyutech.jp 受付:2020 年 1 月 20 日/受理:2020 年 3 月 13 日 景観生態学とランドスケープデザインの関係を考える 伊東 啓太郎 ・廣瀬 俊介 2 1 国立大学法人 九州工業大学大学院工学研究院建設社会工学専攻 〒 804-0015 北九州市戸 畑区仙水町 1-1 2 風土形成事務所 〒 321-4217 栃木県芳賀郡益子町益子 1665 Serial Publication: Landscape Ecology & Landscape Design (1) A thought on between landscape ecology and landscape design Keitaro Ito and Shunsuke Hirose Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Tobata, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan Fudokeisei Büro für Umweltgestaltung, 1665 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Tochigi 321-4217, Japan 技術情報
{"title":"A thought on between landscape ecology and landscape design","authors":"Keitaro Ito, S. Hirose","doi":"10.5738/JALE.25.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/JALE.25.91","url":null,"abstract":"* 連絡先:ito.keitaro230@mail.kyutech.jp 受付:2020 年 1 月 20 日/受理:2020 年 3 月 13 日 景観生態学とランドスケープデザインの関係を考える 伊東 啓太郎 ・廣瀬 俊介 2 1 国立大学法人 九州工業大学大学院工学研究院建設社会工学専攻 〒 804-0015 北九州市戸 畑区仙水町 1-1 2 風土形成事務所 〒 321-4217 栃木県芳賀郡益子町益子 1665 Serial Publication: Landscape Ecology & Landscape Design (1) A thought on between landscape ecology and landscape design Keitaro Ito and Shunsuke Hirose Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Tobata, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan Fudokeisei Büro für Umweltgestaltung, 1665 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Tochigi 321-4217, Japan 技術情報","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129009485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hidetake Hirayama, M. Tomita, Hiroshi Kimura, Hiroshi Kanno, N. Tomita
{"title":"Effect of radiometric correction in multispectral images on vegetation indices - a case study of Japanese beech saplings","authors":"Hidetake Hirayama, M. Tomita, Hiroshi Kimura, Hiroshi Kanno, N. Tomita","doi":"10.5738/jale.26.95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.26.95","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123336962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
: Because of a natural monument fish species, Kissing loach (Parabotia curtus), and other endangered species of Satochi-Satoyama are still inhabited, the flood plain of Kameoka Basin was selected as one of the 500 sites of Ecologically Significant Satochi-Satoyama (Ministry of the Environment 2015). The significance is deeply related to the fact that the basin is prone to flooding by the existence of the narrow Hozu-kyo gorge, which provides tourists the impressive beautiful scenery while boating down the stream to the national registered scenic beauty of Arashiyama in Kyoto. The sports stadium project at the habitat of the fish is not a simple controversy between developments vs. conservation, because the current habitat of the species is a human-controlled river for the purpose of irrigation for rice paddies. The local farmers, who are willing to develop the stadium, have been taking part in the conservation activities by damming up the river water to facilitate egg laying of the fish. Therefore, not only to preserve the habitat, but also a comprehensive solution that enables to continue the traditional agricultural environment is needed for the conservation. More important issue is to take this opportunity to change our course from the “ Grey Infrastructure ” policy adopted in the age of urbanization, such as closing the existing open levees with river and gorge excavation, to the “ Green Infrastructure ” policy, inheriting the traditional Eco-DRR to ensure rich biodiversity and ecosystem services. The Kameoka basin could be a leading model case of “ Green Infrastructure ” in the era of population decline, following the promotions by MOE and MLIT of Japan. Several green-infrastructure solutions of rain gardens for urban areas are also proposed.
{"title":"Green-Infrastructures: Beyond the flood control function of the Kameoka basin","authors":"Y. Morimoto","doi":"10.5738/jale.24.53","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.24.53","url":null,"abstract":": Because of a natural monument fish species, Kissing loach (Parabotia curtus), and other endangered species of Satochi-Satoyama are still inhabited, the flood plain of Kameoka Basin was selected as one of the 500 sites of Ecologically Significant Satochi-Satoyama (Ministry of the Environment 2015). The significance is deeply related to the fact that the basin is prone to flooding by the existence of the narrow Hozu-kyo gorge, which provides tourists the impressive beautiful scenery while boating down the stream to the national registered scenic beauty of Arashiyama in Kyoto. The sports stadium project at the habitat of the fish is not a simple controversy between developments vs. conservation, because the current habitat of the species is a human-controlled river for the purpose of irrigation for rice paddies. The local farmers, who are willing to develop the stadium, have been taking part in the conservation activities by damming up the river water to facilitate egg laying of the fish. Therefore, not only to preserve the habitat, but also a comprehensive solution that enables to continue the traditional agricultural environment is needed for the conservation. More important issue is to take this opportunity to change our course from the “ Grey Infrastructure ” policy adopted in the age of urbanization, such as closing the existing open levees with river and gorge excavation, to the “ Green Infrastructure ” policy, inheriting the traditional Eco-DRR to ensure rich biodiversity and ecosystem services. The Kameoka basin could be a leading model case of “ Green Infrastructure ” in the era of population decline, following the promotions by MOE and MLIT of Japan. Several green-infrastructure solutions of rain gardens for urban areas are also proposed.","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121080339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Manabe, S. Shibata, Hayato Hasegawa, Keitaro Ito
{"title":"Trends and issues of landscape ecological studies on range expansion of bamboo forests in Japan -perspective for sustainable use of bamboo forests-","authors":"T. Manabe, S. Shibata, Hayato Hasegawa, Keitaro Ito","doi":"10.5738/jale.25.119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5738/jale.25.119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":176820,"journal":{"name":"Landscape Ecology and Management","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128466289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}