FARMLAND DIVERSION PATTERN AND FACTORS AROUND NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN RURAL AREA

Abstract

In general, it is supposed that the construction of the new roads in rural areas is a major factor to induce the landuse conversion of farms located adjacent to the construction sites. However, the substantial factors of farm conversion and its relationship of road construction are not yet clarified. This study aims to analyze the pattern of the farmland conversion around the new road construction sites and to realize the influence of road construction and other factors through the case study in Ukiha Region, Fukuoka Prefecture. As the results of the discriminant analysis on the previous examples of farm conversion, we clarify the relationship between pattern of farm conversion and road construction factor and that the influence multiplied with the location factor strengthens the trend of farm conversion.