TRANSITION AND ITS RELATION OF WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND LAND USE IN THE MOUNTAINOUS VILLAGE

− A case study in Nagaretani village in Kawachinagano city, Osaka prefecture as cultural landscape −

Abstract

We aimed to clarify the transition and relation of the water management system which is considered to be the priority development in the process of establishment of the village have the strongest relation with the land use. The transition can be divided into 3 phases, and it turns out that there are two conditions that as a factor of diversion of a field, (1) access from a private house is bad, (2) not cooperate with owned field. Furthermore, it was found that it is important to look at this condition on a water management system basis in considering future village conservation.