Evaluation of Social Factors and Geographic Factors that Affect the Distribution of Cultivation Abandonment Land

Abstract

Reproduction and increase prevention of abandoned farmland is an important issue in rural. This study is intended to evaluation of social and geographic factors that affect the distribution of cultivation abandonment land in Lake Kojima basin, Okayama Prefecture. Regression analysis was used for analysis. The inclination angle, elevation, management cultivated area were related to condition of cultivation abandonment land and the distribution of cultivation abandonment land.