Abstract
This study is to examine the future perspective of allotment gradens from the viewpoints of land ownership and land use in urban area Interviewing 20 landowners of the allotments in Ichinomiya city, Aichi prefecture, we clarified locational character of the allotments, present conditions of landowners and their attitudes toward the allotments. The results are as follows:
1) The distribution area of allotments is expanding into marginal region from the central part in response to urbanization. In recent years, the number of allotments has increased and new allotments are concentrated in the frontier part of the city.
2) Almost all landowners are part-time farmers and managing a real estate. The average farmland scale they possess is about 0.52ha.
3) Landowners tend to choose long-distance agricultural land from their homes for allotments.
4) Most landowners have been satisfied with allotment management. And they intend to maintain these allotments for the time being.
5) In urbazation promotion areas, landowners have faced financial difficulties. The allotment management will fail because of high tax and motivation for land use conversion.
