Abstract
At present, hte significance of the hilled rural area is recoganized from the viewpoint of the function of preservation of the environment. In this paper, the classification of settlement in the hilled rural area was investigated among 22 settlements in Iwate, Kohchi, Miyazaki, and Shimane Prefectures in terms of the agricultural regional characteristic, consciousness of residents about an atmosphere and living environment of settlement. The dependency of the classification of settlement in terms of an atmosphere and living environment of settlement on that in terms of the agricultural regional characterisitic was evaluated.
