A study on the Cultural Landscape of "Mizuka" and Hedges around the Tone-river in Chiba Prefecture

Case study of Types and Considerations of owner about "Mizuka" and Hedges in Sakae, Motono, Inzai, Abiko, Kashiwa, Shiroi

Abstract

The Chiba Prefecture has emanated the first ordinance of landscape in the march of 2008. It is important to find landscape resources and those evaluations. This study is forcused on the "Mizuka" and hedges, which are cultural landscape characters near the Tone-river in the northern part of the prefecture. Totally 101 "Mizuka" and 88 hedges are found in the reseach. 41% of "Mizuka" with the store is well maintained, but 38% is partially destroyed. The Town of Sakae, the most "Mizuka" found in the town, has 59 "Mizuka" and 61 hedges. The problem is clarified that the half of owners has the positive consideration for "Mizuka" and hedges, but the rest half has negative.