Abstract
This paper is study of how the environment of mountain village area has been transformed by public works of regional development. It is clarified by focusing on following two points: the first point is what kind of social power relations formed local environment. The second point is what local environment was formed under those social power relations. It can be considered that structure of hegemony in regional development and formation of local environment are closely related each other. The case of Nishiyama area in Shiramine Village is targeted here. Land use of this area was changed twice by public works of regional development after shifting cultivation (subsistence activity based on “traditional” relationship between people and nature). The first is agricultural development centered on sericultural project as regional development project. The second is environmental conservation and restoration. These are environmental transformation frequently brought about drastic and severe environmental change.
