Abstract
In this paper, to analyze landscape change and transition of land management in rural area based on two case studies in different landform area. In plateau area study, land-use and land-cover changes were identified using the aerial photo from 1947, 1974 and 2000. I clarified the situation of use and management at each land covers by hearing with local farmers. In mountainous area study, I analyzed the forming process of terraced rice field landscape by the change in spatial features of the landscape. Terraced rice field lots and distribution of levee trees and forests were focused as the spatial features. Landscape elements were identified using aerial photo from 1976 and 1995. The mesh analysis had been adopted to solve the change pattern of the terraced rice field landscape.
