Framework for Spatial and Regional Planning : Forest Planning and Landscape Planning in Germany

Abstract

A common opinion is that Japan has learned its fundamentals in forestry and nature conservation from Germany. Until the Second World War this point of view can be stated conditionally as right. However, after World War II, it is interesting to mention that newer development activities in the field of forestry were not introduced. This paper aims to explain a framework of spatial and regional planning, forest function mapping and forest development planning, and landscape planning in Germany. It obviously can not aim for a detailed description of all the sections. The explanations here can contribute for the creation of new impulses in Japan, especially for forest function mapping and landscape planning and they support the idea of necessity of comparative study processes about forest policy.