Japanese Journal of Human Geography

A Historical and Geographical Study on the Process of Development at Isawa-Fan

Tsuneyoshi IKEDA

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 1-20
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.1

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Since the Isawa-fan has so complicated constitution that warping is found in its terrace, the development was made in relation to these topographic zone (chikeiku), and remains of the early Jomon-Age were found almost at the upper part of terrace. After the inhabitants had come to be engaged in cultivation, they moved to the lower part of the Mizusawa terrace gradually. Then the development of Hajiki might have been based on and near “Tsuno-zuka ancient mound” (kofun).
The development in cultivation during the Middle Age was made around the Kitakami low-land area and at the Mizusawa terrace, seeing that the premises of Village-lords (gozoku) and familiar names of places in those days are still found there. The remarkable development, east of the warping line, was founded on the construction of the Sanseki, Shigeira and Juan dams, in chronological order, from topographical and engineering viewpoints.
The top of the Fan and Uanohara terrace west of the warping line, situated in the upper ground, are thought to be the last in development, except a few partially cleared spots with the Anayama dam and irrigation-ponds. Even at the area where dams are distributed, east of the warping line, the lack of water for irrigation, and trouble about taking water away from other places occurred. Then, after World War II, as a part of “Comprehensive development of the Kitakami River”, composite irrigation and drainage works were introduced; that is: it was planned to use water for effective irrigation, to improve the irrigation of cultivated land of 6, 400ha., and to clear the undeveloped area of 1, 960ha., west of the warping line and Uanohara terrace. Thus, the Isawa-fan was reformed with these new developments.
Then recently as the means of solving a contradiction of composite irrigation and drainage works in the area, where members of Anayama-Seki(dam)-Union live, a plan of cultivating the western area at Isawa mura (village) is being carried on by the construction of Hachiya dam.

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Concerning the Civic Center and the Sub-centers of the Metropolis

Keijiro HATTORI

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 21-47
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.21

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How man is occupying space, when viewed functionally and regionally, can be concretely explained as the arranged hierarchy of Centralities supported by City regions. This spatial relationship also exists in the Inner City of the Metropolis.
The existence of the above-mentioned trend is shown by the formation of 250 Central Places in “ward” areas of the Metropolis which differ from one another in hierarchy and resources.
In the case of regional construction in the Metopolis which supports a population of more than 8 million in Central Places of the Inner City, the organization of urban development will never be clarified by such a homogeneous region diagram as C.B.D., commercial areas, industrial areas, or residential areas. What kind of an approach could be more efficient?
The effective approach can be said to lie in the nucleus-forming activities of human society, such as, formation, arrangement, mutual relationship and spatial order of the Civic Center, Sub-centers, and large and small Central Places. In the explanation of the changing structure of the Civic Center, enormous development of the Sub-centers, and the differentiation of the qualitative functions in the Civic Center and the Sub-centers, we can find the key to the solution of the present-day urban problems and regional problems.

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A Review of Japanese Industrial Location Policy

Hisao NISHIOKA

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 48-58
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.48

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Some Aspects on Role of Geography in Regional Development

Compared with That of Another Branches of Social Sciences

Yoshiaki IKEDA

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 59-71
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.59

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The Regional Structure of Industry in Shiga Prefecture

Hirosi KAWABATA

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 72-80
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.72

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The Regional Structure of Urbanization in Kii Mountains

Kyoko NOMURA

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 80-92
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.80

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The Maps Published in Japan, 1965

Akio MIZUTA, Akio FUNAKOSHI

1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 93-96
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.93

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1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 96-97
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.96

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1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 97-98
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.97

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1966 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 98
Published: February 28, 1966
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4200/jjhg1948.18.98

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