THE NEW GEOGRAPHY
Online ISSN : 1884-7072
Print ISSN : 0559-8362
ISSN-L : 0559-8362
Volume 51, Issue 1
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  • Derivings from Practice Example of Specified Nonprofit Corporation Activity
    Satoshi FUKAMI
    2003 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 1-18
    Published: June 25, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
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    This study aims at clarifying roles and challenges that can be contributed by the leader of new public services, specified nonprofit corporation, for geographical education, referring case examples of “Kagoshima-Tanken-no-Kai, ” namely “Kagoshima Exploration Association.”
    Even though, a new viewpoint of lifelong learning has recently been additionally included in arguments on geographical education, however, few of those who practice lifelong education have actually studied the field.
    With the slogan, “Let's learn geography and history, and consider about to community development, ” “Kagoshima-Tanken-no-Kai” has developed cityscape walk rally since it started its activity in December 2001.
    As a result, it is considered that specified nonprofit corporation, called the “fourth sector, ” can take a important role also in education more significantly than before, and therefore, specified nonprofit corporation can establish a policy for the advancement of geographical education, in which school, home and local community closely cooperate with each other.
    As a new style of geographical education, introducing geographical education in newly established “hours for comprehensive studies, ” for the development of learners basic knowledge, instead of arguing issues based on conventional educational guidelines, enables us to contribute for the development and enrichment of geographical education by means of an affirmative participation of specified nonprofit corporation, and of taking advantage of close relationship with home and local community.
    However, on the other hand, the same kind of activities has already conducted in the field of social education and lifelong education, and at the same time, they have the experience and buildup of the study.
    But these studies fail to stand on the viewpoint of geographical education. It is required for the two studies to complement each defects with each other. Accumulation of such activities can lead to the reinstatement of the segmented field of study, geography.
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  • A case study of Okayama Airport
    Hidefumi IMAI
    2003 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 19-31
    Published: June 25, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
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    The aim of this study is to clarify distribution and flow patterns of air passengers from Okayama to Shanghai in the Chugoku and Shikoku District. The data on air passengers for this study are based on the survey in 2000by the author. The results of this study are summarized as follows:
    (1) There were many air passengers for Shanghai in big cities located around Okayama Airport, such as Okayama and kurashiki. The passengers were also generated in Kagawa Prefecture. Therefore, Seto-Ohashi Bridge expanded the sphere of the influence of Okayama Airport. Some passengers came from areas which may compete with Hiroshima Airport, such as Fukuyama and Hiroshima.
    (2) After getting off planes at Shanghai Airport, all passengers moved to the cities located in the eastern part of China. There wasn't any passengers moving to other countries. Many passengers moved to Shanghai. Some passengers visited Beijing or Nanjing. And, analyzing the relationship between the destinations of passengers and travel purposes, the author made it clear that there were two types of cities: one was the cities that passengers visited on business, and the other was the cities that passengers visited for sightseeing.
    (3) Finally, analyzing the relationship between the number of the destinations of passengers and travel purposes, the author made it clear that the passengers for sightseeing had many destinations and passengers on business had one destination.
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  • A Comparison between 1971 and 1991
    Taro OISHI
    2003 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 32-46
    Published: June 25, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
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    2003 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 47-49
    Published: June 25, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
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  • 2003 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 64-88
    Published: June 25, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: April 30, 2010
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