scholarly journals Settlement Location and Relocation History of a Tsunami-prone Area in Northeastern Japan: Differential Selection in the Use of Geomorphic Resources

2021 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-287
Author(s):  
Toshikazu TAMURA ◽  
Masayuki SETO
Keyword(s):  
Differential Selection ◽  
Northeastern Japan ◽  
Settlement Location ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Historical fire records at the two ends of Iberian Central Mountain System: Estrela massif and Ayllón massif

2019 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Catarina Romão Sequeira ◽  
Cristina Montiel-Molina ◽  
Francisco Castro Rego
Keyword(s):  
Fire Regime ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Multiscale Approach ◽  
Natural Region ◽  
Fire Use ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Mountain System ◽  
History Of ◽  
In Fire

The Iberian Peninsula has a long history of fire, as the Central Mountain System, from the Estrela massif in Portugal to the Ayllón massif in Spain, is a major fire-prone area. Despite being part of the same natural region, there are different environmental, political and socio-economic contexts at either end, which might have led to distinct human causes of wildfires and associated fire regimes. The hypothesis for this research lies in the historical long-term relationship between wildfire risks and fire use practices within a context of landscape dynamics. In addition to conducting an analysis of the statistical period, a spatial and temporal multiscale approach was taken by reconstructing the historical record of prestatistical fires and land management history at both ends of the Central Mountain System. The main result is the different structural causes of wildland fires at either end of the Central Mountain System, with human factors being more important than environmental factors in determining the fire regimes in both contexts. The study shows that the development of the fire regime was non-linear in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, due to broader local human context factors which led to a shift in fire-use practices.

Seeing the “Country” of Tsugaru in Northeastern Japan

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-45
Author(s):  
Gideon Fujiwara
Keyword(s):  
Local Politics ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Main Island ◽  
Political Alliances ◽  
Northeastern Japan ◽  
Merchant Class ◽  
History Of

This chapter chronicles the history of Hirosaki domain to late-Tokugawa times, charting rule by the Tsugaru clan and developments in the local politics, economy, society, and military defense of Ezo, which was inhabited by the Indigenous Ainu. Hirosaki domain represents a fascinating case of a “country” that underwent transformation within an evolving Japanese state. In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, the Tsugaru family asserted its dominance over its conquered territory on the northeastern edge of Japan's main island. They ingratiated themselves with the rulers of Japan by forming political alliances. The chapter also follows the story of how two merchant-class scholars navigated history: Hirao Rosen established himself as a painter and ethnographic researcher, and Tsuruya Ariyo made his name as a poet in local literati circles. The chapter traces how these young men learned from notable teachers, while yearning for the advanced scholarship of Edo. Through their artistic and scholarly works, Rosen and Ariyo expressed visions of their local “country” of Tsugaru embedded in a larger Japan.

Fluvial Sherd Abrasion and the Interpretation of Surface Remains on Southwestern Bajadas

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Skibo
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Depositional History ◽  
Fluvial Processes ◽  
Fluvial Transport ◽  
Settlement Location ◽  
History Of ◽  
Experimental Replication ◽  
Proper Field

Sherds abraded by fluvial processes are frequently encountered during archaeological surveys, but are most often ignored or misinterpreted. Analysis of sherds within the Ruelas drainage in southern Arizona, and experimental replication of fluvial abrasion, demonstrate how these data can be used in the study of prehistoric land use and settlement location. Under simulated conditions of fluvial transport, sherds are found to abrade in a three-stage sequence. The sherds collected along the Ruelas drainage are placed into the stages of abrasion and a progression of abrasion with increasing distance from the mountains is demonstrated. The origins of these sherds are attributed to sites located farther upstream rather than along the mid-bajada banks of the Ruelas drainage. Experimentation with fluvial sherd abrasion also permits specification of the attributes of transported sherds, contributing to proper field and laboratory identification and thus more accurate inferences about the post-depositional history of surface remains.

scholarly journals Description of the dynamics of the resilience of people victims of the 2018 North Lombok earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 884 (1) ◽  
pp. 012040
Author(s):  
Dewi Febriani ◽  
Siti Rohmah Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Community Factors ◽  
Geological Disasters ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lombok Island

Abstract Before the earthquake struck lombok island on July 26, 2018, with a magnitude of 6.4 SR and on August 5, 2018 with a magnitude of 7.0 SR, it turned out that the history of earthquakes in Lombok had occurred 7 times from 1856 to 2013 with different strengths. So it can be concluded that lombok island is classified as a disaster prone area. Earthquakes include geological disasters that leave major impacts on lives, economies, infrastructure, the environment as well as psychological impacts. This research aims to describe the dynamics of the resilience of the victims of the 2018 North Lombok earthquake. This research aims to describe the dynamics of the resilience of the victims of the 2018 North Lombok earthquake. This article was compiled using two sections using literature studies and empirical research with a qualitative approach through in-depth interview motode. The results showed that the dynamics of resilience formation in earthquake victims had a profound effect on the success of synergy holistically both individual strength factors in mitigation implementation, family support factors and community factors both in a broad and narrow environment. The aspects of resilience in lombok society are the dominant aspects of optimism, empathy, self-efficacy and reaching out.

scholarly journals Morphology, 18S rRNA gene sequence and life history of a new Polydora species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from northeastern Japan

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Teramoto ◽  
W Sato-Okoshi ◽  
H Abe ◽  
G Nishitani ◽  
Y Endo
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
18S Rrna ◽  
Gene Sequence ◽  
18S Rrna Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Rrna Gene Sequence ◽  
Northeastern Japan ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Some Elements of Knowledge on the Coastal Floristic Formations of Martinique (French West Indies)

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Philippe Joseph ◽  
Kévine Baillard
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Functional Organization ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Tropical Island ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Settlement Location ◽  
History Of ◽  
Marked Decline

From the middle of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century, the dynamics of land use in Martinique were accompanied by significant landscape transformation. The latter resulted from profound changes in the structural and functional organization of the vegetation. In the end, the history of this small tropical island is a permanent process of biocenonic changes. Despite the limited available data, it is likely that these were accompanied by disappearances of species. This specific diversity erosion mainly concerns the species in the last phases of ecosystemic evolution: particularly those of climax formations. In reality, the successive Antillean societies, formerly agrarian and today characterized by a strong presence of tertiary activities, led to a marked decline in pre-Columbian forests, which are supposed to be primitive. Many coastline forests were soon eliminated. Apart from the very marginal climatic forests protected by the foothills of the Pitons du Carbet and the Pelee Mountain, the secondary forest formations occupy small areas. Isolated in a herbaceous, shrubby and pre-forest vegetation, whose surface is being inexorably reduced due to human activities, they occupy zones that are unsuitable for agriculture, habitation and the various vital infrastructures: slopes, valley or gully bottoms, narrow ridges. The coastline, which was the main settlement location for the first Caribbean societies, is still home to most of the population and economic activities. It is characterized by species, physiognomies and phytocenoses typical of artificialized biotopes. Faced with an inexorable societal development, how can we preserve the floristic, ecosystemic and coastal landscape diversity specific to the patrimonial forest formations which have become natural monuments? 

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