Description
Book SynopsisRepresenting the work of distinguished Japanese scholars, this is the first comprehensive English-language overview of forestry, forest management, and the forest products industry in Japan.
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Yoshiya Iwai
Part 1: Forestry and Forest Policy in Japan: Historical Development and Current Situation
1 The Development of Japanese Forestry / Junichi Iwamoto
2 Silviculture in Japan / Mitsuo Fujiwara
3 Private Forestry / Ken-ichi Akao
4 Forest Owners’ Associations / Koji Matsushita and Kunihiro Hirata
5 Forestry Labour / Ichiro Fujikake
6 National Forest Management / Koji Matsushita
7 Forest Planning / Koji Matsushita
8 National and Regional Forest Policies / Shoji Mitsui
Part 2: Forest and Wood Products Industries in Japan
9 Logging and Log Distribution / Katsuhisa Ito
10 The Sawmill Industry / Ichiro Fujikake
11 Home Building and the Home-Building Industry / Tamutsu Ogi
12 The Japanese Pulp and Paper Industry and Its Wood Use / Hideshi Noda
13 Local Forestry and Sawmill Industries: The Case of Kumano, Mie Prefecture / Kozue Taguchi
14 Japan’s Wood Trade / Yoshiya Iwai and Kiyoshi Yukutake
Part 3: New Trends for Forestry in Japan
15 Depopulation and Mura-Okoshi (Village Revival) / Takashi Iguchi
16 New Relationship between Forests and City Dwellers in Japan / Yoshiya Iwai
17 Treatment of Forests and Wildlife in Modern Society / Atsushi Takayanagi
Contributors
Index
