Urban people as paddy farmers: The Japanese Tanada Ownership System discussed from a European perspective

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-341

  Kieninger, Pia R ^a   Yamaji, Eiji ^b   Penker, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cultural landscape conservation; Japan; yamasenmaida (Chiba Prefecture, Kamogawa City, Japan); Tanada Ownership System; voluntary civic engagement; voluntary farm work

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL TRADITION; FARMING SYSTEM; LANDHOLDING; LANDOWNERSHIP; NATURAL RESOURCE; PADDY FIELD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN SOCIETY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 80855152989     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000123     Document Type: Article

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