?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4907%2F&rft.title=Statistical+Analysis+of+Land-use+Change+and+Driving+Forces+in+the+Kansai+District%2C+Japan&rft.creator=Hoshino%2C+S.&rft.description=The+current+state+of+land+use+is+the+result+of+a+variety+of+factors%2C+caused+by+both+biophysical+and+socio-economic+conditions%2C+and+their+interactions.+Land-use+features+prominently+in+many+disciplines+such+as+geography%2C+economics%2C+civil+engineering%2C+architecture%2C+city+and+rural+planning%2C+soil+science%2C+forest+management%2C+and+so+on.+But+the+study+of+land-use+is+often+limited+to+only+one+discipline.+There+are+only+a+few+studies+where+the+influence+of+both+natural+and+socio-economic+factors+on+land-use+is+simultaneously+investigated.+The+purpose+of+this+study+is+to+demonstrate+the+relations+among+land+use%2C+socio-economic+variables+and+geophysical+factors+in+the+case+study+area+of+Kansai+district%2C+Japan.+This+region+contains+the+second+largest+urbanized+area+in+Japan+(after+the+Tokyo+metropolitan+area)%2C+while+maintaining+significant+paddy+rice+cultivation+in+the+suburban+surroundings.+Here+we+seek+to+extract+the+crucial+relationships+between+land+use+in+the+Kansai+district+and+the+associated+factors+with+statistical+techniques.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+general%2C+land-use+change+can+be+separated+into+two+levels.+%22Minor+land-use+change%22+is+land-use+change+within+the+same+economic+sector.+%22Major+land-use+change%22+means+land-use+conversion+from+one+major+industry+to+another+%5BBlack%2C+1931%3B+Wada%2C+1980%5D.+For+example%2C+according+to+this+classification%2C+a+crop+change+in+agriculture+is+a+minor+land-use+change%2C+and+land-use+conversion+from+farmland+to+residential+land+is+a+major+land-use+change.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+this+study%2C+we+focus+mainly+on+major+land-use+change.+A+first+reason+is+that+land-use+conversion+usually+brings+about+permanent+change.+Conversion+to+residential+land+from+any+other+land-use%2C+and+even+conversion+from+farmland+to+forest+land+are+actually+irreversible+processes.+The+second+reason+is+a+practical+one%2C+since+it+is+difficult+to+obtain+the+detailed+land-use+data+that+are+prerequisites+for+within+category+land-use+analysis.+%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+this+paper%2C+we+first+present+some+basic+information+on+the+case+study+area%2C+describe+the+characteristics+of+the+local+agriculture+and+briefly+discuss+the+statistical+data+used+in+the+case+study.+The+subsequent+analysis+consists+of+two+parts%3A+an+analysis+of+the+distribution+of+land+uses+and+an+analysis+of+the+driving+forces+of+land-use+change.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+distribution+of+land+use+is+represented+by+percentage+of+total+area.+We+calculate+the+static+relationships+between+the+distribution+of+land+uses+and+socio-economic+and+geophysical+factors.+We+then+try+to+elucidate+whether+the+static+relations+are+temporally+stable%2C+i.e.+how+these+relationships+have+changed+during+the+study+period+from+1970+to+1990.+%0D%0A%0D%0AFor+farmland+and+residential+land+we+investigate+what+kind+of+socio-economic+factors+as+well+as+natural+conditions+explain+the+temporal+changes+of+these+major+land-use+categories+during+the+study+period.+Through+these+analyses%2C+we+extract+some+driving+forces+of+land-use+change+in+the+study+area.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+data+set+for+this+study+was+originally+developed+in+the+project+%22Land-use+and+Global+Environment+Change%22+(LU%2FGEC%2C+1995)+sponsored+by+the+National+Institute+for+Environmental+Studies%2C+Japan.&rft.publisher=WP-96-120&rft.date=1996-10&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4907%2F1%2FWP-96-120.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hoshino%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1330.html%3E++(1996).++Statistical+Analysis+of+Land-use+Change+and+Driving+Forces+in+the+Kansai+District%2C+Japan.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-120+++++