平野地域における歴史的街道沿いの地形条件―関東平野の中山道を事例に―

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  • The Geomorphic Features of the Plain Areas along the Historical Highways: A Case Study of the Nakasendo Highway in Japan's Kanto Plain.

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This paper provides characteristics of the geomorphic features of the plain areas along historical highways on the basis of a geomorphologic examination of the route along the Kanto plain of the Nakasendo Highway, which was one of the five main highways of the Edo era. The author first maps the detailed route of the highway and then classifies landforms occurring along the highway through the stereo interpretation of aerial photographs that were taken just after World War II. The paper clarifies that the highway route appears almost straight and is usually located on terraces in the view of the entire plain scale. It is unusual that the route is found in mountains, hills, and the alluvial plain. Precise geomorphic analyses lead to the following conclusions. On the terrace, the highway route seldom crosses the dissected valley and follows the watershed in the middle of the terraces. The route on fans is an outward arc in shape parallel to contour line. The route was constructed on the natural levee in the alluvial plain so as not to cross the former rivers, back marshes, and present rivers. Based on these characteristics, the author concludes that the highway route was in the control of accessibility and safety against water hazards. However, accessibility took priority over safety at a few places.

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  • E-journal GEO

    E-journal GEO 5 (1), 15-34, 2010

    公益社団法人 日本地理学会

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  • CRID
    1390001205324334336
  • NII論文ID
    130000298522
  • DOI
    10.4157/ejgeo.5.15
  • ISSN
    18808107
  • データソース種別
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