著者

渡会 由美

出版者

公益社団法人 土木学会

雑誌

環境システム研究 (ISSN:09150390)

巻号頁・発行日

no.25, pp.345-354, 1997

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In Japanese Islands, the irrigated agriculture, which was the historical turning point for the relation between nature and human, started between the Jomon and Yayoi periods.<BR>The purpose of this article is to study the change of the ancients living and production styles and their society system from the viewpoint of the natural environment especially for the water utilization. Then, the economy system for the modern society will be discussed incomparison to the ancient society system.<BR>Here are summary from this article:<BR>(1) The economy system in the Jomon period was constant economy that people hunt or reap as much as they need, which differs from growth economy that assumes surplus production occurred after the Yayoi period.<BR>(2) The society and economy in the Jomon period balanced as long as the amount of natural resources required was kept within the reproducible one.