CHANGES IN LANDSCAPE PATTERNS AND VEGETATION PROCESS IN THE FAR-EASTERN CULTURAL LANDSCAPES - HUMAN ACTIVITY ON PINE-DOMINATED SECONDARY VEGETATIONS IN KOREA AND JAPAN

The agricultural landscape is associated with secondary vegetation. It is one of the most represented landscapes in the Far-East and represe nts the ecological linkage of landscape boundaries between urbanized a nd natural systems. The pattern and process of secondary vegetation in rural landscapes have been effected by spatio-temporal natural and cu ltural landscape elements. The current Status-Quo of the vegetation la ndscape is faced to risk of abandonment, over-use of forest-land and o ther socio-economical problems in the Far-East. In this situation, the notion ''sustainability'' is necessary to establish a framework for l andscape-ecological planning in the rural region. This paper describes that sustainable vegetation management acts as a positive factor to m aintaining secondary vegetation. Holistic management strategies with i mproved traditional management regimes, economic assistance, and envir onmental education, must be adapted to sustainable development of rura l vegetation landscape in the Far-East.