0023-6152

AA00697606

4495

Unrefereed

0023-6152

AA00697606

Many forests in japan are under the control of national and local governments. Most of these are designated for recreation. As demand of recreation increases, problems related to the management of these forests including trash, fire and crimes have been encounted. This study uses questuinnarie surveys to examine the effectiveness of a new method of management adopted to tackle these problems in Iki-no Matsubara forest in Nishi-ku of Fukuoka City. The study revealed that the urban forests areas function not only as recreation's field but also as life environmental wood for local inhabitants at present, and the frequency of use is on the increase, too. At present, the need of Iki-no Matsubara as well as its management method by mowing scrubs, building a fence, and taking an unoccuoied lot inside of the fence are mostly admitted by local inhabitants. Particularly, logging the forest is effective for reducing the amount of garbage and forming a beautiful scenery. It was obvious that the problems faced by the urban forest areas are human moral problems sucj as dogs' excrement together with environmental problems. Therefore, some corresponding measures against these problems are necessary. The surveys of this study deal with the inside management methods and it is suggested that the whole jand systematic problems in controlling them as well as the control technologies have to be considered.