DIRECT AND INDIRECT USES OF URBAN FOREST RESOURCES: CASE IN NAGOYA CITY, JAPAN

Urban forest has an important role in a city. Also citizen utilizes urban forest resources directly and indirectly in many ways. In this study, the direct and indirect uses of forest resources were studied based on a simple multipoint on-site field survey to grasp the role of urban forest for human society as a case in Nagoya City, Japan. The survey topics include not only ecological research items but also cultural aspects of citizen’s use of urban forest. As a result, deciduous broadleaf forest was dominant followed by evergreen broadleaf forest in Nagoya forest area. Per hectare carbon stock was high especially in some of historical shrines. Some cultural ESs had frequently used in Nagoya City.