Takayama Village

Japanese: 高山集落 - こうざんしゅうらく

A settlement that serves as a base for land use in highlands. In temperate regions of mid-latitudes, it refers to a settlement at an altitude of 1,000 m or more, and in tropical regions, it refers to a settlement at an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 m or more. It is also called a highland settlement or high-distance settlement.
[Takayama Village in Japan]
Few highland settlements have the same functions as cities, and are classified according to the occupations of their inhabitants as follows: (1) Highland forestry settlements These are typical mountain villages, whose inhabitants depend entirely on forests, and include woodworker settlements, charcoal-making settlements, and forestry labor settlements. They are often located on cliffs or mountain slopes, on narrow high terraces, or in valleys where it is inconvenient to obtain residential land. They consist of small houses without gardens or storehouses, and a few vegetable gardens, and are surrounded by forests on all sides, creating a landscape that is very different from that of rural settlements in low-lying climates.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

高地の土地利用の拠点となる定住集落のことで，中緯度の温帯地方では標高1000m以上，熱帯圏では2000～3000m以上の集落を指す。高地集落，高距集落ともいう。
［日本の高山集落］
　高山集落の機能は都市のような複合的な機能をもつものは少なく，住民の生業により次のように分類される。(1)高距林業集落　典型的な山村で，住民は完全に山林に依存し，木地屋集落，製炭集落，林業労務者集落が含まれる。宅地を得るには不便な崖錐や山腹傾斜地，狭小な高位段丘上や谷底に位置することが多く，庭園，倉庫などをもたない小規模の家屋，わずかの菜園などからなり，四周を森林に囲まれ，低暖地の農村集落景観とは大いに異なった景観をなす。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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