The Impact of Urbanization on Land Use and the Changing Role of Forests in Vientiane

摘要: This paper investigates urbanization in Vientiane, the Laotian capital city, and its vicinity. The intent is to address relationship between land use, especially focusing on changing role of suburban forest. In Vientiane suburbs, forests still supply many items villagers: firewood, charcoal materials, wild vegetables, mushrooms, insects, small animals others. However, when off-farm work increases commuting factories prevalent among villagers, time collect hunt forestry products declines. Foods except for rice are purchased from stores cash firewood replaced by propane gas. near future, may become unnecessary villagers an economic aspect. What meaning do have? For one, they have cultural environmental meanings such as securing better landscapes biodiversity, but their more important act a barrier prevent urban sprawl.