Changes in the World Heritage Site of Shirakami-Sanchi : From the Perspective of Development and Usage of Forest and Mineral Resources

白上三地于1993年被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗产，是拥有丰富森林和矿产资源的地区。本研究通过对历史文献的调查和分析，阐明了该地区的资源在历史上是如何被利用的。因此，人们发现Shirakami-Sanchi并不是像人们经常描述的那样原始的山毛榉森林，而是一个山区居民共同生活和互动的地方。从18世纪到19世纪，广崎王国在这一地区越来越多地进行采矿和伐木，甚至面临着资源枯竭的问题。

Shirakami-Sanchi, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site i n 1993, is a region which has held abundant resources of forest and minerals. This st udy elucidates how this region's resources have been used historically, based on the survey and analysis of historical documents. As a result, it has been discovered tha t Shirakami-Sanchi is not untouched nature as its virgin beech forests are often described to be, but rather a place where mountain inhabitants lived together and int eracted. From the 18th through 19th centuries, Hirosaki domain increasingly carried o ut mining and logging in this area, and they even faced the problem of resource deple tion.