Noriko Horie's scientific contributions

Publications (2)

Article
In National Government Parks, a large number of exhibition facilities have been constructed and are managed and operated for purposes such as introduction of projects related to parks and open green space, popularization and education activities related to the nature and culture of the region, etc. Issues for these exhibition facilities include ren...
Article
National Government Parks (NGPs) contain abundant nature such as the forest, the shore, the river and the country-side area. Therefore, NGPs have not only a function to supply recreation, but also roles to have users get close to natural environment and understand environmental conservation. It is said that ‘Interpretation (Ip)' is the effective pa...

Citations

... The Ministry of the Environment introduced a nature instructor program in the parks in 1974 after 20 years of a temporary volunteer instructor program (Office of Communication with Nature, 2008). Nongovernmental organizations started offering nature instruction or guiding, and they have been a driving force in advancing interpretation in Japan (Hiramatsu & Horie, 2009;Hiwasaki, 2006;Nishimura, 2006). For example, the Nature Conservation Society of Japan (2009) started offering training for nature observation instructors in 1978, and the Association for Interpretation Japan (2009) started offering interpreter training courses in 1992. ...