1. undeveloped woodland near populated area
2. settlement pattern of living in upland valleys and cultivating lower slopes
3. SatoyamaFor the sumo wrestler Satoyama, see Satoyama Kosaku Satoyama is a Japanese term applied to the border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land. Literally, sato means arable and livable land or home land, and yama means mountain. Satoyama, which have been developed through centuries of small scale agricultural and forestry use, also promise biodiversity if properly maintained by human activities. The concept of satoyama has several definitions.
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