Population Change of Small Local City and the Citizen's Life

Research Project

Project/Area Number	07610204
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research Institution	Rissho University
Principal Investigator	SAITOH Masao Rissho University, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70062784)
Project Period (FY)	1995 – 1996
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000) Fiscal Year 1996: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000) Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Keywords	local city / population Change / citizen's life / living environment
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to reveal the polulation change of local city, and to analyze the environmental conditons of ordinary life of the citizen. The research field is Nagai city in Yamagata Prefecture. Nagai city is relatively independent in socially and economically from Yamagata city, prefectual capital. And the population trends is stable but a little decreased in this thirty years, from 34,024 to 32,726. 68% of the citizen desire population increase, by our interview research to 1,000 citizens of Nagai city. But they do not desire to amalgamate of surrounding towns. Major needs of the Nagai residents for municipalities are to strengthen of medical, welfare and for aged people policies. The citizen are proud of natural water, beautiful green and mountainous landscape of Nagai city. Nagai city govornment is confronting the project of renewal of central shopping streets.