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Action research on revitalization of rural depopulated areas

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11610114
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

SUGIMAN Toshio  Kyoto University, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Professor, 総合人間学部, 教授 (10135642)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OKADA Norio  Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Professor, 防災研究所, 教授 (00026296)
Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Keywordsrural depopulated area / community revitalization / community / participatory democracy / welfare for the elderly / group dynamics / action research / community medicine / 地域活性化 / 高齢社会
Research Abstract

The present study investigated various attempts to revitalize rural depopulated areas through introducing resident's participatory democracy system and developing community health care system. The study was carried out in two fields, i.e., Chizu town, Tottori Prefecture and Miyama town, Kyoto Prefecture, where researchers promoted their investigation while actively participating in resident's movement.
In Chizu town, a new participatory democracy system had been introduced in 15 among a total of 89 villages in the town. As a result, it was found that a village that was successful in revitalization took a course in which an informal small group of residents who had already started a series of trial-and-error to revitalize their village was justified with the introduction of the new system by the vast majority of residents in the village. Moreover, an attempt to develop a mutual collaboration among several villages that were involved in the movement was investigated.
In Miyama town, participatory management system for community health care had been developed for several years by the collaboration among three parties, i.e., medical staffs in a clinic, top of the town office like a town mayor and a deputy mayor, and representatives of a group of residents. It was found that, even among the persons who were positive for it, several different ways of justification were observed. Specifically, some emphasized the exclusive concentration of efforts on good medical care for residents while others regarded resident's participation in decision-making on community health care as a way of revitalizing the community or a way of decreasing an asymmetrical power relation between a medical doctor and a resident that is still prevailing in many communities in Japan.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All Other

All Publications (5 results)

  • [Publications] Sugiman, T: "Proceedings of Kasology Trilateral 1st Conference in Chizu, Japan"17-year history of revitalization movement in Chizu. 1-10 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Okada, N., Sugiman, T., Hiratsuka, S., and Kawahara, T.: "A challenge from a rural area : Revitalization movement in Chizu, Tottori Prefecture"Tokyo : Iwanami Publishing Co.,. (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sugiman, T.: "Revitalization of community"Kyoto : Mineruva Publishing Co.. (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 杉万俊夫: "フィールドワーク人間科学:よみがえるコミュニティ"ミネルヴァ書房. 236 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 岡田憲夫,杉万俊夫,平塚伸治,河原利和: "地域からの挑戦-鳥取県・智頭町の「くに」おこし"岩波書店. 63 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1999-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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