| Research Abstract |
Nowadays, a big controversy engulfs Okinawa concerning its development and state of development that involve the American base. The mainstream of this controversy is the economic view regarding how to raise the individual income in Okinawa in such a way that it would reach the level of the individual income in mainland Japan. Having immeasurable "natural affluence", Okinawa builds resorts and develops sightseeing spots as economic measure. However, it generates environmental problems. Considering such condition, the present study delves on the state of sustainable development of the Okinawa prefecture based on the Third world view on alternative development particularly in Asia that has been studied so far by Suzuki, research representative.
Based on the above awareness of the issue, Suzuki, Tada, and second year sociology students conducted research in Ghatan town and Yomitan Village, Okinawa. The following reports are presented :
1. Community participation, 2. Degree of attachment and
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satisfaction of the residents in new and old areas, 3. Community and social sanction, 4. Power of "the base" and recognition of residents (administration) / (and the local government), 5. People residing in sightseeing places in Okinawa, 6. Dilemma of sightseeing in Okinawa, 7. Creating image in Chatan ＆ Yomitan, 8. Indegenous development and its agents in Chatan ＆ Yomitan, 9. Possibility of women as agents of Indegenous development, 10. Environment, development, and sustainability, 11. Sustainability of development and local attraction, 12. Residents view of local culture and development
The above reports show that even enough local residents accept in affirm degree constructed symbol and image of their area, they disagree on some points particularly concerning the orientation and the process of improving their home town / viflage, Furthermore, taking into accent the American base problems these areas have, the present orientation of the so-called "sustainable development" implies no good vision. Less
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