2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Comparative study on Changes of rural Canada and Japan under the economic growth and globalization
| Project/Area Number |
12572030
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA |
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Principal Investigator |
TSUBOI Nobuhiro UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, University of Tsukuba Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Professor (50311593)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIGENO Ryuichi 筑波大学, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Associate Professor (60292512)
SHUTO Hasato 筑波大学, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, Assistant Professor (40292792)
NAKAGAWA Mitsuhiro Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 農学部, Professor (30302334)
ANDOU Yoshimitsu Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, 農学部, Associate Professor (40261747)
ODAGIRI Tokumi The University of TOKYO, Graduate school of Agriculture and Sciences, Associate Professor (10201998)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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| Keywords | Rural revitalization / Japan / Canada / Comparative study / Household survey in the both countries / Field survey / Rural governance / Volunteer organization |
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| Research Abstract |
We started the project to make proposal for policy measures for rural revitalization in 2000. We finished the project in March 2004, and our main activities and observations are as follows.
Main activities:
Japanese researchers participated in Spring Workshop in Canada in every years. We had field surveys in Canada and Japan. Japanese participated in Autumn Conference in Canada and Canadian participated in Tokyo Conference every years. We exchanged rural leaders in 2002 from Japan and in 2003 from Canada. We printed a report on Comparative study on Changes of rural Canada and Japan under the economic growth and globalization
Two field survey sites in the both countries:
St. Damase, Quebec, and Tweed, Ontario in Canada
Awano-machi, Tochigi, and Iitate-mura, Fukushima in Japan
Main academic results through the comparative studies:
In Japan there are strains because of rapid economic development in rural Japan after 1950. Before the World War II, rural Japan was completely under the traditional economy and society. In both countries the Rural governance are under restructuring, and there are big expectation to revitalization through Volunteer activities. In rural Japan people are thinking rural revitalization through reorganizing local assets, on the contrary in rural Canada people are searching the way independent to local assets.
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