Study on policies for gaining popularity of rivers

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K14036
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hydraulic engineering
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Kazama So 東北大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (50272018)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 平野 勝也 東北大学, 災害科学国際研究所, 准教授 (00271883) ; 柴田 邦臣 津田塾大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (00383521) ; 福本 潤也 東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 准教授 (30323447) ; 小森 大輔 東北大学, 環境科学研究科, 准教授 (50622627) ; 高橋 満 東北大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (70171527)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: インスタグラム / 旅行誌分析 / ヘドニック分析 / 経済価値 / SNS分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Discussion with government administrators, academic researchers, and high school students through SNS analysis, evaluation of economic value on river scenery, analysis of travel guide books provides the following conclusions to gain river popularity. First, it is necessary to improve accessibility and facilities to sightseeing places of river to make environment to use rivers easily except losing nature and landscape. Second, it is important to make places for playing river activities like fishing and canoe. Third, these places should have hydrophilic facilities for people to understand rivers well. Camp site is one of the most attractive places for river visitors.

Free Research Field

水文学