How re-evaluation of rural resources can increase the sustainability of the region during a period of population decline: A case study at the southern foot of Mt. Yatsugatake

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K05794
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
• Research Institution: University of Yamanashi
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Yasuhito 山梨大学, 大学院総合研究部, 教授 (40635827)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 関係人口 / デジタルネイティブ世代 / 農村共同体 / 地域の価値 / 人口減少

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examines the factors and processes of revaluation of various resources in the rural area at the southern foot of Mt. Impact on improvement ③ The purpose is to clarify how to improve the sustainability of the region by rebuilding the foundations of production and life.
First, we organized an interdisciplinary discussion of value creation during a period of population decline. Next, based on recent trends in rural policy, we analyzed the possibility of creating new communities using individual questionnaires from the ``Questionnaire on Community Relations'' (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). Some of the results were reported to the Japan Agricultural Economics Society. Furthermore, we conducted a questionnaire survey targeting immigrants to the southern foot of Mt. Yatsugatake, and analyzed the factors that influence happiness.

Free Research Field

農業経済学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

人口減少期において地域社会を存続させる要件に決定的なものはもちろんない。地域がそれぞれ知恵を絞って編み出していくものである。しかしそのために参照点とするべき要素はある。地域の多様な価値の創出メカニズム、地域の農村資源とその再評価、その相互関係のパターンは、その参照点の候補となろう。これらの参照点候補となる論点について検討を深め、具体的な手立てに結びつく提案が可能な要素間の関連性を明らかにすることを試み、より豊かな地域経済・社会の構築に資する。