Comparative study of the structure of local governance related to daily life: mainly local transportation in depopulated local municipalities

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530125
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University (2013-2014); Chiba University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: UOZUMI Hirohisa 熊本大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (60305894)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): DAIKOKU Taro 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 准教授 (20332546) ; HIGASHIHARA Masaaki 福岡大学, 法学部, 准教授 (00433417)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 過疎 / 地域ガバナンス / 地域交通

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We tried to clarify structure of local governance related to daily life from the view point of comparative study. This project has achieved three goals which were aimed at in the research proposal. First, our project intended to analyze the local transportation system related to daily life in depopulated local municipalities. We can recognize from the research that transportation system is very flexible for depopulated local municipalities. Second, we have made the network to study depopulated local municipalities from the view point of comparative study. The part of the result of our research read a paper,“Altere Menschen und Katastrophen- Was fur Unterstutzungen helfen Ihnen wirklich?”, at the symposium in Germany in 2014. Third, the part of the result of our research has been published under the title on “Japan’s policy issues in depopulated local municipalities in the post-war era：A historical perspective and discourse analysis in five academic journals”.

Free Research Field

行政学