Comparative Study of Local Revitalization Process from the Perspective of Post-Neoliberalism and Social Innovation

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380675
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokushima
• Principal Investigator: Yabe Takuya 徳島大学, ソシオ・アーツ・アンド・サイエンス研究部, 准教授 (20363129)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 中心市街地活性化 / まちづくり / 地方都市 / リノベーション / 地域再生 / BOP / コモンズ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This comparative study of local revitalization is based on fieldwork in 26 areas in Japan. Many areas formerly led by the private sector and classified as community renovation tend to change into areas led by the public sector. On the other hand, new revitalization is being generated nationwide, based on inbound tourism of foreign tourists and small office renovation resulting from small capital investment. Trends are interpreted as being a new social innovation process and a new local problem-solving process.

Free Research Field

社会学