1988 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Environmental Sociological Study on the Relationship between Lakeshore Quality and Community Life.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	62510102
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research Institution	BUKKYO UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	MITSUDA Hisayoshi Faculty of Sociology, Bukkyo University. Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (60131306)
Project Period (FY)	1987 – 1988
Keywords	Shoreline quality / Environmental Sociology / 人間生態学モデル
Research Abstract	This study examines divergent perceptions of shoreline quality among local residents in the Lake Biwa region of Shiga Prefecture. The social influences behind these perceptions fit into three groups: personal background, community characteristics and participations into environmental movements. The relative effects of these influences are investigated by intensiew interviwe methods of.320 fishing men, 235 urban commuters and 93 head of households in the traditional fishing village. The loss of tradidional norm for maintaining the lake environment is shown to be the most major factor on the deterioration of water quality.

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