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Life Structure and Social Services in Small Cities

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07610188
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 社会学(含社会福祉関係)
Research InstitutionFukuoka Prefectural University

Principal Investigator

MOTEKI Yutaka  Fukuoka Prefectural University, the Department of Integrated Human and Social Sciences, Associate Professor, 人間社会学部, 助教授 (20166333)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
Budget Amount *help
¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordssmall cities / decentralization / life structure / amenities / communing with nature / females in the 30-59 age group / 地域生活
Research Abstract

Two surveys were conducted in Tagawa-shi and Soeda-machi using the same set of questions. The population of Tagawa-shi is 56,547, and that of Soeda-machi is 13,763 in 1995. These are two of ten areas which constitute Tagawa district of Fukuoka Prefecture, and Tagawa-shi is the central city of Tagawaga district. The respondents of the survey carried out in Tagawa-shi were females in the 30-49 age group who live in a part of densely populated area of the city. The respondents of the survey carried out in Soeda-machi were females in the 30-59 age group who live in the central part of the town. The contents of the questionnaire include opinions about the amenities in the area where they live, life structure, and community life.
The decentralization of population is one of the urgent problems in Japanese society. Tagawa-shi and Soeda-machi can be considered as samples of small cities or towns, and these areas should be the focal point of the decentralization policy. Some say that those who live in megalopolises want to commune with nature and will gradually move to small cities of towns But what is really happening is different.
Living in small cities or towns must become attractive to those who want to move. The areas should have basic amenities and something that cannot be found in megalopolises. The compactness of small cities or towns is beneficial to city or town planning for attaining such goals.
It was found that subjective evaluations by the residents about the amenities of the city are not very useful information and that being able to commune with nature is an important factor in the evaluation of the level of amenities, although it does not influence the actual residential mobility.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1996 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1995 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1996-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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