Bridge the Gap Between Local Governments and Communities: Key Factors in Generating Community Involvement in the Historic Preservation District in Japan1
Bridge the Gap Between Local Governments and Communities: Key Factors in Generating Community Involvement in the Historic Preservation District in Japan1
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2015
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2288-6168
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18 pages
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Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research Vol. 2 No.2 February 2015: 103-120
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Since 1795, 106 districts in Japan have been selected as Important Historic Preservation
Districts (Juuyo dentouteki kenzoubutsugun hozon chiku [Juudenken]). The system for
protection of cultural properties enables the local government to name a “Preservation
District” and allows for the development of a preservation plan based on local ordinances.
Moreover, the well-organized, bottom-up networks, which are groups for community
development activities on the basis of local participation, play an important role in raising
awareness and conducting several preservation projects in their own towns.
This study mainly focused on cultural resources management in the local community.
The system, which possibly bridged the gap between the local authorities and the
community, was revealed. Fifty non-profit groups and active citizens, who were
engaged in an advanced stage of community participation in Juudenken, were selected
to be interviewed. The results then were analyzed using STAT program. The significant
associations were shown by mapping the associations related to the public process of
community involvement. Each variable had its own significant meaning and contributed
credible indirect association to community involvement. The network mapping indicated
that balancing the local economy and technical conservation was important in generating
community involvement, which provided a model on how local authorities and
communities could articulate and maintain their own cultural resources.