Research on the problem of small- and medium-sized enterprise and of regional restoration in Osaka

本研究旨在从不同的角度分析大阪中小企业的困境对区域社会的影响，并通过讨论大阪当前的社会经济问题，为区域社会的恢复做出贡献。对主要小制造业地区的实际情况进行了为期三年的调查，结果表明，这些地区的问题不应仅仅视为工业衰退的经济问题。然而，在制造业衰退的背后，还有社会结构的波动、老龄化问题、环境问题的加剧等其他非经济因素。因此，仅仅把各种经济资源投入到工业中似乎是不够的，还应该有一个“新社会”的综合框架，其中包括对当地社会中人们的各种社会含义的重建。本研究在这种观点的基础上，调查了欧洲，特别是意大利的城市规划和区域恢复的各种不同例子。研究结果表明，要使工业衰退区恢复，必须观察当地社会背后的各种社会资源，并对这些社会资源进行重组。此外，为了推进这一区域修复工程，重要的是构建当地社区的人民协会。换句话说，在当地社区内建立各种非营利性或非营销性的合作和相互联网，有助于当地社会的恢复。下一步，它计划在日本的区域恢复的实际尝试中实现这些发现，特别是那些工业衰退明显的地区。

This study aimed to analyze, in the various different perspectives, the effect of the difficult situation of small- and medium-sized enterprise in Osaka on the regional society, and to contribute to the restoration of the regional society by discussing current social and economical issues in Osaka.Findings of the three-year-investigation into the actual conditions of the major areas of small manufacturing industries revealed the fact that the problem of these regions should not only be recognized as economical problem of industrial decline. It is however revealed that there are other not-economical factors behind the decline of manufacturing industry such as fluctuation of social structure, issues of aging, and aggravation of environmental problems. Thus, it seems not at all enough just to fling the various economical resources into industry but there should be synthetic framework of "new" society which includes the reconstruction of various social implication of people within the local society.This present study has, on the basis of such perspective, investigated various different examples of city planning and regional restoration in Europe, especially in Italy. As a result, it is revealed that in order for the restoration of regions of industrial decline, it is important to observe the various social resources behind the local society, and to reorganize such social resources. Furthermore, in order to promote such project of regional restoration, it is important to construct the association of people in the local community. In other words, construction of various non-profit-making or non-marketing cooperation and mutual networking within the local community can help restoration of local society.As the next step, it is planning to materialize these findings within the actual attempts of regional restoration in Japan, especially those areas where industrial decline is salient.