Basic Study of Rebuilding a Wide-area Sports Space after Community Merger

本监测研究旨在了解在平成大合并这一大规模社区合并浪潮中，空间范围被扩大的当前体育环境，确定构建未来理想体育活动空间需要解决的各种问题，并获得为社区居民创造理想的广域体育空间的基础数据。采用问卷调查的形式对全国294个合并社区的9575名体育协调员进行了监测研究。我们收到了4,049人的有效回复，回收率为42.3%。监测结果显示，并购前对体育环境的满意度普遍高于并购后。受访者将合并后体育设施满意度降低的原因描述为：合并后体育设施的入场费提高，使用这些设施的手续复杂，设施的可及性更加明显。相反，调查结果显示，高比例的受访者回答说，与合并前相比，体育环境有了很大改善。他们在合并后到前邻居社区参观并享受体育活动，最终我们对体育环境的问题得到了如此积极的回应。同时，监测结果显示，合并有助于社区居民对他们的社区更感兴趣或更熟悉。社区合并经常打开交流思想的渠道，并在社区居民之间建立联系，以建立新的体育环境。此外，除了体育问题外，还有望帮助建立一个解决社区问题的社区。从这些角度来看，研究表明，积极主动的场所建设对于与其他社区的互动和信息交流是必不可少的。少

This surveillance study was intended to comprehend the current sports environment of which spatial extent has been broadened in a wave of large scale community mergers, known as the Great Merger of the Heisei, identify various issues to address for building a future desirable sports activity space, and obtain fundamental data to create a desirable wide-area sports space for community residents.The surveillance study was conducted in the form of questionnaire to 9,575 sports coordinators, who belong to 294 merged communities nationwide respectively. We received valid responses from 4,049 persons or at a collection rate of 42.3%.The surveillance findings show the satisfaction with the sports environment before the merger is generally higher than after the merger. The respondents described the reasons for such lower satisfaction after the merger as follow : the raised admission fee for the sports facilities due to the merger, complicated procedures for the use of these facilities, and wor … More sened accessibility to the facilities. On the contrary, a high percentage of the respondents answered that the sport environment was much improved as compared with that before the merger, according to the surveillance findings. They have visited and enjoyed sports activities in ex-neighbor communities since the merger, and eventually, we obtained such positive response to the question over the sports environment. On the mean time, the surveillance findings show that the merger helped the community residents get more interested in or feel more familiarity with their community. The community merger often opens lines of interchanging ideas and creating ties among the community residents for building a new sports environment. Besides, it is expected to help developing a community with a capacity of solving community issues additionally to sports issues. From these perspectives, it is indicated that proactive place-making is imperative for interaction and information exchange with other communities. Less