Panel Survey on Reorganization of Regional Structure at a Turning Point

为了弄清泡沫经济后城镇的变化，本研究以独特的城镇为样本进行了研究;名古屋市面向名古屋车站的龟岛地区、东京都三鹰市郊区的新川和中原地区、城堡镇大垣市西小学下面的老地区。研究人员在现场采访了社区负责人，并从有关机构收集了统计数据，从而了解了每个地区的人口，产业，环境，社区等实际情况。特别是在名古屋和三鹰，人口减少、老年人增多、儿童出生减少、环境恶化等趋势比10年前更加明显，这是通过与领导的访谈和从机构收集的新旧研究数据相互比较得出的。2000年度，以当地居民为对象进行了问卷调查。回答率名古屋为67.3%，三鹰为80.6%，大垣为83.9%，回收率相当高。调查结果显示，在经济衰退持续的情况下，许多居民对城镇的变化非常感兴趣，尤其是对婴儿数量减少、年轻人举止不良、后继无人、商店倒闭等“城镇衰落”的危机感日益增强。与XO年前的问卷调查相比，在环境方面的许多方面都指出了更糟糕的状况。2001年度，使用过去2年收集的数据进行了案例分析和统计分析。

To clarify the changes in towns after the Bubble Economy, the entitled research was conducted sampling the unique towns ; Kamejima area facing the Nagoya station in Nagoya City, the Shinkawa and Nakahara area in suburban Mitaka City of metropolitan Tokyo and the older area below Nishi elementary school in castle town Ogaki City.In the fiscal 1999, the researchers interviewed community leaders at the sites and gathered statistical data from the institutions concerned, thereby following the actual situations of population, industries, environment, communities, etc. in each area. Particularly in Nagoya and Mitaka, tendencies of population decrease, more old people, fewer child births, worsening environment, etc. were more conspicuous than ten years ago when the new and old research data through interview with the leaders and collection from the institutions were compared with each other. Also in Ogaki, similar tendencies could be found.In the fiscal 2000, a questionnaire research was conducted targeting the local citizens. The ratio of answers was 67.3 % in Nagoya, 80.6 % in Mitaka and 83.9 % in Ogaki, marking rather high recovery ratios. As -a result of this research, many dwellers were highly interested in the changes of their towns under the lingering recession, and in particular, they had a growing sense of crisis in the "decline of town" including a fall in the number of babies, bad manner of young people, scarcity of successors and closing of shops. In comparison with the questionnaire research conducted XO years ago, worse states were pointed out in many environmental aspects.In the fiscal 2001, case analysis and statistical analysis were conducted using the data gathered in the past 2 years.