Study on Possibility of Partnership Formation for Regional Water Resources Management

本研究的目的是为建立新的水资源管理体制，振兴水资源的多功能提供有益的建议。因为过去进行水资源管理的乡村社会，由于农民的急剧衰落和分化而发生了变化。这是管理体制的弱化，尽管灌溉基础设施已经发展起来。要建立适应农村社会变化的新的管理体制。调查主要集中在(1)灌溉管理问题，(2)通过可变群体之间建立伙伴关系来解决问题的可能性，(3)伙伴关系的构建和管理。研究样本不仅收集在已经形成伙伴关系以保护水资源等环境资源的郊区地区，而且收集在农村地区。在许多情况下，这两个领域的伙伴关系已经形成，引入了诸如基础工作等活动。例如，在滋贺县科拉镇，重振水资源不仅用于农业，而且还用于农村生活，如洗菜、喂鱼、碾磨谷物、给人民花园浇水等；该镇农民采取协调行动，反对将明渠改为管道，尤其是在他们居住的地方。农民与非农民之间的对立逐渐转变为和谐的关系。伙伴关系的形成需要基本生活条件下的合作行动，郊区和农村地区伙伴关系的形成是不同的。在以前的地区，可变团体松散地加入到一个核心组织，如三岛市地面工作协会。在后一地区，农村社区被重新评估和振兴，以适应不同居住者参加的新社区。因此，这类伙伴关系有助于更好地管理水资源等区域资源。

The purpose of this study is to give useful suggestion to establish new management system on water resource, revitalizing its multi functions. Because rural society which had conducted water resource management changed due to dramatic declination and differentiation of farmers. That is weakening of management system, though infrastructure of irrigation has been developed. New management system should be established, adapting to changing rural society. Investigations have been done mainly on (1) issues of irrigation management, (2) possibility of their solution through partnership formation among variable groups, (3) construction and management of the partnership.Research Samples were collected not only in suburbanized areas where partnership formation for protection of environmental resources such as water have developed, but also in rural areas. The partnership both in these areas has been formed in many cases, introducing such as Ground Work activities. For example, in Kora town of Shiga prefecture revitalizing water resources to use not only in agriculture, but also in rural life such as washing vegetables, feeding fishes, milling cereals, watering peoples garden, etc. Concerted action by the residents out of farmers of its town against change from open canal to pipe especially in their dwelling place. The opposition between farmers and non-farmers gradually changed to harmonized relations. The partnership formation needs cooperative actions in basic living conditions.Partnership formation is different in suburbanized and rural areas. In the former areas, variable groups join loosely to a core organization such as Mishima City Ground Work Association. In the latter areas, rural communities are revalued and revitalized towards new ones attending by varied habitants. Thus, the kinds of these partnership can contribute to manage well regional resources such as water.