RESEARCH ON CARING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING COMPRISING WELFARE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPIRITUALITY

本研究首先探讨了社区的理论模型，并考察了“社区中心”和“社区单元”的基本概念，构建了包含福利、环境和灵性要素的关爱与社区模式。其次，在此理论模型的基础上，对日本的市政府进行了社区与社区政策的问卷调查。本次调查在日本1834个市中，共向1110个市发放问卷，回收问卷603份（54.3%）。问题涉及社区中心、社区单位、重建社区的障碍、重建社区的重要动因、社区建设的主要议程等。第三，通过对调查结果的分析，对日本社区建设的理论框架、议程和未来方向进行了探讨。

In this research, for building a model of caring and community comprising the elements of welfare, environment and spirituality, first a theoretical model of community is explored and the basic concepts of "Center of Community" and "Unit of Community" are examined. Secondly, based on this theoretical model, a questionnaire survey on community and community policy is done, which were sent to municipal governments in Japan. In this survey, among the 1834 municipalities in Japan, questionnaires were sent to 1110 municipalities and 603 were returned (54.3%). Questions were about Center of Community, Unit of Community, Hurdles in rebuilding community, Important Agents for rebuilding community, Major agenda in community building and so forth. Thirdly, through the analysis of survey results and the theoretical framework, agenda and future directions of community building in Japan is discussed.