2013 Volume 78 Issue 690 Pages 1809-1816
Residents look at preservation district as part of the process of urban development. The authors examine variations in residents' awareness of a preservation district in relation to neighborhood associations. The main findings are as following; (1) the variations of residents' awareness are depending on two factors; (a) distance between a selected area and a central city area. (b) Living environment. Residents live near to a selected area are aware of preservation unfortunately, due to a previous experience with tourism such as throwing away trashes not in the particular place so, they do not prefer many tourists visit their area; (2) residents live near to the area have known about the establishment of the preservation district so, they usually join the preservation activities, but there are remarkable difficulties for elderly people to continue joining. Thus, it is necessary to investigate resident' awareness in relation to neighborhood associations more carefully and propose varying measures to each neighborhood association.
