2016 Volume 81 Issue 727 Pages 2011-2019
1. Introduction
Aging of public facilities has become an urgent issue. On the other hand, Local government finance is increasing the severity by population decline and aging. For this reason, it has become a difficult situation to maintain all public facilities. From such a situation In April 2014, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications requested municipalities to formulate a“Comprehensive Management Plan of Public Facilities and Infrastructures.”In this request, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the plan, it is seeking to set numerical targets. However, setting numerical targets of reduction of the amount of public facilities, is the consensus is difficult theme. Many local governments in Nationwide are worried about how to set the numerical targets.
2. Purpose of This Study
The purpose of this study is visualization of setting of numerical targets for Comprehensive Management Plan of Public Facilities and Infrastructures. This makes it possible to provide information that will contribute to setting of numerical targets to municipalities to formulate a plan in future. Thereby to contribute to the improvement of the effectiveness of comprehensive management plan.
3. Research Method
The method of investigation was conducted a questionnaire survey targeting municipalities that have already formulated a plan in April 2015. We were analyzed the characteristics of the municipalities setting numerical targets for total floor area reduction. We discussed how to set numerical targets.
4. Research Result
Studies have revealed the following.
·That about half of the municipality has set numerical targets of the total floor area reduction.
·Municipalities holding total floor area per residents more than three square meters, is a strong tendency to set numerical targets of the total floor area reduction.
·Municipalities holding larger total floor area per residents, there is a tendency that the numerical targets is large. This trend is particularly strong in the municipality which merged.
·How to set numerical targets are possible divided into three categories. "Comparison between the updated cost and the financial resource" is a method that has been most utilized.
