In recent years, aging infrastructure has become a serious problem in Japan. Local governments facing depopulation have urgent issue to secure the financial resources for maintenance of infrastructure. However, support from residents is indispensable to secure the financial resources.
This paper aims to clarify the residents' evaluation of road maintenance and effects of information disclosure about road maintenance on the evaluation. We surveyed in two cities which has different road maintenance levels, and applied contingent valuation method. As a result, the following became clear.
First, it is revealed that the residents in the target cities have high evaluation to a certain degree.
Second, it is revealed that the residents in the city which has lower level of road maintenance tend to show lower Willingness-to-Pay than the other citizen. Therefore, it is suggested the necessity of well-chosen information in case a city government intend to improve the residents' evaluation of road maintenance by information disclosure
Third, it is revealed that reliability to administration and evaluation of landscape of the road effect financial evaluation of road maintenance. Therefore, it is important for local governments to win the residents' confidence. In addition, this study clarified that it is significant to care roads warmly everyday.
