A Study of the Influence of Social Capital on Community Activation

-A case of Tow of Kamikawa, Hyogo prefecture-

Abstract

  When a government works on people to participate in the community development, their responses is different often. So there are some factors that determine the responses in their community. The aim of this study is to clear these factors by using the results of survey in Kamikawa town, Hyogo prefecture. In Kamikawa town, there is a project named “Community Salon Project” that is aimed at making Salon where varied generations cooperate to resolve their concerns. As a result of this study, we indicate that “Social Capital” is one of the factors which provide community's response.