Social Network Analysis of Activity Organization of "Measures to Conserve and Improve Land, Water, and Environment"

Case Study of Kouzaki District, Kameoka-city, Kyoto Prefecture

Abstract

Recently, Japanese agricultural and rural development projects initiated by national and local governments have increasingly begun to rely on collective participation by the community to be successful. These projects often need to establish activity organization which requires participation of various actors in community. We attempted to identify the characteristics of activity organization by social network method and questionnaire survey which was collected from Kouzaki District in Kameoka city, Kyoto prefecture. As a result, it was suggested that they have different aspects from the viewpoint of Social Network and Social Capital. Especially, and there is core group which performs important role in the activity organization. In addition, we confirmed that core organization has more Social Capital than other local organizations.