Realities and tasks of the involvement of civil society organizations and the government in Yokohama Izumi River

Abstract

The nature-oriented river management has been nationwide carried out to improve river environment over a long period of time. This paper aims to grasp the post-construction relationship between citizen groups and administrative departments by investigating a leading case -- the Izumi River in Yokohama. To achieve that, we picked out some citizen groups and autonomous bodies which have close relationship to the river, then conducted hearing surveys to their members, last made a site reconnaissance. Our findings revealed that the difference of relationship between each organizations towards river utilization and management.