Factors and Issues for Continuous Maintenance of Irrigation-based Environmental Stocks from the Viewpoint of Residents’ Association

Abstract

Public-participated environmental improvement has formed irrigation-based environmental stocks in rural area. This study aimed to reveal factors and issues for continuous stock maintenance from the viewpoint of residents’ association, in a case of Koura town. As a result, stock maintenance was complemented by individual association’s activities based on allresidents-participated activities. Traditional events functioned as activities’ adjustment between associations. Aging was identified as the core issue for continuous stock maintenance.