Network Formation and Scalar Strategies of Coastal Forest Conservation Activities in Fukuoka Prefecture

Abstract

This study focuses on spatial scalar strategies to clarify the process and significance of networks that three citizens’ or residents’ groups formed with local residents’ groups for the conservation of coastal pine forests. Although the groups’ leading network formations have established cooperative, complementary relationships with the government, they have also expressed dissatisfaction with government efforts. The groups have demonstrated the unique ways in which they influence policies through strategies such as broadening the area and content of their activities and, conversely, concentrating their activities on specific coastal forests. This study highlights how scalar strategies are developed by further layering scales even within localities and shows the importance of focusing on rescaling at the micro level in studies on environmental movements and environmental governance.