Collaboration between private company and citizen groups in Park-PFI urban parks

Abstract

Urban parks are important facilities for local residents and other users to improve their health throughsports. As a change in the situation surrounding urban parks,the Park-PFI system was newly introduced due tothe revision of the Urban Parks Act,and has come to be used in many urban parks. As a result,there areexamples of urban parks in Japan being renovated by private companies and the number of users increasingdue to the introduction of commercial facilities and sports facilities. On the other hand,an issue raised is thatthere are also urban parks where there is insufficient cooperation between private companies and local groups.The purpose of this research is to understand the direction of collaboration that local governments seek whenselecting private companies,and to clarify the form of collaboration between private companies and localgroups.