コミュニティガーデン活動によるニュータウンのコミュニティ再生や地域管理の可能性

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About half a century has passed since management activities were begun in Senboku Newtown, and local associations are expected to play a leading role in maintaining and managing its local environment for the future. This study aims to clarify the development of management activities which local associations have conducted under Sakai City’s “Minami Ward Project to Promote Development of a Community with Flowers”, by using two different viewpoints, collaboration with locals and an expansion of its local involvement. The study found that a neighborhood center served as an important base for management activities. It also revealed that, although a systematically-designed network of green space did not seem to fully contribute to the development of activities, parks and open spaces next to a neighborhood center were an important factor in the spreading of management activities in the community. In addition, the study revealed that collaboration with locals not belonging to a local association was significant in the spread of local involvement in the community, and that activities other than community gardening activities developed wider collaboration with locals.