2016 年 79 巻 5 号 p. 631-634
In this study, we clarify a requirement of community-based allotment gardens as a land use management strategy in an urbanization control area. First, a questionnaire survey was conducted, showing about the operational status of the allotment garden system in urbanization control areas of the municipalities in the metropolitan area suburbs. As a result of the questionnaire survey, more than 60% of the local governments established allotment gardens in urbanization con trol area to utilize farmland. Secondly, based on the questionnaire result, we took up “Genki Nouen,” which was the one of the community-based allotment garden system originally operated in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Interviewing the government of Ushiku City and the neighborhood associations about “Genki Nouen,” we found that it had been proactively operated by the associations without assistance from the government. Actually, the role of the government is to borrow abandoned cultivated land, but to invol ve actively in its management. On the other hand, the interview showed a case that “Genki Nouen” promoted not only effective use of abandoned cultivated land but also bamboo forest management activities by the neighborhood association. Therefore, it is necessary to set the environment forming social capital for land use management by community-based allotment gardens.