東日本大震災からの復興に取り組む地域と大学の連携に対する地域住民の評価と期待

福島県川俣町と近畿大学の連携を対象として

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This study sought to clarify local residentsʼ evaluation and expectations regarding university-regional cooperation, based on a questionnaire survey targeting residents in regions rebuilding after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The questionnaire survey was mailed to 1,500 residents of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture and nearly one-third responded. Covariance structure analysis was performed to clarify local residentsʼ evaluation and expectations regarding university-regional cooperation between the town of Kawamata and Kindai University. Although the number of respondents who had been involved in past university-regional cooperation was small, there was a certain degree of recognition regarding past university-regional cooperation matters. In addition, the number of respondents who positively evaluated the university-regional cooperation and those who anticipated future university-regional cooperation was large. The analysis results revealed a tendency for recognition to increase with experience. Similarly, the higher the recognition, the higher the evaluation, and the higher the evaluation, the higher the expectations. In the future, it will be necessary to further verify the effectiveness of cooperative measures for university-regional cooperation in areas rebuilding after the Great East Japan Earthquake.