THE EFFECT OF PRESENTING HIGH SPEED TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS ON THE SENSE OF ORGANIC SOLIDARITY

Abstract

 In this study, we focus on the perspective of the sense of organic solidarity, and conducted a randomized controlled experiment to empirically clarify how the presence or absence of high speed transportation networks affect the sense of organic solidarity in the region. A web-based survey was conducted on 1,500 people in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The subjects were divided into three groups, and each group was presented with a white map, a map of the highway network, and a map of the high-speed rail network. The results showed that, compared with the network of highways that stretches across the country, the unbalanced high speed rail network has a significant difference in the sense of organic solidarity between the areas with the high-speed rail and the areas without it.