Abstract
The diagnostic method of rural area, composed by two parallel programs of local situation survey and damage-by-wildlife situation survey, is applied on a paddy agricultural settlement in Wakayama Prefecture. After that, local meetings are held where to share the results of surveys and discuss the improvement of countermeasure against wildlife. At the same time, questionnaire was conducted for participants of meetings, to examine the effectiveness to reach a consensus on the improvement of countermeasure. The influence of the method on improvements carried out after surveys in fact are also examined. The results are followed; the local situation survey with the intention survey to every resident is useful to make good grounds of proposing the better countermeasure. It is useful for constructing of local agreement, especially for corporative working system of countermeasure and improvement of land use. The damage-by-wildlife situation survey gives objective and visual data about wildlife behavior, and makes it possible for local people to learn weak points of present countermeasure. The combination of two surveys makes it possible to show the relationship between the situation of workers and land use in the settlement and damage by wildlife. It is useful for the consideration of comprehensive improvement of countermeasure. Corporative survey of residents, officers and supporters gives residents to learn about the settlement and effective countermeasure against wildlife, resulting in agreement for proposal countermeasure.
