Factors for Community Attachment with Residence Year by Shop Owners in Itami City, Hyogo

Abstract

With regards to one's attachment to the community, instead of the daily lives, people tend to feel attached to one place due to specific events that had occurred. In addition, compared to one's own memory, people tend to have more attachment to shared memories. Furthermore, number of years is an important factor as well. However, there has been some debate on the co-relation between number of years spent living in the area and one's attachment to the environment. This study focuses on the people living in the business street at Itami city, Hyogo and aims to find out the relation between the settlement years and the people's attachment to the environment. In addition, based on previous researches, this study will seek to relate how one's attachment to the community might be linked to the disaster management in the area. This report studies on how attachment towards the traditional business street may be related to the number of years living in the area.