Transition and presence of city center activities accompanied with demographic changes

In The Case of Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture

Abstract

This study focuses on a ‘community center’, which is an important institution in local communities. This study aims to clarify what the changing population dynamics and population structures have had on activities held in community centers.

From a population dynamics perspective, activities that target several generations were developed during periods of population growth, whereas the activities that target households were developed during periods of decline. It is clear that changes in the population dynamics and structure affect the activities of community centers. In this paper, activities related to human rights, disaster prevention, and community development were confirmed.