The role of Sports groups at a local community in Kohoku New Town

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the role of sports groups at a local community in Kohoku New Town.<br>We classify the sports groups into "Association" and"Theme Community". And the communities into "Sports Theme Community", "Ordinary Theme Community" and "Local Community".The intercommunion of sports groups are relatively limited, on the other side, sports support groups cooperate with local community in management of facilities and operation of events.In conclusion, we found that sports groups have limited role in local community now, but they will build up the intercommunion of varieties of the groups of theme community and local community.<br>