The Personal Network and Local Community

Research of Community in Minami-Ashiya-Hama

Abstract

The one of the discussing issue in the housing restoration is how to generate the local community in the newly developed large area of public housing, where the high ratio of the aged was expected. In this study, the personal network of the residents in Minami-Ashia-hama was investigated by the interview, and the effect of the local activities to form the network was analyzed. The personal network varies with the life-style, life history, and the attitude to the local activities. The outer oriented network, for example, was much based on the existing relationship formed in the personal history. The daily living of the aged has been kept stable with LSAs' support. The local community condition is not necessaryily explained by the personal network, but the issue is whether the community is the reliable condition for the aged with others.