秋田 典子

Geoparks can be useful the sustainable development of the economy, nature conservation, and education by utilizing as local resources and history, geology, and cultural community. In recent years, as means of local revitalization, many regional cities are working in the activities Geopark. The purpose of this study is to examine the possibility of the management activities of local resource by Geopark method. September 2012, there are 25 Geoparks in Japan. In this study, I chose two Geoparks as case study because to compare the differences in management method according to the difference in the number of municipalities involved in the operation. And I conducted a survey to Chichibu and Shimonita, because these are located in the related area and have similar geology, and Chichibu operates in fiven municipalities, Shimonita operate in single municipality. Additionally, these are locations where time has passed since these started the Geopark activity. From survey results, I revealed that managing Geoparks lead creation of new resources and revitalizing existing resources. Furthermore, Geoparks can lead the cooperation of various organizations in the region, and the management activities by local residents, the management of local resources were also suggested.

We are enduring the environmental pollution caused by radioactive substances released by the accident of the Fukushima nuclear power plant associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake. Japanese government has assigned the area where needed to survey the situation of the pollution by radioactive substances. In this research, we focused on such areas and researched the actual condition of decontamination for parks and green spaces in Tokatsu area which included Matsudo, Kashiwa and Nagareyama city. We found one local government tried risk communication but there are many matters which cannot solve only it.

This research examines the possibility of institutionalization of the community garden in Japan with reference to the example of City of New York. In City of New York, management of CG has 35 years of accumulation, and the structure of support is established. While the method of the land use of community garden has only public space in Japan, City of New York has many which have an individual division. In this research, the contents of the concrete support in a difference and City of New York of the method of such land use and the management actual condition of community garden were clarified.