リゾート開発をめぐる住民の環境意識に関する調査研究

Abstract

After the so called “resort law” was enacted in 1987, construction booms of new resort areas took place throughout the country. This movement has caused environmental disruption in many places, giving rise to various social problems and confusions concerning the objectives and the meaning of “resort area development”. With such situation in mind, this study took up the Genkai Recreation and Resort Area Development Plan presented by Fukuoka Prefecture, and conducted a questionnaire survey concerning the people's desire for the resort area development and their consciousness about its possible impacts to their living environment. It was found that people's appreciation of the environmental quality of their living areas was largely determined by their satisfaction with the state of public services and infrastructure systems currently available to them. Those who lived in countryside cities and towns tended to be less satisfied with their environmental conditions, making them prefer development rather than enviromental preservation. With respect to the content of desirable resort lives, people's dominant idea was a short-time or one-day family trip to recreational facilities rather than a long-time stay in a certain place to enjoy its good natural environment. People's idea about “resort life” as suggested by this survey seemed immature compared with that in European countries. Fundamental change in people's working habit and values would be essential to disseminate true resort lives in Japan.