Abstract
While local public works benefit their relevant areas, they may cause conflicts among residents in their areas. In this paper, the author analyzes the citizens’ attitude over a road-bridge construction plan in Tomonoura in 2008 by using the results of the field survey concerning inhabitant consciousness, in order to clarify the motives and reasons of advocates and opponents of the plan. This survey includes the 441 respondents out of 4,434 residents in Tamonoura area through random sampling. Their answers were measured in 5 point scale for classifying their standpoints either one of four subgroups: hard-line ideologue (advocates/opponents) and prudent (advocates/opponents) ones. They were also asked to answer the 12 possible outcomes after the bridge construction and were measured for comparing each other among four subgroups. The weak/strong advocates and weak/strong opponents gave agrees/disagrees to each of 12 reversed outcome estimations. The results demonstrate that their standpoints were explained well by their intensity of internalization to either one logical myth which was comprised by the components from some of 12 possible outcomes.
Translated title of the contribution | Prevalent “Myths” about the effect of the estimated outcomes of public project in Tomonoura |
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Original language | Japanese |
Pages (from-to) | 1-20 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | 歴史地理学 = The Historical geography / 歴史地理学会 編 |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - 2014/01 |