The actual condition of 'collaboration' toward construction of resources recycling regional system in rural areas: A case study of 'Aito yellow nanohana eco project' in Aito-town, Shiga pref. [Japan]
2004
Nakajima, M. (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Senga, Y. | Hidaka, M. | Takimoto, H.
This paper focuses on the "collaboration" toward construction of resources recycling regional system in a rural area. The research field was "Aito Yellow Nanohana Eco Project", which is recycling system based on rape blossoms cultivation, in Aito-Town, Shiga Pref. Main findings include; 1 ) This regional system can be classified into nine sections; "rape blossoms cultivation", "rape blossoms harvest", "extraction of the rapeseed oil", "Manufacturing and sales of rapeseed oil", "use of the rapeseed oil", "collection of waist oil", "manufacturing and sales of soap", "refinement of bio diesel fuel (BDF)", and "use of BDF". 2 ) Environmental co-op and the town administration that played a main roles in the construction of the regional system. Besides these two subjects , the regional system consisted of the collaboration of 14 subjects such as the enterprise, the residents, elementary and junior high schools, and tourists. 3 ) The incentives of the main subjects in participating in the regional system is as follows; There is a tendency that the manager of rural-urban human interchange facility and the farmers expect economical merit. Agricultural machine manufacturer, agricultural cooperative association, and the trader of oil extracting worked as a volunteer in their routine work without expectation on their business. The eco-life (a lady's group of living improvement activities) and the residents worked intending water quality improvement of the lake-biwa. The tourists enjoyed as their leisure activities. The elementary and junior high school used the time as environmental education. 4 ) Environmental co-op and the town administration linked each subject with different incentives, and developed resources recycling regional system.
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