Issues and Prospects at Citizen-Participated Park Management of Arimafuji Park in Hyogo Prefecture

Abstract

The purpose of this study is demonstrating the issues and the prospects at citizen-participated park management of Arimafuji Park in Hyogo Prefecture. We grasped and analyzed the system of Arimafuji Park Management/Planning Council, the proceedings of Coordination Section for the management and the record of Dream Program Project as a self-planning/operating event by citizens' groups. The know-how and the issues about citizen-participated park management develop. About system like the council, it is effective that the project based on the proposal from the field is realized, and system has to be continued. About citizen-participated programs like Dream Program Project, it is effective that citizen-participated programs are continued as training talents. About coordinators, the other parks in Hyogo Prefecture must have coordinators, because they are very important for citizen-participated park management. We thought that the citizens' groups in Arimafuji Park couldnt manage the park. They need the motivation. So, for citizen-participated park management, they must manage parks cooperated with residents in each areas.