A Consideration of the “Shrinking Strategy with Dignity” model in Depopulated Districts within Regions : A case study of the Akamatsu District, Kamigori-town, Hyogo Prefecture

チイキナイ　カソチ　カラ　カンガエル　ソンゲン　アル　シュクタイ　ヒョウゴケン　カミゴオリチョウ　アカマツ　チク　ヲ　ジレイ　ニ

イシヅカ, ユウコ

Ishizuka, Yuko

サイガイ　ト　キョウセイ　ケンキュウカイ

地域内過疎地

尊厳

つながり

Shrinking

Depopulated district within the region

Dignity

Association

In this paper, regional promotion and depopulated district policies in Japan were organized, to enable an understanding of the issues of recent regional revitalization. As a result, the following problems were identified. The regional revitalization policies fail to make use of the spontaneous community development that has accumulated, and t revitalization has been superseded by the problem of population decline. These revitalization policies are unlikely to result in a process for rebuilding communities. I focused on the existence of “depopulated districts within regions” between depopulated areas and urban areas and considered the characteristics and issues of those areas through a case study of Akamatsu district, Kamigori-town, Hyogo Prefecture.I suggest that " depopulated districts within regions" have the potential for consider the "shrinking strategy with dignity" model. The shrinking strategy with dignity model requires a balance between the reductions like space and the process of community activities. Finally, during conversations with residents, it was found that residents need an effective tool to implement the "shrinking strategy with dignity" model.