ソーシャル・キャピタルからみた八王子市長房緑地における参加型緑地管理活動の分析

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Today, in Japan, the economical value of forest is degraded because of its lack of benefit ; thus it is required to focus on multifunctionality of forest and to rebuild its values so that as many as people can recognize the importance of forest management. The government is promoting green volunteer activities in order to broaden the knowledge of forest management. However, there is not a specific policy yet how to sustain these voluntary activities. Applying the social capital (SC) concept, this study aims to investigate the potential value of the voluntary green activities as well as the underlying aspect which is related to its sustainability. SC, the concept which has gained relevance since the nineties in many different spheres, is expected to create and promote the mutually beneficial collective action. This study develops the SC verification matrix which helps to classify and to verify six type of SC. The matrix applied to analyze a case study of a NPO which regularly conduct the green activities in the green conservation area in Hachioji, Tokyo. As a result, it is revealed that the green volunteer activity contributed to SC creation and stock, which has positive effects on members motivation as well as on knowledge sharing.