Approaches for Preserving Urban Rivers in Japan and China: A Comparative Study of Resident Participation Along the Kamo River and the Funan River

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In China, riverine ecosystems have been rapidly deteriorating for many years. In this study, the authors consider the Japanese model of overcoming public environmental problems and its potential application in China. The authors found resident awareness of river preservation along the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan was much higher than among residents along the Funan River in Chengdu, China. The Chinese residents did not fully understand their role in river preservation, yet expected improvements by the government, particularly the national government, which has greater awareness of environmental problems and greater power to fix them than the local governments. In order to achieve real success in preservation of the urban river environment in China, the cooperation and coordination between NGOs and government must rapidly be improved. In Japan, NGO activities are well coordinated with the government while in China NGOs are few in number, strongly controlled by the government, and lack fundamental ideological support. NGOs in Japan and China share the problem of lacking experienced leaders for activities such as raising funds necessary for continuing and enlarging the groups' activities. The authors conclude that resident participation is an essential prerequisite for preserving urban rivers.
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