no13-19

[14] A Study on Relations among Residents-Participatory Road Maintenance Activities and Other Community Activities

- A Case Study on 'Kitakyushu-City Road Supporters Program'

○Masamichi Monji², Rui Morimoto¹, Satoko Cho³, Tetsunobu Yoshitake¹ (1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2. Fukuyama Consultants CO. LTD, 3. Nishinippon Institute of Technology)

Keywords:Kitakyushu, Road maintenance, Adopt program, Community activities, Residents' network

This paper focuses on various effects of residents-participatory road maintenance activities. A case study was conducted over 'Kitakyushu Road Supporters Program' which applies so-called adopt program system. Based on an interview survey over 14 leaders of the registered road support groups, properties of their prescribed road maintenance activities and unprescribed various community activities, and the relations among those activities were analyzed. This paper finally found that 1) the program actually supports the various unprescribed community activities as well as prescribed road maintenance activities, 2) the program also strengthen residents-network and cooperation with various administrative organizations, and 3) those activities are limited within those community areas of respective support groups.