美濃 伸之

areas and facilities use of mobility impaired people on takino suzuran hillside national park was discussed. Monitoring results of activity surveys for wheel chair users, powered wheel chair users, stick users and stroller users showed that powered wheel chair greatly contributed to improve accessibility of park facilities and programs. On the other hand, many facilities were still difficult for wheel chair user. These results were considered that various assistive technologies and management on walking distance would be effective tools for making accessible park.

GIS analysis applied to understand barrier-free environment at a regional scale. Significant regional inequalities in wheel-chair accessibilities and lack of linkage among the barrier infrastructures were identified through our analysis. Especially small-sized dairy facilities have tend to exclude from easy access areas. Poor accessibility to various facilities is the most serious barrier for segments of the disabled and aged population. Recent demographic trends in Japan make the accessibility improvement a compelling one. In the future regional planning, a holistic approach should be applied to accessibility inequalities, with the goal of reducing regional disparities in barrier free environment.

本研究では,兵庫県の多自然居住地域における市民農園の利用実態の把握を試みた。その結果,都市部の市民農園では,60代中心の世代による近距離・高頻度利用に偏り,その満足は農林業に関わるものから得られていた。それに対し,多自然居住地域のものでは,都市部に比べて利用者層がやや若く50代中心であり,より幅広い世代により多様な利用がなされ,その満足も農林業に関わるもののみならず,景観や地域交流から得られていることから明らかとなった。これらのことから,多自然居住地域における市民農園は,都市農村交流の核となる可能性を十分に有し,その媒介としては農林業や周辺環境に関するものが重要な役割を果たすと考察された。