@article{oai:kagawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001979,
 author = {平, 篤志 and Taira, Atsushi},
 journal = {香川大学教育学部研究報告 第Ⅰ部, Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kagawa University. Part I},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This article aims to explain the socio‐economic characteristics and residential community structure in Miki‐cho (the town of Miki), located in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. Miki‐cho has both urban and rural characteristics due to its location adjoining the city of Takamatsu, the prefecture capital; and its topographical nature, that is, a plain in the north and a mountainous area in the south; the north area has become a mixed residential bloc, called ‘konju‐ka chitai’ in Japanese, inhabited by the original residents and new‐comers. Although the population of the town kept increasing until very recently along with expansion of the greater Takamatsu region, it is stagnant now. The aging of the population, as can be seen in Kagawa prefecture, is also seen in Miki‐cho., Along with the socio‐economic and demographic changes mentioned above, the activities of traditional residential association in the area represented by ‘jichikai’ are becoming inactive. One of the main reasons for that is the distancing of themselves from ‘jichikai’ by young and middle‐age residents, and the other reason is absence of cross‐boundary residential organizations called ‘rengo jichikai’ (the larger residential association organized by a couple of ‘jichikai’, usually based on a public elementary school district) in the town. On the other hand, public facilities such as ‘kominkan’ (community centers) and the like are well established, and many activities have been held in these facilities. Thus, it is possible to say that there exists a foundation of a new local community. At the same time, the local public schools, especially elementary schools, are trying to strengthen their ties with their local communities along with the development of the integrated subject at schools called ‘sogo gakushu’, and also as a measure to combat the rise of crimes against children. These public schools can also become the center of local community activities for their variety of facilities., Currently in Japan, the nuclear family dominates the number of houeholds both in urban and rural areas, and the aging of society is expanding rapidly. The central and local governments are struggling to privatize their functions and activities due to their shrinking budgets. This trend makes it necessary for residents themselves to build new local community frameworks. The questionnaire in this paper has revealed that the public elementary school district is desirable as a geographic unit for such new community buildings. Thus it is strongly recommended that Miki—cho invest in one.},
 pages = {95--113},
 title = {香川県三木町の社会経済的特徴と地域コミュニティの存立状態},
 volume = {127},
 year = {2007},
 yomi = {タイラ, アツシ}
}