Trends and Sustainability of Community Development Activities From the Standpoint of Characteristics of Activity Content and Consciousness of Activity Organization Carried Out by Npo in Chiba

Abstract

A study on relationship and sustainability of region-based community development activities Koki KITANO and Risa NODA This study focuses on the region-based community development in order to gain knowledge about the sustainability of community development activities based on the mutual relationships among people, activities, places, and time. This paper summarizes general trends in activities carried out by NPOs in Chiba prefecture and identifies the characteristics of the community development activities. This paper also examines the sustainability of the community development activities from the perspective of the consciousness of the activity organizations (operators) that play a central role in the community development activities.