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vol.109 No.4 April 2024
Local people involved in infrastructure ─ A nostalgic future created by all of us ─
People take care of the community's infrastructure. In this feature, we focused on people proactively involved in local infrastructure to address issues in their communities and nurture local lifestyles through civil engineering works together with the background and thoughts they have in mind. Starting with an interview with the mayor of Hirata Village in Fukushima Prefecture, who initiated a collaborative village development program, this report introduces cases from five perspectives: aging and declining population, aging agricultural facilities, technological succession, increasingly severe disasters, and abandoned railway lines and roads. The report also presents initiatives to address generational succession of community activities. Finally, the report presents the value of residents' proactive involvement in local infrastructure and looks ahead to the future. We hope that by the time you have finished reading this report, you will be able to envision a bright future for your community through civil engineering.
