Umfang:
25 Seiten
ISBN:
978-3-86205-956-0
Inhalt:
Changing Rural Regions: A Comparative Study of Internal Migration and Its Role in Sustaining Rural Villages This study evaluates the possibility of sustaining a rural community through a migration inflow by analyzing whether there is a significant connection between a person’s intent to stay in their village and (1) their migration history and (2) their place of residence. Additionally, the possibility of considering children living near their hometowns as a potential resource for sustaining village life is evaluated. The analysis combines national migration statistics with the survey data (conducted in 2016 and 2017 using correlation analysis) from two small mountainous hamlets on Kyūshū Island, thereby giving an insight to overall population developments and verifying if migration can provide a solution to the hamlets‹ demographic problems. The results show that children living near their parents‹ home can help in sustaining village life for the time being. In the long term, return migrants and newly migrated people who show an intent to stay permanently could become a valuable resource for their village. However, their intent to stay varies between villages due to their local characteristics. Therefore, rather than determining a community’s sustainability using national statistical data, this study argues that it is of vital importance to assess the sustainability of rural villages individually, by analyzing their specific characteristics.
In:
Japan 2019, München : Iudicium, 2019, (2019), Seite 78-102, 978-3-86205-956-0
In:
year:2019
In:
pages:78-102
Sprache:
Deutsch
Schlagwort(e):
Japan
;
Ländliche Siedlung
;
Binnenwanderung
DOI:
10.48796/20230704-003
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0308-20230704-003-7
