Study of resident's image for the river environment in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to determine an ideal form of resident-conducted river environment management. To this end, we conducted an investigation to identify fish that are indicator species of a healthy and diverse river environment, and also examined with a questionnaire to which degree local residents were aware of local fish species and of river environment management activities such as grass cutting and cleaning. Subsequent analysis of the actual state of the river environment and the awareness and intent of local residents indicated that while there was a big gap between residents' awareness of fish and the actual data, there was a clear tendency in activities to clean up the river environment among those residents who had a higher awareness of local fish species.