Study of Civil Consciousness and Actual Condition under Landscape Agreements by inhabitant

Recently, the ordinance and the agreement to maintain a familiar landscape are made in many areas. The landscape act took effect in 2005, and the legal binding was brought by landscape ordinance etc. of each local government. On the other hand, there are many examples of the voluntary landscape agreement by inhabitants. This study aims to clear the landscape conservation and inhabitants’ consciousness at the district where a voluntary landscape agreement is concluded. The search ways are a hearing to the representative of the agreement. The hearing revealed the history and current state of the district agreement. In addition, this study was a questionnaire survey. This study selected a new shopping street and an old one. The questionnaire survey revealed the relationship between age and knowledge of the agreement. The voluntary agreement preserves a familiar landscape to some extent. But, there are not the continuing landscape preservation activities by inhabitants. In the future the idea should be to raise awareness of the landscape.