Consensus Building Process of Goal Image of the City in Historical City Area Noting Transformation of Resident's Opinion and Group : A Case of Revision of Planned Road in Murakami Cicy, Niigata Prefecture

Consensus building among residents for planned road and its method during the opinion adjustment stage is especially important, but can be difficult. In Murakami City, recently the consensus has advanced in the committee among residential representatives, but total consensus among all residents has not been reached. During our research, we found that the promoting factor is Niigata Prefecture declared that widening the road to 16 meters is difficult. In addition, other obstructing factors were that the width of the road was discussed from beginning to end and that there was no consensus building system as a whole for all of the residents. Therefore, the main problem is not being able to discuss the goal image of the city