Modeling public conflicts over infrastructure renewal using a Japanese case study

In conflicts over large-scale infrastructure projects, public opinion may influence the preference structure of the players as they communicate with the general public who are considered to be outside of the game. We deal with the particular kind of conflict which allows for players´ communication with the outside public which we shall call the public-open conflict. The major objective is to illustrate an example of a public-open conflict in an infrastructure project, by systematically examining a Japanese case study called the conflict over the Daiju-zeki (Daiju-weir) renewal project on the Yoshino River, Japan