日本社會長期存在被歧視的部落地區(又稱同和地區），本文從日本部落的歴史脈絡開始、 回顧日本部落解放、環境改善等相關事業、乃至於部落的公營住宅建設。並以淺香町的案 例，透過實際前往調査與訪談，了解過去受到歧視的淺香町，如何透過基礎居住環境改善、 多元公共服務設施的提供等硬體設施的整備，由部落解放同盟淺香支部及在地居民一同，配 合軟體性的參與式社區營造，打造現今以人爲本、優良居住品質的淺香町。

Outcast districts (also called Buraku or Dowa districts) have long existed in Japanese society. This study starts by reviewing the historical background of outcast districts and the Buraku liberation movement, and some related environmental improvement projects, as well as public housing projects. Looking at the case of Asaka-Cho, Osaka, fieldwork and interviews conducted in this district clarify how a district that had faced discrimination could realize the construction of a human-rights-based and high-quality-of-life community both in terms of hardware, namely environmental construction (such as environmental improvement projects and diversified public facilities), and in terms of software, namely strategy (such as public participation in community empowerment, as motivated by the Asaka Branch of the Buraku Liberation League and participated in by the inhabitants of the community.