Research Committee on Marine Environment of Coastal Area has been carrying out research works on environments in the Southern area of Sumoto City located in the Southern mouth of Osaka Bay with the cooperation of people living in the area. Natural environment of land and sea ecosystem, social, cultural and economical environment of the community as well as the human life-style and their activities has been investigated by means of measurements, questionnaire survey, public hearing and publications.
The research works are still continuing after two years from the beginning, results obtained through the research has made it possible to state that the Southern area of Sumoto City still keeps good environmental situation, though there are many environmental problems in their life-style, daily activities, and so on.
In this paper, the authors will present the outline of the research works carried out there, some typical results of environment and an idea to establish the environmental management system to be applied the area.
Key words: environmental management system, Sumoto-City, Osaka Bay, natural environment, social, cultural and economical environment