The Correlation between Spatial Characteristics and Utilization of City Parks

Abstract

In the contemporary city, the importance of urban green space is consistently increasing and there are increasing needs to comprehend the present condition of urban parks and prepare the suitable provision policy of green environment based on some standards. Several researchers have measured the supply propriety of urban parks and identified some relationship between urban park users’ satisfaction and internal facilities. However, most existing studies have considered only the spatial propriety or internal facility status as their measurement yardsticks to calculate the quantitative adequacy or satisfaction of park use, and not diverse criteria. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to find out main factors affecting the usage of urban parks by considering more diverse variables through statistical analysis. As a result of the factor analysis and multiple regression analysis shows that internal facility factor and accessibility factor have some significant effects on the number of annual visitors. This implies that the well-constructed park facilities with decent quality, high accessibility and the precision of spatial recognition affect the use degree in addition to the quantitative elements and surrounding environment. However, in this study, the current problem of city parks simply supplied and planned according to population and administrative districts has been comprehended. The factors such as internal factors, relationships among the surrounding spaces and appropriate selection of location in addition to the quantitative area when planning and providing urban parks have been considered. Hence, the result of this study would be used as the policy data for the park management and provision in future.