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KMID : 1024520060150121163
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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2006 Volume.15 No. 12 p.1163 ~ p.1170
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An Comparison to the Importance Evaluation of an Urban Natural Parks and Neighborhood Parks
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Shim Joon-Young
Lee Jong-Sung
Lee Shi-Young
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine what factors park users value in urban parks and to find ways to elevate user satisfaction for the creation and usage of an urban park. To achieve this, the study relied on two methods: the descriptive method of researching publications and related scholastic writings, and the empirical study method including a survey of present condition and interviews with users. The result shows that the ’sense of nature’ is more important than ’functional facilities’ in urban natural parks and ’management part like safety and cleanliness of park’ is more important than ’utilizing facilities’ in urban neighborhood parts. Generally, the importance rating of urban parks visitors felt in them were higher than the satisfaction rating, in terms of living surroundings. Factor analysis resulted in six factors in a natural park and in eight factors in a neighborhood park. Regression analysis in a natural and a neighborhood park showed a positively correlated factor: benefits sought, suggesting that people recognize the importance of urban parks through the benefits they gain in them and the satisfaction they find in urban parks depends on utilizing facilities. Therefore, in urban natural parks, people will find greater satisfaction through pursuit of the benefits they are seeking; improvements to park facilities should address the benefits that park users are seeking.
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KEYWORD
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Urban park, Satisfaction, Importance evaluation, Park comparison
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