A STUDY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER-FAMILIAR ACTIVITIES WITH REFERENCE TO PERCEPTION AND BEHAVIOR OF THE RESIDENTS RELATED WITH URBANIZATION : A study on the characteristics of water-familiarization Part 1

Abstract

The objective of this study is to understand the background of water related activities, which we consider as a "Water-familiar Activities". Investigations by questionnaire method were conducted on how people evaluates their living environments and how frequently those people go recreation activities. The results of the research revealed that as the urbanization is going on, the less satisfaction to residential environments and the more disperse in the activities were observed. Furthermore, it is considered that the frequency of water related human activities increase not only by urbanization but also by the accessibility to waterfront area and the environments of there.