Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the conscious structure of the amenity of a local forest park at Sinji town in Shimane prefecture using AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method by a pair comparison questionnaire interview survey about the park visitors and park administers. The whole amenity of forest park is classified into 2 categories such as amenity from park forest itself and amenity from park facilities. The amenity from park forest itself is classified into 5 categories such as the sense of sight, the sense of taste, the sense of hearing, the sense of smell, the. sense of touch and the sense of taste. The amenity from park facilities are clasified into 4 categorilies; sports, accommodations, studying and observation. According to the results of the analysis for all samples, the ratio of the amenity from forest own was 73.6% and that from park facilities was 26.4%. The ratio of the amenity from five senses were as follows: sight 43.5%, taste 8.9%, smell 14.9%, touch 15.5% and taste 7.2%. These results can therefore furnish more effective information for the management or planning about the local forest parks.
