1989 年 8 巻 2 号 p. 36-45
The purpose of this reserch is to grasp the problems and service area of the rural park observed from use of children. For the purpose, we investigated in Hikata, Chiba prefecture. The results are summarized as follows;
The next five items are important matters on the problem of the rural park observed from use of children.
1. The problem of distance between children's dwelling place and the rural park.
2. The safety on the access against automotive traffic.
3. The problem on the change of topography.
4. The problem on the kind of play equipment.
5. The problem on the management.
In regard to the service area of the rural park, we grasped as follows, 1) the service area varies with age difference 2) the service area of the rural park is larger than the service area of children's playlot in urban area. (infants; about 300m. the lower grades of elementary school; approximately 400m, the higher grades elementary school; approximately 850m)