Analysis of People's Feeling About Open Spaces in Sapporo (II)

The Relationship Between People's Content and Open-space Indices

Abstract

The present study intends to clarify the relationship between people's content and open-space indices by means of the statistical analysis on the data of Sapporo open-space survey in 1969.
The author tried the quantification analysis proposed by Dr. Hayashi and regression analysis and could point out some results, 4 of which are as follows;
1) The area where they live gives the greatest influence on people's contentment with open spaces.
2) The living areas have been chosen on the basis of environment including open spaces, it is easily suggested that the relationship between people's content and open spaces should be close and direct.
3) Furthermore, the result of multiple regression analysis carried out between open-space indices and percentage of contented people shows the importance of the existing of tree-covered spaces.
4) People with great interests in open spaces are always more sensitive to the green than the others without interest.