Study on the Evaluation of the Plantation Located in the Large Park

Abstract

This study intends to obtain the knowledges regarding the planning and maintenance technique of the plantation in the large park based on clarifying the relationship between the physical conditions of the plantation and human responses (users' activity pattern, users'cognitive evaluation, users'feeling of satisfaction). On this standing point, it was proceeded analyses using the informations which were collected by interviews to users who were in the plantation at the large park of Osaka Prefecture.
Through this study, the following findings were obtained; 1) The density of tree mainly affected to the activity pattern and the feeling of release. 2) The height of herb mainly affected to the activity pattern, the feeling of favor and the feeling of satisfaction. 3) The coverage of tall tree and the height of tall tree mainly affected to the feeling of composure. 4) Generally the plantation was more highly valuated by older person than by younger person.