Study on the Evaluation of the Open Space Located in the Large Park

Abstract

This study attempt to evaluate the recreational value of various open spaces (waterfront space, forest and free-play lawn) located in the large park based on clarifying the relationship between the physical conditions of these open spaces and human responses (users' activity pattern and users' cognitive evaluation). On this standing Point, it was proceeded analyses using the informations which were collected by interviews to users who were on these open spaces at the large park of Osaka Prefecture.
Through this study, the following findings were obtained; 1) The recreational values of waterfront space and free-play lawn are higher than those of forest. On this occasion, the waterfront space is used more statically and the wide and flat free-play lawn is used more dynamically. 2) In the forest, the recreational value is low but the feeling of release is high according to the type of the forest.