Study on the Effect of Adjustment for Riverfront Space

Abstract

In recent years, rivefront space have come to be viewed as a precious amenity. Adjusting a high-quality riverfront space is considered to be part of developing a highquality living environment.
This study intends to clarify the effect of adjustment of riverfront space, based on comparing human behavioral responses (activity pattern, recognitive evaluation) to adjusted riverfront space (Ashiya River) with those to unadjusted riverfront space (Miya River).
Viewing from distance dimension, analyses were proceeded using the informations which were collected by questionnaire to households who lived nearby Ashiya River and Miya River.
Through this study, the following findings were obtained; 1) The utilization values were elevated by adjusting a high-quality riverfront space and these values extended regional area. 2) The existing values were also elevated by adjusting a high-quality riverfront space and these values extended within 250m area.