People's Intention Concerning with “Green in the Open Space” in the Public Opinion Censuses

Abstract

For thinking about the problem of “green in the open space” and operating the policy regarded as “green in the open space”, it is essential to comprehend people's intention concerning with “green in the open space” and its trend.
In this paper, the panelists' attributes and question categories were classified and the changes of intention were analyzed with multi-dimensional scaling analysis (MDS) by using the data of public opinion censuses on “green in the open space” and landscape planting taken by Prime minister's Office in 1981, 1983 and 1991.
The results obtained from this study are that people's recognition of “green in the open space” depends on their living place and age and that the trend of urbanization effects on people's intention.