Analysis of Seasonal Differences of Children’s Urban Park Usage in Snow Cold District

Abstract

This paper aimed at clarifying the current circumstances and seasonal differences of children’s outdoor plays, and analyzing the factors that affect their behaviors in snow cold district. As a result of questionnaire survey, 1,390 children responded effective answers, and following points were made clear: 1. Frequency and travel time from their own home to children’s outdoor playground both felled-off in winter period, 2. Open spaces located close to children’s own home were more frequently used as their playground in winter, 3. Parents’ opinions about their children’s outdoor play in winter affected the frequency of children’s outdoor plays, 4. Changing patterns of children’s urban park uses between summer and winter were not changed in a single uniform way, but changed into three typical types, such as Type I: use decreased in winter period, Type II: continually used through a whole year, and Type III: use increased in winter period.