Abstract
To understand the effects of activities on community parks' environmental value, we conducted a survey on residents' awareness of six parks in urban Tokyo; then, we constructed a user awareness model of community parks' environmental value by structural equation modeling (SEM) and assessed the value by psychological and economic indices. SEM revealed that community parks' environmental value is strongly affected by activities. A comparison of user clusters by activity suggested that diversification of activities enhances the parks' environmental value for users both psychologically and economically. This effect was found regardless of park size. We conclude that qualitative measures promoting the diversification of activities are effective in enhancing the parks' value.
