Relation between users' activity in urban green space and social states of neighborhood residents based on an online questionnaire survey: A case study in the Koto ward, Tokyo

Abstract

An online questionnaire survey was conducted for neighborhood residents in the Koto ward, Tokyo for investigating the association between the use of urban green spaces and socioeconomic status. The results of factor analysis indicated that the two factors demonstrated “complacence” and “deprivation.” The results of the chi-square test indicated that residents with a good socioeconomic status use urban green spaces more frequently. Further, some activities in urban green spaces were associated with complacence and deprivation of the residents. Therefore, our results reveal that the use of urban green spaces is associated with the socioeconomic status.