Function and Form of Village Parks

An analysis based on questionnaire survey of the model project districts (IV)

Abstract

We carried out a questionnaire survey to municipal officers of the Integrated Rural Development Model Project districts to grasp actual conditions of development and use of village parks as a basic investigation to develop planning method for village parks.
In this report, we will discusse the function and form of the ideal village park. We obtained the following results about characteristic tendency:
(1) The desired functions of parks are tending to diversify from specialization ininfantile and juvenail play.
(2) Desires towards park form and green style are changing, and desires for sportsfunctions as well lawn areas and tree shade was also strong.
(3) There are many districts that desiring regional parks such as the multipurposespace and comprehensive park.
(4) Desires towards park form closely approximated study results for city parks inmany ways.