抄録
Rapid and continuous urbanization is inevitable in the very near future. This phenomenon is the cause of many problems that could adversely affect the quality of life (QOL) of urban area inhabitants. Urban green spaces could address these problems by providing various benefits, which are known as ecosystem services (ES). This research focuses on the ES-related QOL or E-QOL, which is defined as “the satisfaction with ES weighed by the scale of importance”. The Kanto region was chosen as the study site due to its importance to Japan economically and socially. Survey was conducted among students from three universities within Kanto region. Action Grid Analysis shows that the priority ES in the urban area are: air pollution control, greenhouse gas reduction, heat island mitigation, and water pollution control. The sources of these four ES as well as their quantity and quality should be improved to increase E-QOL. Simultaneous multiple regression result shows that importance of water pollution control and satisfaction with air pollution control could be used to predict the E-QOL. Other factors such as urbanization promotion area and land-use changes were used to differentiate the importance and satisfaction with each of the ES.
