Sport displacement and Municipal Gymnasium

Abstract

In addition to the private sports facilities, the public ones also constitute impor tant bases for local residents doing sport. The purpose of this study was to investigate the consciousness and situation of municipal Gymnasiums users and to examine their geographical situation, especially the relation between the residential distribution of the users and the Gymnasium types. From this study, the following results were obtained:1) "gNearness from residence" hwas most prioritized by the user of either types of municipal Gymnasium.2) From the viewpoint of the Gymnasium type, there seemed to be difference of the residential distribution between standard type Gymnasium users and multiple type Gymnasium users.3) The distance from residence to the used Gymnasium were within about 5km in standard type Gymnasium and within about 10km in multiple type Gymnasium which have certain valueadded facilities.4) Concerning standard type Gymnasium, existence of the river disturbed psychologically users' displacement, and the road arrangement also influenced on it. On the other hand, in the case of multiple type Gymnasium, geographical situation exert less influence on users' displacement and they gather users from almost whole the city.5) Multiple type Gymnasium users feel less further their actual moving distance than standard type Gymnasium users.