MIYAKE Yasunari, SATOH Yohei
Transactions of The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering, 1995(176) 121-129,a1, 1995 Peer-reviewed
In recent years, there has been extremely high demand among urban residents for allotments as precious spaces for experiencing gardening and reaching out to the natural world. As a result, there has been rapid growth in the number of such facilities. However, a major concern at present is that we still have no clear understanding of how users evaluate these allotments. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify attitudes of users through written surveys handed out to users of 8 allotments in southern Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan.<BR>The results of the analysis can be summarized as follows:<BR>1) The overall evaluation was very favorable, as roughly 40% of users were satisfied with the allotments, while only about 20% were not.<BR>2) The evaluations of users were closely related to the way they used the allotments.<BR>3) Major survey items affecting overall user evaluations were “a place to spend a lot of time”, “distance to the allotment” and “contract period”<BR>The above analysis indicated that, in the development and improvement of allotments, there is a need to consider various points to construct facilities for rest and relaxation, to guarantee the stable, continuous use of the allotments and to reconsider ways that these allotments are arranged or designed regarding lot size.