A COMPARISON STUDY ON USERS' CHARACTERISTICS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES BETWEEN A PARK WITH RESERVOIR AND ANOTHER WITHOUT RESERVOIR: CHARACTERISTICS OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT RESERVOIR'S WATERFRONT AREA

摘要

Reservoirs are artificial lakes built as agricultural facilities, and play a significant role as urban resources. A comparison study through observation and questionnaire survey between a park with reservoir and another without reservoir was conducted to examine the characteristics of recreational activities at reservoir's waterfront area. In a park with reservoir, passive recreational, active recreational and walking were observed at waterfront area, which includes the walking path and the bank. Walking was the dominant recreational activity in this area and the majority of this recreational activity was daily or weekly - elderly users. Users that came to walk in a park with reservoir were more and stayed longer than in a park without reservoir due to opportunities for enjoying the aesthetical quality that the reservoir and the environment provide.%ため池は潅漑用に築造された農業用施設である。都市化に伴い、多くのため池は潅漑用水としての利水機能を失いつつある。しかし、利水機能だけでなく治水機能、オープンスペース機能、余暇のための空間提供機能、動植物生息機能など多面的な機能をもっており、都市環境の質的向上に資する可能性をもっている。