The purpose of this study is to evaluate urban park and green spaces within the public service framework by identifying priority elements as defined by the residents. And, within the same framework of public services, define residents' priorities for building and maintaining urban parks and green spaces. This work enables us to find new implementation factors to increase resident's satisfaction of urban parks and green spaces.
This study surveyed 455 residents from 80dongs(neighborhoods), of 5 Gu(districts) districts in Daejeon.
The survey was conducted with a structurally organized questionnaire and objective materials. The data collected from participants of the survey were summarized as follows.
Among all categories, Daejeon residents prioritizes increased investment on "local economy", followed by social welfare, urban nature, culture and recreation, transportation and city planning, in order, In urban nature service category, residents' top priority was "air pollution control", to be followed by "water supply and drainage", "park building and maintenance", "waste disposal and recycling" and "improvement of 3 major rivers", in order. These results suggests that the demand by residents for urban nature spaces will improve as the local economy is improved.