Studies on the Analysis Methods in the Environment of Urban Green Spaces
This study has attempted to verify the methods of analyzing green space by selecting real space and by applying a new index to classify green space type according to the published results (Song, 1998).
Most of studies that have been done so far had biased points of views by focusing on the utilizing aspects of green space, by quantifying the surface amount of green space, and by lacking the distinction between bare space and green covered space. Thus, this study tried to establish a new index for green space by taking the presence or absence of green covered space and the characteristics of human utilization into consideration. The new index that classified green space into three categories such as green space for existence, green space for utility, and green space for both existence and utility was applied for analyses in combination with the ratio of green space, the ratio of green covered surface, and the amount of green volume. And it was verified as an useful index to understand the environment of green space.
The results showed that higher ratio of green space was not corresponding to higher ratio of green covered space for a given green space located at a primary school site. In addition, green space area and green covered area was not proportional with the amount of green volume. These results showed that green space panning should be combined with afforestation plan to secure more pleasant environment of green space. It was expected that these results would effectively contribute to the stereoscopic analysis in the environment of green space and the demand of requiring various green spaces in a limited land.