This study aims to examine what factors park users value in urban parks and to find ways to elevate user satisfaction for the creation and usage of an urban park. To achieve this, the study relied on two methods: the descriptive method of researching publications and related scholastic writings, and the empirical study method including a survey of present condition and interviews with users. The result shows that the "sense of nature" is more important than “functional facilities” in urban natural parks and "management part like safety and cleanliness of park" is more important than "utilizing facilities" in urban neighborhood parks. Generally, the importance rating of urban parks visitors felt in them were higher than the satisfaction rating, in terms of living surroundings. Factor analysis resulted in six factors in a natural park and in eight factors in a neighborhood park. Regression analysis in a natural and a neighborhood park showed a positively correlated factor: benefits sought, suggesting that people recognize the importance of urban parks through the benefits they gain in them and the satisfaction they find in urban parks depends on utilizing facilities. Therefore, in urban natural parks, people will find greater satisfaction through pursuit of the benefits they are seeking; improvements to park facilities should address the benefits that park users are seeking.

This study aims to examine what factors park users value in urban neighborhood parks in terms of usage value and to find ways to elevate the user satisfaction for the usage and creation of an urban neighborhood park. To achieve this, the study relied on the descriptive method researching publications and related scholastic writings and the empirical study method including present condition survey and user interviews. As a result, first, item of "cleanliness" is the most important item and management of facility, safety, and lighting facility are important factors. Cultural facilities, recreation facilities, and play facilities were of lower orders of the importance. It means that "management part like safety and cleanliness of park" is more important than "utilizing facilities" in urban neighborhood parks. Second, the evaluation of importance and satisfaction on urban neighborhood parks showed 5.82, 3.96 each on mean, in terms of living surroundings. The importance is higher than the satisfaction. Third, the factor analysis resulted in five factors: benefit sought, management, convenience, facilities for use, and pleasant use. Fourth, correlation and regression analysis showed that park management and benefit-sought have an effect on the importance of urban neighborhood parks. Therefore, in urban neighborhood parks, people will expect more satisfaction when maximizing benefit pursuing in urban parks and improving park facilities by benefit sought of park users.