Post-occupancy Evaluation for Activation of Ecological Playgrounds As time goes by, materials of playground have been changed. But, they are artificial like concrete rather than natural like harmony with animals and plants. Children using these kind... Post-occupancy Evaluation for Activation of Ecological Playgrounds As time goes by, materials of playground have been changed. But, they are artificial like concrete rather than natural like harmony with animals and plants. Children using these kinds of playgrounds have little influence on nature. Function of ecosystem cycle has also declined. These days, as interest and demands about ecosystem service and eco-welfare increase, Ministry of Environment is promoting to design ecological playgrounds, the means of expansion of ecological rest spaces. It was one of the agendas of the new government for health ensurance improvement in urbans from constructing happy life-culture spaces. Designing ecological playgrounds was started in 2014 (Ministry of Environment, 2014) and is planned to construct 100 ones by 2017. As this project is on the beginning level, however, detailed investigations of guidelines and post-occupancy evaluation from users are needed. Therefore, on this study, the ecological playgrounds were selected among the parks to date, actual ecological state analysis were conducted, and preference of users and degree of satisfaction were surveyed. Based on these, evaluation after use for future activation of ecological playgrounds, its improvement and development plans were suggested. The targeted places were divided into urban lifestyle type, closed to forest type, and waterfront type. The researches were done in Yangpyeong children ecological playground, Umyeonsan ecological playground, and Gulponuri ecological playground. As a result of status analysis by type, the ecological playgrounds were near natural ecological spaces and they had favorable conditions for designing ecological resource utilization programs. But, related programs were short, planting rate of native species compared to total species did not exceed maximum 45%. Distribution of educational guidance facilities compared to nature experience and play facilities by space was at least 62.5%. It was expected to have difficulty effective experience learning with using ecological resources. Based on the fact that the distribution ratio of rest facilities and rest spaces remained less than 3.4%, it was impossible to expect to satisfy various visiting purposes of users. The factors like ages, education, jobs, marital status, and parental status were surveyed. According to the result, the age that recorded the largest percentage of users was 40s. (31.0%) About 58.6% of users were the university graduates. More than 20% of housewives (23.4%) used the selected ecological playgrounds, compared to those who have any other jobs. 71% of users were married people. As the selected sites were eco friendly parks, 71.3% of users had children. 61.4% of users perceived the purpose of designing ecological playgrounds. But, users visited the selected sites once or twice per month. (35.2%) It was the most frequent visit. When users visited the selected sites, they mostly played with children (40.7%) or took a walk (34.5%). Balanced designing and expanding of spaces and facilities about exercises and rest were considered. As a result of analysing satisfaction and preferences on selected sites, users generally had higher average satisfaction on construction. By contrast, the satisfaction on rest facilities, including pergolas and benches, so complementarity of rest and community was required. In case of preference about additional programs at ecological playgrounds, the average preference of taste focused programs (0.6%) was the lowest. Hence, to boost participation and maximize effectiveness of ecological experience, designing and managing educational programs were considered, such as forest tour (17.2%), smelling flowers focused on olfactory sense (14.5%), and listening to sounds in forest focused on auditory sense (11.7%). In additional facilities preference, users most wanted to supplement and add play rides, pergolas and benches. Users wanted to expand exercise spaces and experience learning fields on a similar level at every single selected site. This study focused on state analysis of ecological playgrounds in the targeted places, satisfaction of users and preference survey. It could be used as basic data not only for designing and renovation of ecological playgrounds but also for settlement and activation of them. And the related programs should not be limited on children. With ecological resource utilization program plans considering communities, corporations, and environment, it would be able to contribute to bigger creation effects. Key words : ecosystem service, ecological well-fare, ecological sources, nature experience and ply, rest ‧ community characteristic ，韩语论文，韩语论文网站 |
