The difference between the use of block parks and open space utilizing unused land in the suburbs of the Tokyo metropolitan area

Abstract

In this study, the survey of actual utilization was carried out for block parks and "children's playground" which is unused land utilization type open space (The following is an unused land utilization OS.) in Nishimabashi district of Matsudo City. Based on the result, the difference between the utilization of block park and "playground for children" was grasped. After that ideal way and problem of the improvement of block parks and an unused land utilization OS were examined. ​The findings obtained in this study are as follows. (1) It is necessary to revitalize the use of open space in the city requires the creation of rules that allow for uses that are not possible in block parks in an unused land utilization OS. (2) It is necessary to develop an unused land utilization OS to accommodate the needs of ball games, which are lacking in block parks like grounds, and to create rules. (3) It is necessary to examine countermeasures such as securing new unused land after the loss of an unused land utilization OS developed in private land and opening school grounds.