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A Comparative Study on the Usage Behavior and Perception of Horticulturalists and Simple Users for Urban Community Gardens

원예 활동가와 이용자의 도시 커뮤니티가든 이용행태와 인식 비교

  • 이성빈 (단국대학교 환경자원경제학과) ;
  • 양성범 (단국대학교 환경자원경제학과) ;
  • 최정민 (건국대학교 건축대학 건축학과) ;
  • 이춘수 (순천대학교 농업경제학과)
  • Received : 2019.10.27
  • Accepted : 2019.11.22
  • Published : 2019.11.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the usage behavior and the perception of horticulturalists (horticultural activists) and simple users for urban community gardens. To this end, we surveyed 100 horticulturalists and 213 simple users. Questions in the survey are divided into five categories: 1) usage behavior of community gardens, 2) perception on the benefits of community gardens, 3) perception on the pros and cons of setting up community gardens, 4) willingness to pay for community gardens, 5) importance of specific benefits provided by community gardens. According to the survey, 95.0 percent of horticulturalists and 93.4 percent of simple users supported setting up community gardens. 58.0 percent of horticulturalists and 60.6 percent of simple users were willing to pay their residence tax for community gardens. And the annual membership fee plus resident tax of horticulturalists is 460,455 KW per person, which is 80.6 times more than willingness to pay of simple users. The results of this study can be used as basis data for valuing community gardens.

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