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Evaluation of Citizens' Perception on the Utilization of Children's Parks for the Elderly

고령층을 위한 어린이공원의 활용방안에 대한 시민의식평가

  • 이경복 (동국대학교 경주캠퍼스 조경학과) ;
  • 홍광표 (동국대학교 경주캠퍼스 조경학과) ;
  • 이혁재 (사단법인 한국정원디자인학회)
  • Received : 2020.10.17
  • Accepted : 2020.11.07
  • Published : 2020.11.30

Abstract

The children's park, which was created uniformly during the industrialization period, is less utilized and is mainly used by the elderly during the day. In addition, sports facilities and rest facilities for the elderly are being installed, damaging the essence of children's parks. The main purpose of this study was to present the creation of a children's park that was appropriate to its essence and the utilization plan for the elderly. In this study, we conduct a survey to identify citizens' perception of children's parks and found that the opinions of children and the elderly were generally different. Children want to change and enjoy various games, while older people want to enjoy various programs while maintaining the status quo. As above, children do not dislike using the park with the elderly, but hope to create a separate park if possible. Meanwhile, the elderly want to renovate the current children's park and continue to use it. Therefore, in the future, some areas of children's parks will be created for the elderly or the entire area will be changed into small parks for the elderly, considering the location characteristics and population distribution of children's parks. In addition, the government should prepare measures for the introduction of programs for the elderly or maintenance using the elderly.

산업화시기에 획일적으로 조성된 어린이공원은 활용도가 낮으며, 낮에는 주로 고령층이 사용하고 있다. 또한 이러한 고령층을 위한 운동시설이나 휴게시설이 설치되면서 어린이공원의 본질이 훼손되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 본질에 맞는 어린이 공원의 조성방안과 고령층을 위한 활용방안을 제시하는 것을 주 목적으로 하였다. 어린이공원에 대한 시민들의 의식을 파악하기 위하여 설문조사를 실시한 결과, 대체적으로 어린이들과 고령층의 의견이 서로 다르다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 어린이들은 변화를 원하고 다양한 놀이를 즐기고 싶어하는 반면, 고령층에서는 현상을 유지하면서 다양한 프로그램을 즐기고 싶어하는 것으로 나타났다. 상기와 같이 어린이들은 고령층과 공원을 같이 사용하는 거에 대하여 싫어하지는 않지만, 가능하다면 별도의 공원을 조성하기를 희망하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 고령층은 현재의 어린이공원을 개조하여 계속 사용하고 싶어하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 향후에는 어린이공원의 입지적 특성과 인구분포 등을 고려하여 일부 어린이공원의 일부 공간을 고령층을 위한 공간으로 조성하거나 전체를 고령층으로 위한 소공원으로 변경하는 방안이다. 그리고, 고령층을 위한 프로그램의 도입이나 고령층을 활용한 유지관리 방안도 마련하여야 한다.

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