Forests | |
Factors Influencing Visitors to Suburban Open Space Areas near a Northern Japanese City | |
Tetsuya Aikoh1  Reina Abe1  Ryo Kohsaka3  Mari Iwata2  | |
[1] Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9 Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan;Environment & Energy Research Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., 2-10-3, Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8141, Japan;Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-cho, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan; | |
关键词: number of visitors; multiple regression analysis; suburban park; weather condition; weather forecast; | |
DOI : 10.3390/f3020155 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Visitor information often serves as the basis for the management plan of parks. However, there exist few scientific and fundamental surveys for parks and open spaces in Japan. We analyzed the correlation between the number of visitors and the various factors in a suburban open space in a northern Japanese city, Takino Park. To explain the fluctuations in the number of visitors in Takino Park, multiple regression analyses with the stepwise method were conducted. The analyses employed social factors and meteorological factors, such as the day of the week, school vacations, temperature and the weather. The results show that the most influential factor is the day of the week,
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