Park Classification and City Parks
Updated: November 22, 2021
Classification of parks
What is generally called a ``park'' is broadly divided into a public park and a regional park. Structured parks are represented by city parks based on the City Park Law. A public park is a commercial property that the national government or a local government acquires title to land within a certain area, creates a form of park according to the purpose, and opens it to the public. Regional parks are represented by natural parks based on the Natural Park Law. Regardless of the title of the land within a certain area, the national or local government designates the area as a park, mainly for the purpose of conserving the natural landscape by restricting land use and prohibiting or restricting certain activities. is.
The table below shows the classification of "parks".
Role of city parks
In addition to being recreational spaces for people, urban parks provide a variety of functions such as creating good urban landscapes, improving the urban environment, improving urban disaster prevention, preserving biodiversity, and spaces for interaction that contribute to the creation of rich communities. It is a fundamental facility of a city with functions.
Types of city parks
City parks come in various sizes and types, from those for the use of residents to those for wide-area use. They are categorized according to their functions, purposes, usage targets, etc., as shown in the table below.
| kinds | kinds | content |
| Residential Ward Key Park | block park | The park is mainly intended for use by residents of the city block, and the standard area for each location is 0.25 hectares within the attraction distance of 250 meters. |
| neighborhood park | A park intended mainly for the use of those who live in the neighborhood, and one location per neighborhood residential area will be allocated within a distance of 500 meters, with an area of 2 hectares per location as a standard. | |
| district park | The park is mainly intended for use by those who live within walking distance, and the standard area is 4 hectares per location within the range of 1 kilometer of attraction distance. | |
| Specified district park | Parks (country parks) intended to improve the living environment in certain towns and villages outside of city planning areas, with an area of 4 hectares or more per location as standard. | |
| urban park | multi-purpose park | The purpose of this park is to serve as a comprehensive facility for general urban residents to use for resting, viewing, walking, playing, and exercising. The standard size of each park is 10 to 50 hectares depending on the size of the city. |
| sports park | Parks are intended to be used primarily for exercise by all urban residents, with a standard layout of 15 hectares to 75 hectares per location depending on the scale of the city. | |
| large park | Regional park | The purpose of this park is mainly to satisfy wide-area recreation demand beyond the boundaries of a single municipality, and a standard area of 50 hectares or more per location is laid out for each wide-area block unit, such as a rural living area. |
| recreation city | Large-scale parks, mainly in areas with good natural environments, based on comprehensive city planning, with the aim of satisfying diverse and selective wide-area recreational demands arising from large cities and other metropolitan areas. It is a group of areas where various recreational facilities are located around the center, and the total scale is 1,000 hectares as a standard, located in a place that can be easily reached from the metropolitan area and other urban areas. | |
| national park | In the case of large-scale parks established by the national government mainly for the purpose of providing them for wide-area use beyond the boundaries of a single prefecture, the standard layout shall be approximately 300 hectares or more per site. If it is set up as a national commemorative project, etc., it should be set up so that it has contents suitable for the purpose of its establishment. | |
| Buffer green space, etc. | special park | Special parks, such as scenic parks, zoological and botanical parks, historical parks, and graveyards, are arranged according to their purpose. |
| green buffer | A green area intended to prevent or mitigate pollution such as air pollution, noise, vibration, and offensive odors, or to prevent disasters in complex areas, etc., and separate and block areas where pollution and disasters occur from residential areas, commercial areas, etc. Positions where necessary will be placed according to pollution and disaster conditions. | |
| urban green space | It is a green area established mainly to preserve and improve the natural environment of the city and to improve the urban landscape. However, if there is a good forest area in an existing urban area, etc., or if a green area is to be established to improve the urban environment by increasing or restoring greenery in the city by planting trees, the scale shall be 0.05 hectares or more. (Including those developed on leased land and placed as city parks without city planning decisions) | |
| green road | Tree planting zones and pedestrian paths established to connect neighboring residential areas or neighboring residential areas for the purpose of securing evacuation routes in the event of a disaster and ensuring the safety and comfort of urban life in urban areas. Alternatively, a green space mainly consisting of bicycle paths, with a standard width of 10 to 20 meters, should be laid out so as to connect parks, schools, shopping centers, station squares, etc. to each other. | |
| urban forest | Due consideration should be given to protecting, conserving, and restoring the natural environment of large areas of woodland, etc. in urban areas and their surroundings, and use for nature observation, walking, etc., as necessary. arranging facilities for | |
| square park | In areas where land is used for commercial and business purposes in the center of the city, rest facilities for facility users to rest and landscape facilities that contribute to the improvement of the urban landscape will be mainly arranged. | |
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