One of the main subjects of open space planning is improvement of the open space system. It is important to develop a method which evaluates and plans the composition and location of village parks, to improve the open space system. It is desired for open space system deliberately.
However, it is impossible to apply directly the planning method of city park system (based on park size per head and population in usage area) for rural areas. In agricultural village, the distribution pattern of population is not homogeneous, and population density is low. If we apply directly the urbanmodel based on homogeneous distribution pattern of population, we may overestimate usage area when we take priority on securing park size. We underestimate the park size when we take priority on appropriateness of usage area.
In order to solve this subject, we developed a basic model of a park system (for composition and style), and proposed the method of location planning by the investigations of actual condition of village parks.