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The quality of public services is considered important in cities, as the citizens desire to enhance their quality of life. Urban parks, in particular, are at the center of attention as space for mitigating social alienation. In this stance, this study evaluated the usage range of urban neighborhood park in Seoul that the effective distance of urban neighborhood park is not specified by the law. Among the urban neighborhood parks in Seoul, the 55 parks without entry cost were chosen for the analysis. The chosen parks were categorized by conducting cluster analysis. As a result, 6 parks (Sunyudo, Yeouido, Hyochang, Seoul Forest, Citizen's Forest and Ohdong Park) were selected as the targets of the analysis. Park visitors were surveyed to collect their travel distance to the park as well as their personal attributes. Resultingly, the 6 target parks could be divided into 3 groups: parks with relatively smaller usage range (group 1), parks with relatively greater usage range (group 3) and parks with medium usage range (group 2). Considering parks with varied characteristics, as a single category could seem problematic, some change in the classification of urban neighborhood parks might be required. |