A STUDY ON THE DEMAND FOR URBAN FARMS BASED ON THE STATUS AND ATTITUDES OF RESIDENTS’ ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES

The purpose of this study was to conduct a quantitative analysis of people’s activities outside their homes and their awareness of urban farms, and to discuss the demand for and future issues related to urban farms. The research method was a web-based questionnaire survey targeting residents of Sumida-ku, Tokyo. The results of this study can be summarized into the following three main points: 1) clarification of the status of out-of-home activities based on respondents’ characteristics, 2) clarification of the demand for urban farms, and 3) clarification of the relationship between out-of-home activities and the intention to use urban farms.