Public parks as representative of urban green areas have played an excellent role to
against degradation of urban environment while keeping the rapid pace of urban growth.
Development, maintenance and preservation of the quality of public park service, however,
are tough issues faced by many city governments and communities. An approach to valuate
public park services is necessary well established to identify users’ benefit through travel cost
method together with total expense. This approach highlights the dominant functions of
public parks from users’ point of view. A case study was done to investigate recreation
behavior of park users in Saga city, Japan. Furthermore, the result showed a useful issue that
plays a significant role in generating valuable economic information for local government
policymakers to place suitable management plans in maintaining quality of public park
service in association with the preference of community to achieve the goal of livable city.