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This study aims to analyze the current situation of and issues in the structure of urban neighborhood parks and park facility installation in cities in Gyeonggi-do. Then, based on its findings, plans to improve the space structure of the parks were examined and suggested to raise the city environment improvement function and green area base function of urban parks and fully satisfy users' needs for pleasant rest, recreation and cultural activities. The findings showed that, within parks, the area of grass where access was restricted reached about 24.4% in average. In other words, only 75.6% of total park area could be freely used by park visitors. A user behavior survey showed that only 11.9% of park visitors used grass space in average. As for facilities installed in a park, about 30 different facilities were set up in average, which was only 24% of 125 park facilities that are legally allowed in a park. As for an improvement plan, the grass area where access is limited may be converted into a grass area that can be freely used to raise the park use area, which currently stands only at 75.6%, to 100%. In addition, the current grass area can be reduced by 10~14% to expand forests and tree shade spaces or park facility spaces preferred by users. This would allow to secure additional 106.6 million ㎡ park area in 31 cities & counties in Gyeonggi-do. It also has an effect of newly creating 355.3 neighborhood parks within walking distance. It would have economic effects of reducing budget required for creating urban parks by KRW4.0504 trillion. This study also made some policy suggestions. urban parks must be a base of city green areas to counter climate changes. When developing a park creation plan, a user demand survey must be conducted in advance. In addition, grass construction methods should be improved to tolerate foot pressure.