都市河川之河岸處理方式影響地方居民對河岸空間之使用，進而可能影響居民對都市河岸空間之情感。本研究以台中市梅川親水公園為例，探討親水公園對周圍居民而言所具之地方依附感、居民在公園內從事活動的經驗對親水公園地方依附感之影響、以及不同的河岸空間設計對居民地方依附感之影響。研究結果顯示居民對梅川親水公園之地方依附感包含地方依賴、地方認同及生活型態等三個構面。居民是否去過公園、重遊意願、停留時間、每月前往次數、前往時機、從事近水活動頻率、以及從事水岸活動頻率等使用經驗屬性會影響居民對親水公園之地方依附感。此外，居民對近水活動空間之依附感較對水岸活動空間之依附感顯著為高。研究結果說明了都市河岸的親水設計有助於居民對河岸空間之使用和情感的建立。

Space design of urban riverbank had potential influences on the uses and affective meanings of local residents toward the urban riverbank. The Mei-Chuan Water Park in Taichung City was an artificial waterfront. This study investigated residents’ place attachment toward Mei-Chuan Water Park, the relationship between park use experiences and place attachment, and residents’ place attachment toward two different types of riverbank, near-water space and by-water space. The results pointed out that residents’ attachment consists of three factors, including place dependence, place identidy, and lifestyle. The residents being the park, willing to revisit, staying longer, participating more in the near-water and by-water activities reported higher scores on the place attachment. In addition, the residents reported higher place attachment scores toward the near-water space than the by-water space. These results indicated the design of artificial waterfront had positive influences on the uses and affective meanings of residents toward the urban riverbanks.