Users’ Preferences Of Usability Of Urban Parks In Tabriz, Iran
Nowadays, urban parks are considered one of the most important and essential parts of urban fabrics. Parks introduce multiple opportunities for users including, active and passive recreation, social communication, and conservation of nature environments. It is important that parks design meets re...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11962/1/FRSB_2009_6_A.pdf |
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| Summary: | Nowadays, urban parks are considered one of the most important and essential parts
of urban fabrics. Parks introduce multiple opportunities for users including, active
and passive recreation, social communication, and conservation of nature
environments. It is important that parks design meets residents’ needs and demands.
In many cases, urban parks are designed based on designers’ insights and knowledge,
and most of the time the design doesn’t meet the users’ needs; the ultimate result
being low, or no, use of urban parks. Urban parks in Tabriz, Iran, experience this
problem probably due to wrong speculation of users’ motivation for park use and
preferred activities there in. This research aims at understanding users’ motivations
behind visiting parks and their preferred activities in urban parks at Tabriz, Iran. A
survey study was deemed appropriate for answering the research questions and
meeting its objectives. The survey instrument was designed to have both open and
close-ended questions about how people go to parks, motives for visiting parks, and
their preferred park’s activities. The survey questionnaire was conducted via
randomly sampling method among 208 of the parks’ users in Tabriz.Two local parks; El Goli and Big Park, were selected for this study. The results
indicate that nature in the park is the most important motive for people to visit the
parks in Tabriz. Socialization with family and passive recreation were found to be the
most preferred visitor activities. In addition, the participants highlighted that safety of
El Goli Park’s environment and maintenance of Big Park need to be improved. This
research unfolds user’s insights and opinions about pattern, orientation, and
tendencies of park use in Tabriz. It is highly recommended that future research be
conducted to explore other segment of society such as teenagers’ motives and
preferences for park activities and visitation. It is also essential that the future designs
of parks in Tabriz put the findings of this study into practice. |
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