چکیده:
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for various
elements of urban parks in order to provide some important suggestions for rehabilitation of urban deficient parks. In this regard, this study has conducted a survey in one of the oldest parks in Khorramabad, Iran, to reveal the overall satisfaction of the park situation and to explore the preferences of users regarding the characteristics of appropriate hard and soft landscape elements of the park. This paper uses five independent combined analyses covering elements of the urban park, including locational, functional, physical, visual and the vegetation characteristics in order to provide the most preferable elements for rehabilitation of this park. For finding significant results, questionnaires are distributed among 100 park users during spring 2014. Findings of the research show general dissatisfaction regarding the existing condition of the park and provide some key points that can be helpful for improvement of the quality of the park based on visitors' ideas.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Providing Empirical Suggestions for Rehabilitation of Deficient Urban Parks Based upon Users' Preferences 1* Mohsen Goodarzi, 2Nafiseh Haghtalab 1Faculty Member, Department of Landscape Design, Malayer University, Iran 2Ph. D.
This paper uses five independent combined analyses covering elements of the urban park, including locational, functional, physical, visual and the vegetation characteristics in order to provide the most preferable elements for rehabilitation of this park.
The construction of public green space in the area of rapid urbanization needs the combined effort from city planners and architects, local authorities, and all kinds of local habitants (Chiesura, 2004; Zhou & Wang, 2011).
Due to the special situation of Moallem Park and because of different approaches regarding green spaces in Iran, this paper defines elements of the urban park in five aspects: locational, functional, physical, visual and vegetation characteristics.
MATERIALS AND METHODS The main purpose of this study is to examine the desirability of Moallem Park, social functions, assessing of people satisfaction, and providing rehabilitation points for Moallem Park based on user preferences.
Five categories of analysis Category Content Factors Locational Characteristics Size and location Distance (from home) Position of the park spaces Functional Characteristics structure Area of the park open spaces Capacity Activity of spaces in the park Physical Characteristics Facility & Security Chairs Parking lot Lights Fencing Paving Entrances Main material vegetation Characteristics Plants plant type Plant's leaf type Visual Characteristics Aesthetics colors views we find users' priorities among four types of plants such as trees, shrubs, hedges, and groundcovers to be used more than other types.