Measuring Public Satisfaction on Urban Parks (A Case Study: Sari City)

Abstract

Planning, designing, and management of public parks are important issues since these parks are one of the main spaces of urban life, especially with the rapid population growth in recent years. This research investigates public preferences regarding urban parks to evaluate the preferences in order to achieve appropriate standards for designing and running urban parks.This article is descriptive-analysis on the applied research. A survey method is used to collect required information. The research was conducted on 384 people in Sari city by using simple random sampling. The results are tested by binomial test with help of a statistic program.The results suggest that increasing public satisfaction for urban parks depends on the following measurements: establishing appropriate landscape, forming physical and financial security, giving attention to different age groups and their needs in Designing Park. The study concludes by providing some solutions and recommendations.

Challenges in Implementing Green Urban Space: From the Lens of Private Developers

“…References Increase in Urbanization Rate (Wen & Ren, 2017;Chen, 2015;Yang, Long & Sun, 2015;Maryanti et al, 2017). The satisfaction of The Public (Rouhi, Monfared & Forsat, 2017;Bazzi & Mirshekari, 2016) Accessibility (Jang, An, Yi & Lee, 2017;Rigolon, 2016 (Mell, 2018;Jerome, Mell & Shaw, 2017;Meerow & Newell, 2017) The growing urban population demanded basic infrastructure, which necessitated the acquisition of new residential areas either within the central business district or in the suburbs (Wen & Ren, 2017). Because of recent increases in market demand, there has been a clear trend to prioritise infrastructure construction, especially in heavily populated areas like the city centre (Yang et al, 2015).…”

“…The UGS establishment is based on the guidelines that should be complied with by the planners and developers to achieve the objectives of the standards. The public's satisfaction with the quality of the UGS should be an essential element in establishing the UGS (Rouhi et al, 2017). The public's satisfaction towards space is declining when most of the UGS in the urban area usually only focus on the quantity itself but not on product quality, instead of making it less attractive for the public to utilize the space (Bazzi & Mirshekari, 2016).…”

An Assessment Framework for Time Based Vitality of Public Parks

“…Therefore, urban vitality is the latest goal of modern urban sustainable development [11]. Figure (1) lists the criteria used to measure vitality of an urban space according to five urban planners.…”

“…A significant part of urban green spaces is created in parks. Urban parks act as a mandatory part of urban infrastructure, in addition to improving the quality of life by providing social and environmental facilities [1]. Vitality in urban public parks indicates a safer and welcoming environment that offers more varieties for social activities and cultural exchange [2].…”

Tourist Preferences and Expectations of Urban Park: A Case Study in Kitakyushu, Japan

“…There are many benefits of urban park, including social and environmental services (Rouhi, Monfared, & Forsat, 2017). For example, it can mitigate the heat island effect and improve the outdoor thermal environment quality (Yan, Wu, & Dong, 2018), and also increase residents' satisfaction and enjoyment as well as avoid stresses produced by activities (Razak, Othman, & Nazir, 2016).…”