Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Quality of Exisiting Urban Parks in Dhaka City - Towards Achieving Livable City

Abstract

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the quality of major parks in mega city Dhaka have been conducted. Four incommensurate factors: environment, safety and security, landscape and aesthetic value have been considered to qualitatively and quantitatively assesses the quality of the parks. From e qualitativ analysis it is found that, some parks (located in highly classified residential area of the city) are superior in safety and security and landscape design whereas other parks (located remote from residential area) are inferior in safety and security and environmental factor. It is necessary to address factors of each park lacking behind to ensure better quality of parks. To vely quantitati assess the quality of parks, we formulated a new index value calculation to rank all parks in terms of all factors. It is found that the quality of all the parks are dispersed. In addition, investigation of universal accessibility of the parks and direct park user's opinion has been accumulated to supports findings of this analysis. Based on the major findings of this study a number of recommendations have been provided for the improvement of the quality of parks in Dhaka city such as involvement of local community and establishment of office for the park authority inside the park can be helpful in the quality maintenance of the parks. The findings of this paper can enhance the existing knowledge of city planners a step forward with a-priori knowledge to ensure quality of parks in further city planning.

Using Analytic Hierarchy Process and Best–Worst Method in Group Evaluation of Urban Park Quality

“…It is worth mentioning that we identified more than 50 criteria used in different studies of the quality of urban parks [4,7,9,10], and we partly referred to this issue throughout the paper. A more comprehensive review of criteria was avoided, but we are aware that the methodology we have described could help to plan where and how much to invest into maintenance, security, and internal and external infrastructure improvements related to city parks, which means also considering other criteria that might be added to those we used.…”

“…The earlier research on criteria for assessing urban parks [16][17][18] was then briefly presented to the experts. Additional information was provided to the experts related to recent 'greenery' studies undertaken for the city of Novi Sad, the capital of the Vojvodina Province in Serbia, and we provided insights into pertinent literature published worldwide, e.g., [9,10,[16][17][18]. Among many possible criteria, the expert academics agreed by consensus to adopt the following set of eight criteria as the most suitable for a given problem: C 1accessibility; C 2 -location; C 3 -biodiversity preservation; C 4 -park equipment; C 5 -water elements (lakes, fountains, etc.…”

“…There are numerous publications related to multi-criteria decision-making applications in urban forests and greening in general, e.g., [4][5][6][7][8]. Neema et al [9] evaluated the quality of the existing major urban parks in Dhaka City in a multiple-criteria context. The criteria were defined as four factors: environment, safety and security, landscape, and aesthetic value.…”

Analyzing Association Between Public Green Space and Self-Esteem Linked to Social Acceptance for Elderly Population in Dhaka

“…Upper-middle-class including diplomatic personnel live in this zone. The park consists of 8.36 acres of land area (Neema et al, 2014). The Gulshan Society (a non-governmental organization) maintains Gulshan Lake Park, of which users have consisted of upper-middle class.…”

“…The Gulshan Society (a non-governmental organization) maintains Gulshan Lake Park, of which users have consisted of upper-middle class. Although Bangladesh government possesses the land property, the Gulshan Society, efficiently manages the park at their own expenditure (Neema et al, 2014). It has the availability of infrastructural amenities (walkway, toilet, first aid center, and musical theater, seating benches) and natural resources.…”