منهجية لتقييم جودة الحدائق العامة في ضوء منهج التصميم العالمي "الشامل"، حديقة فريال بمدينة أسوان بمصر کدراسة حالة A Methodology for Assessing the Quality of Public Gardens in Light of the Universal Design Approach, Ferial Park in Aswan, Egypt, as a Case Study.

Abstract

The study addresses the manners of achieving quality of public parks as urban spaces to fulfill inclusiveness and community participation, in light of the universal design (UD) approach. Thus, the research problem aspect lies in the inadequacy of the urban and architectural elements of Ferial Park for the potential of people who suffer from a decrease in their physical abilities, which led to the non-achievement of inclusiveness and community participation, hence social sustainability within the park. The term "universal design" was coined in the 1950s in the USA by Ronald Mack, who defined it as "the design of environments, products, and services consistent with all human capabilities to the greatest possible extent". Previous studies showed the lack of addressing the UD approach in public parks, thus, the study targets to conduct an assessment of the Ferial Park's elements at Aswan city, Egypt, to evaluate the extent of its compliance with the UD concept, then determining the weaknesses and eliminating them. The A Methodology for Assessing the Quality of Public Gardens Mai Eid, et al, P 1-202 study relied on the descriptive analytical approach to analyze the park elements and compare them with the UD standards to determine the extent to which the park features met the demands of all members of society fairly. The researchers' observations were done by the prepared checklist of this study. The study results revealed that the park's elements achieve the UD standards significantly by 10% and non-achieve those standards by 57%, which confirms that the park does not achieve inclusiveness. Consequently, there is a need to raise the efficiency of park elements. The study concluded some recommendations such as providing proper corridors, ramps and selecting ground materials that help ease of movement.