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YÖKSİS Eşleşti
The evaluation of the urban parks in Konya province in terms of quality, sufficiency, maintenance, and growth rate
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · Nisan 2017
YÖKSİS Kayıtları
The Evaluation of The Urban Parks in Konya Province in Terms of Quality, Sufficiency, Maintenance and Growth Rate
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · 2017 SCI-Expanded
PROFESÖR SERTAÇ GÜNGÖR →
The Evaluation of The Urban Parks in Konya Province in Terms of Quality, Sufficiency, Maintenance and Growth Rate
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment · 2017 SCI-Expanded
PROFESÖR AHMET TUĞRUL POLAT →
Makale Bilgileri
DergiEnvironmental Monitoring and Assessment
Yayın TarihiNisan 2017
Cilt / Sayfa189
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85015856159
Özet
Nowadays, the understanding of physically, socially, and visually sufficient and high-standard outdoor arrangements has begun to appear. The most important ones among this kind of spaces are urban parks which contain many recreational opportunities and facilities together. The aim of this study is to identify the current situation of the urban parks in Konya province and the facilities in the parks in terms of quality, sufficiency, growth rate, and maintenance. The second purpose of the study is to obtain information about the park users’ evaluations of the park officers within the context of park visits and information sources of the users related to the parks. Within the context of the study, the questionnaires were conducted by face-to-face interviews with 494 park users. The urban parks in Konya province were evaluated by the park users in terms of quality, sufficiency, maintenance, and growth rate criteria. While 44.1% of the users evaluated the parks as “good” in terms of quality, 4.7% of the users stated that the quality of the parks was “bad.” Considering the sufficiency of the urban parks, the findings represent that majority of the users identified the parks as sufficient and 27.9% of them identified insufficient. 44.1% of the users stated that the parks were well maintained and 10.1% considered the parks were badly maintained. The growth rate of the urban parks in Konya was described as “fast” by 48.6% of the users and as “normal” by 29.8% of the users.
Yazarlar (2)
1
Sertac Gungor
2
Ahmet Tuğrul Polat
Anahtar Kelimeler
Konya
Park amenities
Park efficiency
Park quality
Urban parks
Kurumlar
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu Turkey
Metrikler
11
Atıf
2
Yazar
5
Anahtar Kelime