Identifying and Assessing Uses of Public Parks: A Systematic Literature Review

This research aims to identify the various ways public parks are used, which assessed using multiple tools and methods used in extant literature. In this endeavor, a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of papers published last two decades was conducted. Public mainly for recreational, social, physical, economic, ecological purposes. It is observed that researchers have social uses through direct observations surveys, mixed-methods approaches. Further, economic by studying changes city dwellers' quality life, their surrounding environment. Interestingly, both economical seem an indirect impact on users, while physical impact. The findings also suggest observations, surveys mixed were indeed appropriate assess parks' usage. goal find direction strategy assessment may help planners/ policy makers optimize park uses.