The purpose of this work was to investigate the sound environment of public parks using a soundscape study model that analyzes not only noise but also all the types of sound of a given area, as well as other environmental factors. To this end, acoustic measurements were made in the parks under study and interviews were held with their frequent visitors. Noise measurements were conducted in 55 p...

OBJECTIVE Increasing population levels of physical activity is high on the health agenda in many countries. There is some evidence that neighbourhood access to public open space can increase physical activity by providing easier and more direct access to opportunities for exercise. This national study examines the relationship between travel time access to parks and beaches, BMI and physical ac...

Green space is important for the maintenance of the ecological dimension of a sustainable urban landscape. Therefore, in order to figure out the relationship between the greening of urban parks and bird diversity, we used 5 avian ecological diversity indexes, such as Species richness, Abundance, ShannonWeiner diversity index, Evenness, and Margalef’s richness indices, to evaluate the functional...

An equity-mapping analysis of access to park space enjoyed by children and youth in Los Angeles (LA), and by residents according to their race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status finds that low-income and concentrated poverty areas as well as neighborhoods dominated by Latinos, African Americans, and Asian-Pacific Islanders, have dramatically lower levels of access to park resources than White...

Programming is one aspect of urban parks provision that has been neglected in existing research, even though it can provide flexible ways connecting with their communities and attract different users. Planned events activities also exclude, especially when they aim to generate income help pay for parks. This paper analyzes park programming by using interviews observations analyze a significant ...

Cities promote the distribution of more and better greenspaces across their urbanized areas. These spaces are not, however, well received in all quarters, a particular category greenspace, public park, is often lamented for its relationship with crime.his has been found true parks, but little done to disaggregate impact park types or location within city. This study conducts such an investigati...