growth and expansion of cities, modernisms complications with urbanisms life, to demands the more expantion of green space and park which is playd the influential role for improvement of condition and qualification of citizens life, with tranquility pleasure. but today, the park is the most important element in the public space, has created many difficulties for the safety of the citizens that ...

abstract urban parks are important public multifunctional space used for a wide range of activities. the usage levels of parks depend on the spatial characteristics of the spaces, where its forms and occupancies are referred as the usage-spatial relationship. natural elements spatial complexity and park usability is of interest in this study. a photo - questionnaire was conducted among 296 of p...

Public health is increasingly engaging with multi-faceted obesity prevention efforts. Although parks represent key community assets for broader public health, they may not be distributed equitably and associations with obesity are equivocal. We investigated park access and quality relative to deprivation and obesity with individual-level data from the Yorkshire Health Study. Compared to the lea...

BACKGROUND Eighty per cent of adolescents globally do insufficient physical activity. Parks are a popular place for adolescents to be active. However, little is known about which park features are associated with higher levels of park use by adolescents. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to examine which environmental park features, and combination of features, were correlated with higher levels of...

Park has important ecological, social and economic values serving as an urban open space with high usage frequency. After its completion, the environmental service quality of the park should be constantly improved to better serve the public. The park in Xinxiang Economic Development Zone, Henan Province, is investigated in this study. A total of 18 environmental service quality indicators of th...

The purpose of this study was to assess a health impact assessment (HIA) tool to determine the perceived health impact by the public of a public park. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study from March to April, 2011, using this HIA questionnaire to collect data and through focus group discussions. We also assessed community concerns about the park and obtained recommendations of how to m...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the shared interest of the public health and parks and recreation sectors in promoting active visits to parks. At the institutional level, both sectors have missions to promote physical activity and view parks as key components in attaining physical activity goals. While some balancing among park goals may be necessary to avoid overuse and resource degrad...