the main purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for variouselements of urban parks in order to provide some important suggestions for rehabilitation of urban deficient parks. inthis regard, this study has conducted a survey in one of the oldest parks in khorramabad, iran, to reveal the overallsatisfaction of the park situation and to explore the preferences of...

BACKGROUND Public parks can be an important setting for physical activity promotion, but to increase park use and the activity levels of park users, the crucial attributes related to active park use need to be defined. Not only user characteristics and structural park attributes, but also characteristics of the surrounding neighborhood are important to examine. Furthermore, internationally comp...

Department of Physical Education, College of Performing Arts and Sports, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea The Movement Science Center of Research Institute for Sports Science and Sports Industry, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyunghee University,...

OBJECTIVE To examine the cross-sectional association between illicit sales of tobacco to minors, Washington DC tobacco outlet advertising practices, retail store type, the demographic make-up of the area surrounding each outlet, and the proximity of each outlet to high schools, recreational parks and public housing. PARTICIPANTS Seven hundred and fifty tobacco outlets in the DC area, n=347 of...

Mobile technologies are generating new business models for urban transport systems, as is evident from recent startups cropping up from the private sector. Public transport systems can make more use of mobile technologies than just for measuring system performance, improving boarding times, or for analyzing travel patterns. A new transaction model is proposed for public transport systems where ...

University science parks are alleged to stimulate technological spillovers. However, there is no virtually empirical evidence on the impact of these facilities on research productivity. We begin to fill this gap by examining whether companies located on university science parks in the United Kingdom have higher research productivity than observationally equivalent firms not located on a univers...

Th e quest for improved self-revenue generation and reduction of the fi nancial burden on government prompted the adoption of public private partnership (PPP) in the management of South African National Parks (SANParks). Accordingly, this paper examined the revenue and conservation implication of PPP in SANParks. Using a statistical t-test of diff erence in means, before and within the PPP, res...

Public institutions such as governmental facilities, hospitals, universities, and amusement parks may be targeted by terrorists using weapons of mass destruction due to their potential to cause large numbers of casualties. Consequentially, these institutions should be prepared to manage such an event by the development and implementation of specific preparedness guidelines for any conventional ...

Analysis of potential impacts of a proposed salt marsh restoration in West River Memorial Park (New Haven, Connecticut) on surrounding human communities was conducted using resident surveys and behavioral sampling along the West River, a literature survey of recreational trends and behavior, and a geographic information system (GIS) of biophysical and demographic features. Current and potential...