urban public spaces are the most important instruments to strengthen the participation of civil society as an arena of all groups both men and women. women as half of the public spaces users should use urban public spaces as well as men easily and they must feel comfortable in these kinds of places. however, experiences and also the result of researches have shown that women do not benefit equa...

Urban green spaces provide a context where constant association with these spaces can result in reducing the incidence or diminishing the effect of many diseases. Different studies assessed the relationship between using urban green spaces and health benefits considering influential quantitative aspects. This research tries to look differently at this issue by connecting the urban green spaces ...

the present study examines the hypothesis that the attitudes and behaviors of people toward dental health practice varies with such factors as locality (urban- rural) age and levels of education. for this study 1085 urban and 871 rural heads of households have been interviewed. the results indicated that locality and age influences the behaviors of the respondents but the general attitude leads...

current literatures on urban parks and green spaces showed that people’s preference for visiting urban parks in various group users is different. people visit parks for various motives and activities, leading to several patterns of park usability. however, the patterns in urban park use in majority of iran cities are not yet known. this study presented the preference for activity in urban parks...

the city is alive with dynamic systems, where parks and urban green spaces have high strategic importance which help to improve living conditions. urban parks are used as visual landscape with so many benefits such as reducing stress, reducing air pollution and producing oxygen, creating opportunities for people to participate in physical activities, optimal environment for children and decreas...

Anthropogenic noise is debatably one of the most common threats to national parks' resources. Park visitors and workers generally suffer from adverse effects of noise from on- and off-road vehicles. The parks, studied here, are located in strictly urban areas, surrounded by streets with intense vehicle traffic. This study assesses the soundscape of urban parks in two cities of Odisha State, on ...