The evaluation of the urban parks in Konya province in terms of quality, sufficiency, maintenance, and growth rate

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dc.contributor.authorGungor, Sertac
dc.contributor.authorPolat, Ahmet Tugrul
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T19:43:01Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T19:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractNowadays, the understanding of physically, socially, and visually sufficient and high-standard outdoor arrangements has begun to appear. The most important ones among this kind of spaces are urban parks which contain many recreational opportunities and facilities together. The aim of this study is to identify the current situation of the urban parks in Konya province and the facilities in the parks in terms of quality, sufficiency, growth rate, and maintenance. The second purpose of the study is to obtain information about the park users' evaluations of the park officers within the context of park visits and information sources of the users related to the parks. Within the context of the study, the questionnaires were conducted by face-to-face interviews with 494 park users. The urban parks in Konya province were evaluated by the park users in terms of quality, sufficiency, maintenance, and growth rate criteria. While 44.1% of the users evaluated the parks as "good" in terms of quality, 4.7% of the users stated that the quality of the parks was "bad." Considering the sufficiency of the urban parks, the findings represent that majority of the users identified the parks as sufficient and 27.9% of them identified insufficient. 44.1% of the users stated that the parks were well maintained and 10.1% considered the parks were badly maintained. The growth rate of the urban parks in Konya was described as "fast" by 48.6% of the users and as "normal" by 29.8% of the users.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10661-017-5875-9en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-6369en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2959en_US
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.pmid28321679en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-5875-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/35582
dc.identifier.volume189en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000398714200038en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSPRINGERen_US
dc.relation.ispartofENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENTen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectUrban parksen_US
dc.subjectPark efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectPark qualityen_US
dc.subjectPark amenitiesen_US
dc.subjectKonyaen_US
dc.titleThe evaluation of the urban parks in Konya province in terms of quality, sufficiency, maintenance, and growth rateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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