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Javadi R, Mansoori R. An investigation of Urban Green Spaces and Health Benefits considering the Influence of Specific Features of Green Spaces. IJAUP 2023; 33 (1)
URL: http://ijaup.iust.ac.ir/article-1-668-en.html
URL: http://ijaup.iust.ac.ir/article-1-668-en.html
1- Department of Architecture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran
2- Department of Architecture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran ,R.mansoori@ilam.ac.ir
2- Department of Architecture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran ,
Abstract:
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 qualitative aspects and their influence on encouraging individuals to use green spaces more frequently. For this purpose, the present study employs questionnaire-based interviews (no. 336) in two city parks in Urmia, Iran (The City Park and the Coastal Park) to collect the required information for assessing the interviewees’ physical and psychological health levels. The relationships between the hypotheses are later studied using SPSS analytical software. The results showed that relationships were found between using the parks and having better psychological health conditions, but no relationship was found between the duration of physical activity in the park and having better physiological health. The assessment of the obtained data emphasizes the importance of the park characters and features that lead people to engage with specific activities which cause certain health benefits as a result of that activity. The results highlight the importance of developing green infrastructures in today’s urban areas.
Keywords: Urban green space, Public health, Psychological health, Physiological health, Green space characters
Type of Study: Research Paper |
Subject:
General Architecture
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