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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"park use"”.
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Examining Park Use In Financially Disadvantaged, Rural Communities
<p>Background: Parks play an important role in physical activity (PA) promotion strategies. Yet little is known about park use in rural settings, or the effectiveness of strategies for increasing park visibility and use. Purpose: The goals of this study were to: (1) document park use and park and …
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Examining the Relationship Between Park Design and Children's Park Use and Play Behaviours in London, Ontario using Behaviour Mapping
Parks can offer an optimal play environment for supporting childhood development by encouraging the engagement of adventurous and diverse play. This study examines how park design influences children’s park use and play behaviours with the aim of identifying what features can be improved to better …
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ASSESSMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY, USE BEHAVIOR, AND EQUITY OF PARKS IN A COMPACT CITY: A CASE STUDY IN SINGAPORE
… important indicators of a well-functioning urban park system, accessibility assesses the extent of park supply within reach by residents, while equity addresses whether there is disparity between park supply and residents’ demand for park services. Most studies have focused on the distributional …
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The Community of Member-Based Nature Parks: An Integration of Spatial, Socio-Demographic, and Interview Data
… entrance fee. However, little research has focused on this aspect of outdoor leisure and use from a park use and leisure research perspective. This research provides empirical findings related to outdoor leisure research, nature center users, and a new form of environmental inequality as it …
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Demographic Usage Patterns of Purgatory Creek Park, San Marcos, TX
This project seeks to make use of methods utilized in previous studies, such as surveys, statistical analysis and literature research, and apply those techniques to Purgatory Creek Park. The findings will be useful to city planners, parks and recreation officials, and city accountants and budget …
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Small-Scale Events and Everyday Multiculture in Finsbury Park
Through a case study of Finsbury Park in North London, this thesis explores public parks' role as sites for informal events and daily inter-ethnic interactions, investigating their potential to challenge or reinforce racial prejudices and hierarchies. Using an original interdisciplinary approach, …
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Biodiversity, people, and logistics: the balancing act of urban park management
… take into consideration when managing an urban park and for this thesis it was determined that the intersection of biodiversity, people and logistics encompassed theses influences. The aim of this study was to determine how best to manage parks in terms of habitat, amenity and management choice, …
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An examination of the bio-psychological benefits of physical activity in parks and urban green spaces : a mixed-method approach
… health inequalities by encouraging urban park use. The current research explores the link between people and nature within the urban context of Liverpool across 3 phases of research. The reconnaissance phase explored health inequalities, physical activity levels and park access in …
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Associations between physical activity of older adults and built environment features in and around parks: a Belfast case study
… has also been increased interest in the role of parks as urban health assets to cities, with a developing evidence base for how they provide crucial settings for relaxation, recreational physical activity and act as important destinations for active travel trips. Most studies have focused on the …
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Testing the water: How communities value, use, impact and manage water-related ecosystem services originating in an urban protected area
… tools and methods to predict how changes in land-use and management practices might affect the provision of such services. This study contributes to both the methodological and empirical literature by developing integrated and multidisciplinary approaches to assessing the beneficiaries of …