Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Evaluation of the relationship between the characteristics of park visitors, their expectations from parks and use preference: The sample of Malatya city, Turkey

Author(s):

Tahsin Yılmaz ¹, Bülent Yılmaz ², Atilla Atik ²*, Fürüzan Aslan ²

Recieved Date: 2014-01-28, Accepted Date: 2014-03-30

Abstract:

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of park users and their aims, frequencies and length of visiting parks in the centre of Malatya city. There is a positive correlation between liveability of a city and the value city parks add to it in today’s modern and planned cities. In this respect, parks are important elements of urban structures and needs for their value, service and functions they add increase day by day. As it should be in the local or global supply of all goods and services all over the world, parks should be planned taking the needs and preferences of their users depending on their service and functions. Views and preferences of city people, who are always potential city park users, have directing effects for decision makers. Such views can be determined using questionnaire surveys evaluated through statistical methods. In the present study, data obtained from questionnaire survey conducted in Malatya city centre were subjected to multidimensional statistical analyses and effects of socio-demographic characteristics of local people (city dwellers) and their statistical significance were determined.

Keywords:

Open-green areas, urban park, Chi-square test, Chi-square trend test, Fisher’s exact χ², Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, demographic characteristics, Malatya

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2014
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Category: Environment
Pages: 1001-1009

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