Urban parks and recreation

By

Samar Nazer
Department of architectural Engineering
Birzeit University

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 Park value

Public health
Morality
Aesthetics , development of the romantic
movement
Economics
Education

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 Health

•Fresh air, exercises, rest, refreshment ,

sunny landscape setting
• live in suburb, a way from city noise and
pollution
• reduce stress. (Graham, Stickdougter )

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 Healing garden, Alrnap

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 Morality
• Nature is a source of moral inspiration
• Study of nature improve mental stability
• Sport facilities and vegetable allotment serve
moral purpose (reduce stress, relaxation)

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 aesthetics
• Visual quality of industrial cities is ugly, public
parks serve to improve visual quality
• Greenery in park help in beautifying the city

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 Economics
• Public parks provide good health, morality,
beauty to workers, so their productivity
improve
• More production more taxes
• Money taxes entrance fees of some parks

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 Education
• Instruction in natural science through
arboretum and zoo
• Botanic garden

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• The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens,
are 121 hectares.
• The Kew site includes four Grade I listed buildings and 36 Grade II listed
structures in an internationally significant landscape.

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 Attractions
• Palm House

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Sackler Crossing
• The Sackler Crossing bridge made of granite and bronze, it crosses the lake.

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• Park Movement
- Europe after industrial revelation
- Making great gardens of palaces accessible to
public
- Housing and parks

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 Parks and recreation areas
since 19 ch parks and recreation become a major
industry
recreation units are classified according to their
size and distribution
• Play lot, or block playground
• Neighborhood park, playground, recreation
center
• Community recreation areas or playfields
• City-wide recreation area
• National park

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 Play lot, block play ground
• Use by preschool-age
children
• Within walking
distance
• 1/8- ¼ acre 0.5-1
dunum in size

Gooseberry play lot park chicago

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 Neighborhood park, playground, recreation
center
• Served by elementary school
• Provide indoor and outdoor recreation
• 5-14 years age
• Include pre-school children and family group
facilities of 2 acres
• ½mile from each home
• May be combine with school
• Size 16 acres or 6 acre if combined with school or
1acre for 800 people

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 Cobalt ridge neighborhood park
Queen Anne Creek

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 Community recreation areas or
playfields
• Community is number of neighborhoods or
section or district of a city
• Provide wide range of recreation facilities,
fields, courts, swimming pools, center for art
and crafts, clubs, places for social activities.
• Size 32 or 20 if it is associated with school or 1
acre per 800
• 1/2- 1 mile from each home

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