RECREATION PARKS

PRESENTED BY
MUHAMMED ASLAM VT
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 RECREATION PARK

• A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human
enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may
consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil and trees, but may also contain buildings and other
artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures.
• Recreation parks are resources and services provided for the purposes of leisure,
entertainment, and recreational pursuits. Resources may be public spaces and
facilities like parks, nature preserves, open space areas, greenways, trails, and built
structures for sport, recreation, or arts programs
 AMUSEMENT PARKS

• An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and
games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.
• A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions
around a central theme, often featuring multiple areas with different themes.
• Unlike temporary and mobile funfairs and carnivals, amusement parks are stationary
and built for long-lasting operation. They are more elaborate than city parks and
playgrounds, usually providing attractions that cater to a variety of age groups. While
amusement parks often contain themed areas, theme parks place a heavier focus
with more intricately-designed themes that revolve around a particular subject or
group of subjects
 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS

• A neighborhood Park can range in size from 1 to 15 acres.

• Include spaces for passive and active uses.
• Picnic areas, playgrounds, areas for games such as basketball , football, baseball.
 COMMUNITY PARKS

A Community Park can range in size from 16 to 99

acres typically will serve several neighborhoods.
• parking facilities
• Passive and active facilities.
• Include biking and walking trails, picnic areas,
playgrounds, athletic fields, and court areas.
 SPECIAL USE PARKS
• Special Use Parks are parks which have been designed for a single special purpose. •
• Variable in size.
• Examples: zoos, arboretums, plazas, or memorials
 LINEAR PARK

• These are developed to accommodate walking or bicycle trails.

• Usually, these parks are developed along a natural or utility corridor; often serve the
secondary purpose of linking two or more parks together
 COMMON OPEN SPACE

• It is a territory that is jointly used by a group of people.

• It is not a public because those who not hold it common can be excluded. It is not a
private either because it has to be shared with others
 NATIONAL PARK
• Locations that are virtually free of man-made structures
• Used for passive, low impact activities such as trail walking, wildlife watching, and
controlled primitive camping.
 CLASSIFICATION OF PARKS •

The parks can be classified into the following three ways :

• According to Character
• According to purpose
• According to Size
ACCORDING TO CHARACTER

Artificial Parks
These parks are prepared artificially with great care by experts in the park
layout. They are planted with grass, shrubs, flower and trees. The water may be
introduced in the form of fountains and pools. The benches with suitable
design may be provided
Natural Parks
In case of Natural parks, all efforts, are made to maintain in tack the original
features of the parks and only the necessary minimum adjustments are made to
put them for public use.
ARTIFICIAL PARKS
NATURAL PARKS
 ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

Botanical Parks:
These parks are primarily meant for the study of plant specimens. But their
atmosphere can be made more pleasant and appealing by the presence of beautiful
trees, flowers and lawns
Zoological Parks
These parks Contain zoo to be given an attractive park like setting . It is undoubtedly
true that for the vast majority of people , a visit to the zoological park is more or less
an outing or a picnic, usually accompanied by children. A zoological park may
contain houses and other facilities for animals to be maintained in the zoo.
BOTANICAL PARKS
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
 ACCORDING TO SIZE

• Small Size Parks:

• Medium Size Parks
• Large Size Parks
• Reservations
• National Parks
• Small Size Parks : These parks are generally in the form of squares enclosing a public
building. They are provided in dense business or residential areas where land is
costly. The area of these parks varies from 1 ha to 4 ha. These parks may also be
located as settings of architectural public buildings or monuments at junctions of
roads or in the midst of flats.
• Medium size parks: These are also known as the neighborhood parks and they are
preferred for every residential locality in a town. Both the types of recreation active
as well as passive may be provided in these parks The size of this parks should not
be less than 12 hectares.
• Large Size Parks : These parks serve the town or city as a whole or a number of
neighborhood units. They may be provide active recreation for games like cricket,
boating, riding, swimming, etc. and may also accommodate zoological gardens. The
large beach on the ocean front can be included in this category of parks. The
minimum area required for this type of park is about 40 hactar
Reservations:
These parks are situated outside the city area and they are mostly unexplored. They
may Include within their limits, rivers, forests, waterfalls, mountains, wildlife, places
of historical Importance, Coastal belts etc.
Such parks can be easily distributed throughout the country so that whole of the
population can enjoy them. These parks should be assessable from number of towns.
Theses parks also provide facilities to the scientists and students for the study of
natural flora and fauna.
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