خلاصة:
Parks and urban green spaces have always been places to spend hours away from the bustling life and its numerous problems. In the meantime, elderly people also have the same share from such spaces as other people. Elderly, including old social groups with old age and decreasingly activities, have very leisure time and the possibility of using the urban park for voluntary and community activities is more than other society’s members. In this regard, this paper has been developed to improve the environmental quality of such spaces for the presence ability of vulnerable elderly population. Therefore by investigating the indicators and criteria of elderly presence ability at Laleh park of Tehran city which is one of the oldest parks in the 6th district of Tehran with the highest elderly populations, the gathered data were studied and then the quality of park was assessed. The Research method is descriptive analytical and gauging. Interviews were done with 384 elderly people over 60 years who were present in the park. Data were collected by using questionnaires and analysis was performed by using statistical software. It has been confirmed that According to (p_value <0/05), there is a significant relationship between different levels of proposed model and dependent variable of quality of environment. Based on cognitive- behavioral studies approach, can be said that; preferences and requirements such social interactions in urban parks, quality of accessibility, equipment and services are the most important priorities for elderly presence ability in urban parks. Therefore, due to its importance in Laleh Park, It can be said that deficiency of accessibility quality is the most significant reason for elderly dissatisfaction and elderly had an approximate willingness about comfort, relaxation, image and sociability, as a result of remedies that they have been provided.
ملخص الجهاز:
The Conceptual Model of Urban Open Space Evaluation with Good Quality for Elderly Presence Ability Elderly Presence in Space Quality Definition Criteria Comfort and Convenience Easy Use of Space and Comfort of Elderly Mental in the Space Number and Manner of Sitting Places, Being Call Box and Information Panels, Pavements, Material and Flooring, Suitable Flooring of Stairs and Ramps, Existing Suitable Hygienic Services, Lighting of Sitting Places and Walking Directions, Existing Guard and Fencing for Keeping Balance, A Space Which Is Not Scarey, Having Behavioral Dominion and Lack of Interference in the Space for Elderly Comfort and Convenience Access Being Some Physical and Visual Potential Ways Possibility of Physical Communication with the Environment, Ways Readability, Safety Arriving and Going Out of Space, Access to the Public Transportation Activity Having Some Conditions Which Result in the Elderly Attraction for Doing Things Facilities of Athletic Activities and Walking Capability in the Space, Possibility of Looking at Green Space, Using Sun and Some Favorable Climate Factors Beautiful Scenery (Image) Elderly Perceptions of Space Features and State of Trees, Cleanliness and Hygiene of Space, Variety of Floriculture and Pleasant Visual Stats Social Place Capability to Gather and Meet Old People Cultural Facilities (Monitor Set Up, Program Broadcasting in the Open Spaces,…) Capabilities of Talking and Haunting, Face to Face Visits, Having Long- Term Fair or Market RESEARCH METHOD The present study is a descriptive, analytical and gauging based on indicators, criteria and analysis to research process, as you can see in the Fig. 1, and considers the investigation of environmental quality concepts and definitions with the purpose of getting the environmental quality indicators.