Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences

Parks increase their users’ health and well-being because they offer settings suitable for physical activity, social interaction, enjoying nature, etc. Applying the socio-physical approach, “park use” behaviour is influenced by several environmental characteristics, including physical environment,...

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Main Authors:	Zohreh Mahdiar, Melasutra Md Dali
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/1/15631-43708-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-110802017-12-12T06:52:15Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/ Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences Zohreh Mahdiar, Melasutra Md Dali, Parks increase their users’ health and well-being because they offer settings suitable for physical activity, social interaction, enjoying nature, etc. Applying the socio-physical approach, “park use” behaviour is influenced by several environmental characteristics, including physical environment, social environment, and cultural environment. This study seeks to understand the influence of park social environment based on the perspectives of adolescent park users aged15-18. A qualitative study (interviews) with 17 adolescents aged 15-18 (including male and female) shows that the social environment of an urban park plays an important role among adolescents. The research contributes to understanding how the social environment influence on park use and thus assists urban planners in measuring key targeted actions to improve the perception of social environment among adolescents to increase park use. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/1/15631-43708-1-PB.pdf Zohreh Mahdiar, and Melasutra Md Dali, (2016) Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (11). pp. 123-136. ISSN 2180-2491 http://ejournal.ukm.my/gmjss/issue/view/859
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description	Parks increase their users’ health and well-being because they offer settings suitable for physical activity, social interaction, enjoying nature, etc. Applying the socio-physical approach, “park use” behaviour is influenced by several environmental characteristics, including physical environment, social environment, and cultural environment. This study seeks to understand the influence of park social environment based on the perspectives of adolescent park users aged15-18. A qualitative study (interviews) with 17 adolescents aged 15-18 (including male and female) shows that the social environment of an urban park plays an important role among adolescents. The research contributes to understanding how the social environment influence on park use and thus assists urban planners in measuring key targeted actions to improve the perception of social environment among adolescents to increase park use.
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author	Zohreh Mahdiar, Melasutra Md Dali,
spellingShingle	Zohreh Mahdiar, Melasutra Md Dali, Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
author_facet	Zohreh Mahdiar, Melasutra Md Dali,
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title	Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
title_short	Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
title_full	Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
title_fullStr	Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
title_full_unstemmed	Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
title_sort	adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11080/1/15631-43708-1-PB.pdf
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Adolescent use of urban parks and their social environment consequences

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