This study aims at assessing the association between the facilities of parks and social acceptance toward self-esteem for the elderly population (50 years and above) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The facilities of parks include social services and infrastructural amenities. The study was carried out in a mixed-method technique, and data were collected from 203 elderly users of four parks selected by stratified random sampling. Participant observation was applied to support quantitative data. The participants were selected using exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling. Data were analyzed using multivariate regression analysis. The findings revealed: (a) Pleasant social services boost-up self-esteem for elderly users; (b) Elderly self-esteem linked to societal acceptance and social inclusion was enhanced by infrastructural facilities and safety measures. Dhaka conserves the need of increasing the number of age-friendly parks. Gerontologists, city governance, and urban planners extract information from the study to build age-friendly parks.

The proclivity for writing this paper is to evaluate the association of the two variables; corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial performances (CFP) of Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL), one of the largest oil & gas exploration companies in Pakistan, listed in all three stock exchange of Pakistan: Karachi stock exchange (KSE), Lahore Stock exchange (LSE) and Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE). Based on the annual reports of the (MPCL), the company appears to be more committed to its CSR activities for the wellbeing and welfare of the society, healthcare of employees, environment protection. To examine the relationship of CSR and CFP for the Mari Petroleum Company Limited, the secondary data has been extracted from the annual reports of each year published by the company for the period of six years from 2012-2017, annually. The variables for the analysis of the relationship included are: CSR, as an independent variable of the model; indicators used to measure CSR performance of the company are; sum of annual contribution and spending of MPCL on CSR activities in term of donation, salary, wages and benefits, social welfare, and CFP as independent variable of the model; indicators used to measure the financial performance of the company are: Net profit, Net Profit Margin and Total Asset of MPCL. Correlation and regression analysis of the log-log model has been used to figure out the association and the nature of the relationship between these two dependent and independent variables.

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Green public space immensely provides ecological soundness (ES), social resilience, social inclusiveness, mental health, self-esteem, and cultural prosperity from privileged class to lower ones. This research aims at estimating the effect of social services, safety, and infrastructural amenity in green space (parks) on mental health building self-esteem for elderly population. Data were collected from four parks out of 21 in Dhaka selected by systematic random sampling. Two-hundred and three elderly participants were picked up for survey using snowball sampling. The survey was conducted in a pre-structured questionnaire consisted of 40 close-ended questions. Data was analyzed applying ordinal logistic model, multivariate regression analysis, and Partial Least Square (PLS) -Path Modeling. The study explored several key findings-1) Infrastructural amenities impacted social services of parks; 2) Social services contributed positively to mental health boosting up self-esteem for elderly population. 3) Likewise, mental health for elderly population was affected by safety measure of green space. Dhaka requires constructing age-friendly parks to promote elderly mental health.