The Making of a Quality Neighbourhood Park: A Path Model Approach

Malek, Nurhayati Abdul; Mariapan, Manohar; Shariff, Mustafa Kamal Mohd

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.07.019

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“…Together, the quality score and the organized activities, such as the free PA classes, in part could explain the higher use of these parks [33]. Studies have shown that the quality of various attributes of a park, as well as the characteristics of its surroundings, are important predictors of the use of the site [34,35,36]. For example, in Curitiba (Brazil), the positive perception of the environment in the surrounding parks, and greater satisfaction with the sites, were positively associated with the use of urban parks [37,38].…”

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The Recreovía of Bogotá, a Community-Based Physical Activity Program to Promote Physical Activity among Women: Baseline Results of the Natural Experiment Al Ritmo de las Comunidades

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Community-based physical activity (PA) programs in Latin America have been recognized because of the use of available environmental resources to offer PA classes. Yet, the evaluation of programs focused on PA classes involving dancing in public spaces is limited. The aim of this study was to assess the physical activity levels, park use, and the contextual characteristics of public parks with and without the Recreovía in Bogotá in Colombia. Al Ritmo de las Comunidades is a natural experiment conducted in nine parks (3 parks implementing new Recreovías, 3 control parks and 3 parks with existing Recreovías) during 2013. We used the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities to evaluate park use (gender, age, and physical activity level) and target areas. A total of 4925 people were observed during 702 observation visits to parks. The percentage of women was higher in parks with Recreovía, compared to parks without Recreovía (53% vs. 40% vs. 33%; p < 0.001). Women using parks with Recreovía compared to women in parks without Recreovía were less likely to be sedentary (25% vs. 39%; p < 0.0001) and more likely to engage in moderate-to-vigorous activity (75% vs. 61%; p < 0.0001). Among men, the activity pattern was the opposite. The Recreovía is a promising strategy to promote park use and PA, especially among women who are less likely to meet PA recommendations during their leisure time. The provision of a cost-free community program may be an effective approach and a good investment for health.

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The Recreovía of Bogotá, a Community-Based Physical Activity Program to Promote Physical Activity among Women: Baseline Results of the Natural Experiment Al Ritmo de las Comunidades

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“…From the perspective of leisure and recreation, the adaptive heritage reuse process must consider two aspects. First, the regional scale, which provides a suitable method to use environmental resources and implement heritage planning measures, such as accessibility, aesthetics, and safety [18][19][20][21]. Second, the local scale, which focuses on cultural and social features and identifies aspects of the cultural environment for site planning, such as landscape type, usability, safety, and aesthetics [18,19,21,22].…”

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The Attractiveness of Adaptive Heritage Reuse: A Theoretical Framework

2020

Sustainability

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Adaptive heritage reuse is a useful method to bring new meaning into a culture, manage heritage sites, and promote tourism development. However, it is not always successful, and there is no theoretical framework to understand its attractiveness and value. This study aimed at developing such a theoretical framework based on the analysis of nine cases of adaptive heritage reuse in Taiwan. The probe question technique of qualitative interview was used to assess the attraction framework. A total of 90 respondents were interviewed based on constant comparative analysis with the sampling strategy of theoretical saturation. The results illustrate the heritage and activities of the reuse environments, including natural and regional environments. These environments produce recreational values, including self-growth, health benefits, and social benefits. As promoting activities is an important attraction for tourists in the heritage reuse environment, the natural environment can be used to plan and design heritage outdoor activities. Finally, the regional environment can be an important basis for assessing the feasibility of adaptive heritage reuse, including historical streets, surrounding tourist attractions, and high transportation accessibility. This theoretical framework can be used to achieve sustainable management of heritage sites.

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“…However, there are several recent studies that explore and measures green spaces in urban areas. The studies include the development of Urban Neighborhood Green Index (UNGI) as measurement on green spaces in urban areas, the study on quality and quantity public open space (POS), the study on the assessment of quality Neighbourhood Park criteria (QNPC) as well as a study that examines the guidelines and policies in Shah Alam, Malaysia (Gupta et al, 2012;Francis et al, 2012;Abdul Malek et al, 2012;Marzhuki et al, 2012). However, this study differs as it looks specifically in the research design stage, where a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) method was adopted to validate the instrument used to measure variables associated with only the use pattern indicators.…”

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Community Participation in Quality Assessment for Green Open Spaces in Malaysia

Malek

Mariapan

Rahman

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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This study validates the use pattern scales for green open spaces in Malaysia. The measures on use pattern were developed using three use pattern scales, which are activities, passive activity and active activity. Samples of 414 daily park users were analyzed using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to validate the instrument. Results showed good-fit indices on each construct confirming the theory behind each and every item used in the study. Despite several reductions on the items, the CFA on use pattern yield good internal consistencies making it suitable for its use in the research design focusing in measuring the use pattern from the community participation aspect of neighbourhood green.

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The Making of a Quality Neighbourhood Park: A Path Model Approach

Cited by 31 publications

References 20 publications

The Recreovía of Bogotá, a Community-Based Physical Activity Program to Promote Physical Activity among Women: Baseline Results of the Natural Experiment Al Ritmo de las Comunidades

The Recreovía of Bogotá, a Community-Based Physical Activity Program to Promote Physical Activity among Women: Baseline Results of the Natural Experiment Al Ritmo de las Comunidades

The Attractiveness of Adaptive Heritage Reuse: A Theoretical Framework

Community Participation in Quality Assessment for Green Open Spaces in Malaysia

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