Abstract
This study addresses both qualitative and quantitative assessments of the quality of major parks of Dhaka. Four incommensurate factors namely environment, safety and security, landscape and aesthetic factors have been smartly chosen to measure the quality of the parks by formulating new index values. Index value of each factor has been calculated for all the parks. It is shown that the quality of all the parks considered are dispersed. In addition, investigation of universal accessibility of the parks and direct park user’s opinion has been accumulated to concretize the results. Based on the major findings of this study a number of recommendations have been provided for the improvement of the quality of parks in Dhaka city. Involvement of local community and establishment of office for the park authority inside the park can be helpful in the quality maintenance of the parks. The findings of this paper will enhance the existing knowledge of city planners a step forward with a-priori knowledge to ensure quality of parks in further city planning.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Dhaka Structure Plan, Volume I & II, Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1995)
Chowdhury, A.: Parks in the urban environment an analytical study with reference to urban parks of dhaka, Master’s thesis, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2004)
Nabi, A.: Study of Open Space in Dhaka City, Dissertation presented to the Development Planning Unit, University College, London (1978)
Nabi, A.: Urban Planning Principles Class Lectures, Provati Library, Dhaka (2012)
N. Malek, M. Mariapan, M. Shariff, A. Aziz, Assessing the Quality of Green Open Spaces: A review (2010), http://www.hphpcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/5000-paper-by-Abdul-Malek.pdf
Parasuraman, A., Zeithaml, V.A., Berry, L.: A conceptual model of service quality and its implications for future research. Journal of Marketing 49, 41–50 (1985)
MacKay, K.J., Crompton, J.L.: Measuring the quality of recreation services. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 8, 47–56 (1990)
Space, C.: The value of public space: How high quality parks and public spaces create economic, Social and Environmental Value, London (2004)
Lam, K., NG, S., Hui, P., Chan, W.C.: Environmental quality of urban parks and open spaces in hong kong. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 111, 55–73 (2005)
Cohen, P., Potchter, O.: Daily and seasonal air quality characteristics of urban parks in the mediterranean city of tel aviv. In: CLIMAQS Workshop ’Local Air Quality and its Interactions with Vegetation’, Antwerp, Belgium, January 21–22 (2010)
Ahmed, B., Ahmed, R.: Modeling urban land cover growth dynamics using multi-temporal satellite images: A case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 1, 3–31 (2012)
Alam, S.: Vanishing open spaces, parks and play grounds, The Financial Express (2012). http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.phpnews__id=126773date=2012-04-16
Hasan, S.: The failing city, New Age (April 23, 2012), http://www.newagebd.com/special.phpspid=2&id=8
Islam, M., Kawsar, M., Ahmed, R.: Open space in dhaka city: A study on use of parks in dhaka city corporation area, BURP thesis, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2002)
Siddiqui, M.: MURP thesis, Recreational Facilities in Dhaka City: a study of existing parks and open spaces, BUET, Dhaka (1990)
Nehrin, K., Quamruzzaman, J., Khan, M.: Status of Parks and Garden in old Dhaka, BURP thesis, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2004)
Ter, U.: Evaluation of urban park in alanya county with visual quality assessment method antalya/turkey. International Journal of Natural and Engineering Sciences 6, 71–78 (2012)
Ter, U.: Quality criteria of urban parks: The case of alaaddin hill (konya-turkey). African Journal of Agricultural Research 6, 5367–5376 (2011)
More, T.: Factors Affecting the Productivity of Urban Parks, Research Paper NE-630 (1990)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Haque, A.M., Hossain, M.R., Farhan, M.H.M., Neema, M.N. (2013). An Innovative Approach to Assess the Quality of Major Parks in Environmentally Degraded Mega-City Dhaka. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2013. ICCSA 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7973. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39646-5_29
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39646-5_29
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-39645-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-39646-5
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)