Quality Assessment of Neighborhood Levels Public Parks in Alwar City

Abstract

The existence of public parks is pivotal to the human beings, especially in the small cities like Alwar. It provides benefits from the economic, social, communal, environmental and aesthetical aspects. Parks improved the quality of life of cities and neighborhood. In this paper the conceptual framework for quality assessment of neighborhood level parks is followed by a literature study in the fields of urban planning. Neighborhood level parks were chosen for the assessment because they had a social, economic and cultural difference. Not only does they provide revenue benefits for health and mental well-being, but it also serves as a society and community’s meeting place for certain residential neighborhood this paper analyzes the assessment of quality factors influencing the utilization of neighborhood level public parks in a small city. A questionnaire survey and primary observations have been carried out in three different residential areas of the Alwar City to identifying the factors influencing utilizations of public parks. The result shows that other than quality, the density, income level and pre-dominate age group are most important factors. The findings imply that quality factors should be incorporated while planning the public parks.