Abstract:
The aim of this study performed in a part of Tehran
city (capital of Iran) with 538 ha surface area, was locating the parks
and determining the needs of the area to find suitable recreational spaces
using GIS. The Ikonos imagery and 1:2000 topographic maps were applied
to detect the parks in the regions. Classifying the parks in four categories
of regional, zonal, local and neighboring levels, the influence rate of
each park was determined using the standards and the areas without parks
were identified in the region. Also the number of people using the parks
was measured by overlaying the maps of park boundaries and people distribution.
Then the map of gaps and their spatial pattern were prepared as the greatest
potential of green space increase and they were ranked due to the necessity
of park establishment and gap suitability. The gaps` surface area was
49.5 ha that have had no buildings. Regarding to the lack of parks in
local and neighboring levels and overlaying the maps of gaps on park establishment
necessities and needs, it was concluded that the area doesn`t have the
potential for park establishment at local level but about 1.8 ha of the
gaps can be allocated to parks at neighboring level.
S. Teimoori, J. Feghhi, Y. Erfanifard and M. Sharifi, 2009. Investigation on the Current Status and the Potential of Urban Parks with GIS. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3: 29-40.
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