Creating a favorable environmental territory in Tabriz city parks for women (Elgoli, Valiasr and Shams women parks)

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

Sara Ghahri Lalaklou ¹ , Rasool Darskhan ² , Mahsa Faramarzi Asli ³ , Mortza Mirgholami ⁴ , Samad Sabbagh Dehkharghani ⁵

1 - PhD Student of Urban Design, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran. )*Corresponding Author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
4 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tabriz University of Islamic Arts, Tabriz, Iran.
5 - Assistant Professor, Department of Social, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

Received: 2022-02-14 Accepted : 2022-05-10 Published : 2023-06-22

Keywords: Urban space, Territory, park, Public Environment, Tabriz,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Today, women are present in society like men. But they do not have enough power to choose their desired territory and as vulnerable groups, their value and position in urban spaces are ignored and they do not have a favorable environmental territory to use and enjoy urban spaces. This research seeks to introduce the components that affect the creation of a desirable territory for women. Material and Methodology: The research method is phenomenological and has an explanatory-inferential approach. The type of study is qualitative and the studies have been done in both field and library methods and semi-in-depth interviews have been used. The sampling method is purposeful and we do not have a fixed sample size and sampling of people with different views after starting with the minimum number, continued until it reached theoretical saturation. Accordingly, the total number of interviewees in the three parks of Ail Goli, Valiasr Park and Shams Women's Park in Tabriz was 18 people. Findings: Based on women's statements, general phenomena were identified and extracted and their relationship was determined. Finally, the most important indicators that cover the most components in their subset were extracted, which include 9 indicators of quality, interaction, vitality, security, privacy, determinism, mind-psyche, sense of belonging, choice. Discussion and Conclusion: As a result, according to the research findings, eliminating the deficiencies needed by women in urban parks in terms of extracted components, will be of great help in improving the desirability of the environmental territory of this particular group.

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