People how Preference Places for Leisure and Recreation (Case Study: Tehran, District 2)

Subject Areas : Urban Development

Farid Abed ¹ , Rama Ghalambor Dezfooly ² , Amir Hossein Pourjohari ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Urbansim, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Development, Pardis Branch, Islamic Azad University, Pardis, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urbansim, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-10-17 Accepted : 2022-12-19 Published : 2023-01-01

Keywords: leisure, Preference The Leisure And Recreation, preference,

Abstract :

Today, spending leisure time has become part of humans' lives which can take on various forms. Spending leisure time, on the one hand, and the priority of selecting a place, on the other hand, differ from each other. The main research question is How are leisure places selected and prioritized in a case study of Tehran's District 2? To answer this question, factors affecting an individual's preference for leisure and recreational places were determined. The statistical population consisted of 384 people. Using a questionnaire, residents' views on their tendency to spend their leisure time and their preference for the use of 18 leisure places across district 2 were evaluated. The theoretical framework of the research expresses that the type and quality of leisure spaces on the one hand (recreation and place aspects) and the individual's lifestyle (individual and cultural features in the geographical and social environment) are influenced by the time factor (access and availability), On the other hand, are influential in leisure time preferences. Research results indicated that individual characteristics, gender, age, and marital status were significantly correlated to selecting the type and leisure-recreation places. Also, Friedman test results suggested that as regards spending leisure time, going to cafés and restaurants held the highest thematic preference, while going to local parks had the highest location-based preference.

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