Abstract
Sustainable park management encompasses the requirement to provide equal opportunities for
access and usage of the park, regardless of age, gender or nationality of the visitors. It thereby
presents opportunities as well as problems for today’s heterogeneous global cities. The research
presented here is part of the project “Sustainable design, management and appropriation of urban
public parks” (www.geo.unizh.ch/nfp54/)1.
We assume that the specific park infrastructure in the form of design elements, behaviour settings
(in the sense of Schoggen, 1989) and management (Kaplan et al., 1998) affords specific activities
while discouraging others. By applying this knowledge to a specific spatial management, conflicts of
usage can be minimized and thus social sustainability is ensured.
Our goal therefore is to model the social interaction and resulting space usage in urban public
parks at the micro level of individuals, because an understanding of the processes of space
appropriation is important for the design and management of sustainable urban environments.
access and usage of the park, regardless of age, gender or nationality of the visitors. It thereby
presents opportunities as well as problems for today’s heterogeneous global cities. The research
presented here is part of the project “Sustainable design, management and appropriation of urban
public parks” (www.geo.unizh.ch/nfp54/)1.
We assume that the specific park infrastructure in the form of design elements, behaviour settings
(in the sense of Schoggen, 1989) and management (Kaplan et al., 1998) affords specific activities
while discouraging others. By applying this knowledge to a specific spatial management, conflicts of
usage can be minimized and thus social sustainability is ensured.
Our goal therefore is to model the social interaction and resulting space usage in urban public
parks at the micro level of individuals, because an understanding of the processes of space
appropriation is important for the design and management of sustainable urban environments.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 10th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science |
| Editors | Monica Wachowicz, Lars Bodum |
| Publisher | Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-87-819-3004-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | 10th AGILE conference on Geographic Information Science, AGILE 2007 - Aalborg, Denmark Duration: 8 May 2007 → 11 May 2007 Conference number: 10 |
Conference
| Conference | 10th AGILE conference on Geographic Information Science, AGILE 2007 |
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| Abbreviated title | AGILE |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Aalborg |
| Period | 8/05/07 → 11/05/07 |
Keywords
- ADLIB-ART-1506