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2019 , Vol. 8 >Issue 4: 454 - 470

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.05.006

Research Article

Public park behaviour in Da Nang: An investigation into how open space is used

  • Duy Thinh Do , 1,2 ,
  • Yuning Cheng 1 ,
  • Amir Shojai 3 ,
  • Ye Chen 1
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  • 1. Landscape Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 2. Architecture Faculty, Mien Tay Construction University, Vinh Long, Viet nam
  • 3. Division of Architectural and Structural Design, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan

Received date: 12 Nov 2018

Accepted date: 15 May 2019

Published date: 15 Dec 2019

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2019 2019 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Abstract

The provision of open space is seen as a feasible solution in mitigating the challenges of urbanization, which accommodates the daily leisure activities of residents and contributes to sustainable development. This study aims at understanding how users perceive open space in 29-3 Park in Da Nang, Vietnam. This understanding may help to adopt a better approach to development and improvements. More specifically, it focuses on identifying roles and attributes of the space and determining those elements which affect how users of the space gather, based on their perspective. Residents’ behaviour parameters were identified and classified based on activities that occurred in this space, and were collected using a behavioural mapping survey method. The analysis of 20 in-depth interviews, and 287 questionnaires, show existing problems that need to be improved and detail 11 physical factors that have potential to impact on users’ satisfaction. These results may have the potential to play an important role in assisting designers and administrators to create successful open space in urban areas of Vietnam or other developing countries in the future.

Key words： Open space; Environmental behaviour; Behaviour mapping; Da Nang; 29-3 park

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Duy Thinh Do , Yuning Cheng , Amir Shojai , Ye Chen . Public park behaviour in Da Nang: An investigation into how open space is used[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2019 , 8(4) : 454 -470 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2019.05.006

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