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Explora: Environment
and Resource Sustainable urban park design

Table 2. Design elements that can contribute to the Table 2. (Continued)
sustainability of an urban park
No Design element References
No Design element References 27 Availability of waste Sultana, Dizdaroglu 21
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1 Ensuring community Harnik, Phetkongtong 10 collection system
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participation 28 Recycling program
2 Preservation of existing Kolimenakis et al., Sultana 27 29 Availability of bicycle lanes Trojanowska 28
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parks
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30 Protection of biodiversity Chao, Sultana, Dizdaroglu 21
3 Can be used for resting Harnik, Yildizci and Yücel, 6 40
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Elassal and Haron, Kalansooriya 26 31 Availability of kiosks for Ibes, Safarkhani
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drinks and snacks
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4 Can be used for Yildizci and Yücel, Bahriny, 23 6
entertainment purposes Kalansooriya 26 32 Activity areas and event Yildizci and Yücel, Ibes,
organizations Dizdaroglu, Elassal and Haron 14
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5 Contributing to residents’ Yildizci and Yücel, Sultana, Aly
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quality of life and Dimitrijevic 7
6 Suitable for children’s use Bennett et al., Elassal and Haron, correspond to approximately 10 times the 32 variables,
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7 Suitable for elderly use Trojanowska 28 representing an adequate sample size. Given that the study
8 Suitable for physically aimed to obtain opinions on the sustainability of urban
disabled use parks from citizens, purposive sampling was deemed
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9 Being clean and well-kept Padial-Ruz et al., Aly and unnecessary, and convenience sampling was employed
Dimitrijevic 7 instead. Convenience sampling is a non-random sampling
10 Safe to be used at all hours Bennett et al., Dizdaroğlu, 8 where participants are selected based on practical
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Bahriny 24 criteria, such as easy accessibility, geographical proximity,
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11 Being easily accessible Harnik, Bennett et al., availability at a given time, or willingness to participate.
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Trojanowska 28 During the sampling process, the only criterion considered
12 Good lighting Dizdaroğlu, Bahriny 24 was that participants possess some level of education, as
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13 Availability of sports fields Padial-Ruz et al., Wu et al., a certain degree of knowledge is required to understand
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Kalansooriya 26 sustainability concepts.
14 Sufficient park furniture Paraskevopoulou et al., Tereci and The data analysis involved descriptive analyses of
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15 Comfortable and useful Atmaca, Dizdaroğlu, Elassal and participants and design elements and a reliability analysis
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park furniture Haron, Safarkhani40 of the Likert scale. Relative importance indices of design
16 Integrity and continuity of elements were calculated for each design element. Factors
park furniture obtained through exploratory factor analysis were
17 Comfortable and Padial-Ruz et al., Van Renswouw appropriately named, resulting in a design model with
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convenient walking and et al., Trojanowska 28 30 design elements grouped into six factors. In the final
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jogging paths stage of the study, Altinpark was examined based on the
18 Appropriate walking and identified factors and their corresponding criteria. This
jogging paths
evaluation was conducted through on-site observations,
19 Energy conservation Haredy, Gholamreza, Elassal and interviews with park authorities, a review of existing
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Haron, Velásquez 15
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20 Playgrounds for children Ibes, Bennett et al., Trojanowska 28 literature on the park, and an analysis of user evaluations
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on social media.
21 Enough toilets and Gong et al., Safarkhani 40
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washbasins 4. Results
22 Appropriate soft Sanmargaraja et al., Elassal and
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landscaping Haron 14 4.1. Descriptive analysis, relative importance of
23 Appropriate hard Paraskevopoulou et al., Kurtaslan, design elements, and scale reliability analysis
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landscaping Elassal and Haron 14 Descriptive analysis was used to determine the
24 Using local plants Ibes, Ignatieva et al. 33 participants’ demographics, with the results presented in
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25 Saving water Ibes, Gholamreza, Dizdaroglu 21 Table 3. Half of the participants were male, and half were
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26 Establishment of rainwater female. The largest age group was 20 – 29, comprising
collection system approximately 30% of the sample. Given the nature of
(Cont'd...) sustainability, which requires a certain level of knowledge,
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