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Explora: Environment
            and Resource                                                                Sustainable urban park design




                                                    Sustainable urban
                                                         park


             1. Management                                 4. Aesthetics and  5. Environmental  6. Activity
                quality      2. Life quality  3. Social quality  furnishing quality  quality     quality



                 Participation in  Use for      Suitability for  Sufficient     Energy efficient
                 management       relaxation      children       hardware       lighting systems   Bike paths
                                                                 element


                Preservation of    Use for      Suitability for
                 existing parks  entertainment   the elderly    Usability of     Native plants       Kiosks
                                                                 furnitures

                                Contribution to  Suitability for                   Water
                                  life quality   disabled people  Aesthetic of   conservation      Event field
                                                                 furnitures

                                               Being clean and                    Harvesting
                                 Accessibility  well-maintained  Playgrounds      rainwater
                                                                for children
                                                                                   Waste
                                                                                  collection
                                                Good lighting                      system
                                                                Sports fields
                                                                                  Recycling
                                                                                  program
                                                                Usability of
                                                                walking and
                                                                jogging paths    Conservation
                                                                                of  biodiversity


                                                                Aesthetic of
                                                                walking and
                                                               jogging paths



                                                               Soft landscape
                                                                 suitability



                                                               Hard landscape
                                                                 suitability

                                                Figure 2. Sustainable urban park model
            fields, free green activity areas, width, flooring quality,   and harmony with the surrounding elements, revealed that
            location within the park and surroundings. The evaluation,   Altinpark received the highest evaluation with an average
            made on a scale of 1 – 3, ranked Altinpark ahead of Botanik   of 2.20.  In the same study, Altinpark received an average
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            Park (1.70) but behind Gençlik Park (1.92) with an average   value  of 2.53, close  to Botanik  Park (2.60), when  plant
            of 1.88. Moreover, evaluation of the furniture based on its   elements were examined according to their dimensions,
            functionality, adequacy  of distribution within  the  park,   such as suitability of species selection, adequacy of



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