the main purpose of this study is to investigate the preferences of urban dwellers for variouselements of urban parks in order to provide some important suggestions for rehabilitation of urban deficient parks. inthis regard, this study has conducted a survey in one of the oldest parks in khorramabad, iran, to reveal the overallsatisfaction of the park situation and to explore the preferences of...

Unlike sidewalks, walking loops are designed specifically for uninterrupted exercise. In an era of shrinking budgets and expanding waistlines, preventive medicine physician Deborah Cohen of the RAND Corporation wanted to see whether walking loops are a good investment for park planners. After analyzing data for more than 170 parks, Cohen and colleagues found that those with walking loops had mo...

Island biogeography theory predicts that species will be lost on habitat "islands" created by the fragmentation o f continental regions. Many Tanzanian parks are rapidly becoming habitat islands as a result o f human settlement, agricultural development, and the active elimination o f wildlife on adjacent lands. The rate o f extinction o f mammals in six Tanzanian parks over the last 35-83 year...