[雙語翻譯]城市公園外文翻譯--城市公園規(guī)劃中的社區(qū)參與策略（英文）

1、 Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 168 ( 2015 ) 311 – 320 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect1877-0428 © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article

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3、icipation; q-methodology; quality of life 1. Introduction The functions of parks as a place to provide opportunities for any kinds of recreational activities promote social interaction among community and enhance air qua

4、lity in the urban environment demonstrate the importance of urban parks in improving peoples’ quality of life. This paper briefly discusses the literature review on urban park benefits to emphasize the role of urban pa

5、rks in enhancing the quality of life, explains the criteria for successful urban park system and finally, discusses the application of Q methodology in assessing perception of the community on the role of current urban

6、 park characteristics in people’s quality of life. Previous studies indicate that natural places such as urban parks, * Corresponding author. Tel.: +60122910271 ; fax: +60355444353. E-mail address: drkamarul09@gmail.com

7、. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of Centre for Envi

8、ronment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning Khotdee et al. 2011). Khotdee et al. (2011) added that the view of nature tends to improve people well being by releasing them from stress, pressure

9、 and mental fatigue. As technology advances, urban community are likely to spend most of their time working, and urban parks provide ideal places to seek for refuge, in escaping from the pressures of urban living (McCo

10、rmack et al. 2010). 2.2. Social benefits Social relationships among urban community in the city may decline due to the pattern of working and busy schedules. The establishment of urban parks could provide a solution to

11、promote social interaction within the various community groups through organised events such as health campaign, sports, recreation and tree planting programmes. Besides enhancing social interaction, urban parks could

12、also provide suitable venues that contribute towards improving social bondings among family members by engaging in recreational activities together. Moreover, parks could also function as a gathering place for any so

13、cial event and encourage cohesiveness either among family, friends and neighbours (Mansor and Mohamad 2010). Sherer (2006) reported that previous studies had proven that residents living in neighborhoods with more gree

14、n and public open spaces foster better social interactions. As such, successful parks could enhance social interaction among community in an urbanising city. The success of public open space could be determined when th

15、e place contributes to the social interaction and promote psychological comfort and safety(Nasution and Zahrah2012). 2.3. Environmental benefits As global warming becomes an environmental issue especially in urban areas

16、, landscape elements in the urban parks play the role of keeping down the city’s temperature. Characteristics of urban parks include trees, flowers, vegetation, biodiversity and natural features contribute to the envir

17、onmental ecosystem in the city. Sherer (2006) highlighted the importance of trees and soil in urban parks, which play the role as natural filters, for curbing water pollution. According to Chiesura (2004), many studi

18、es had found that the natural features including urban parks and open spaces contribute greatly to the quality of life. The natural environment also contributes to children’s development as stated by Corraliza et al.

19、(2011). They also added that nature can teach children to be resilient so that children who are exposed to nature could cope with adversity better that those who did not. Another study among youths aged 13-17 years ol