Meent, Joël van de (2024) Sports Parks in the context of a Healthy City and Urban Planning. Pre-master thesis.
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Abstract
The health of the city’s people is becoming increasingly prevalent in the policies and goals of cities which can be seen in the goals of the World Health Organisation to make cities “healthy cities”. In making the city’s citizens more healthy, sports are considered a big part of improving health. Sports parks are a logical way to incorporate more activity into citizen’s lives. This study will look at how these sports parks should be implemented and how they should be designed so that the city becomes healthier. To do this, a research-by-design study was conducted in the neighbourhood of Meerstad, located in the Dutch city Groningen to answer the research question “In what ways can sports parks contribute to the design of healthy neighbourhoods?” This study found that several elements need to be taken into account when designing a sports park to make for a healthy neighbourhood: placement of the park, park aesthetics, feeling of safety of the visitor, sufficient equipment, weather resistance and relevant climate adaptation measures. By implementing these elements, it is expected that a sports park will perform well and that people will like to come to the park and exercise physical activity to improve their health.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Pre-master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Altinkaya-Genel, O. |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2024 08:19 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2024 08:19 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4665 |
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