Promoting the Health and Social Inclusion of the Urban Population by endowing and improving the Quality of Leisure Facilities in the Parks in Bucharest.

BOGAN, Elena

Green spaces are an essential component of urban environment due to their role in improving the quality of life by ensuring the quality of environmental factors and the health of the population as well as contributing to increased social inclusion by creating opportunities for people of all ages to interact through both informal social contact and participation in city events. From this perspective, this research aims to evaluate and analyze green spaces and recreational facilities in parks of Bucharest, in order to determine their role in the communities, for each of the six sectors and the entire Bucharest. This theme is linked with the human need to be closer to nature, even when choosing to live in a highly urbanized environment. In recent years, in Bucharest, more and more areas of green spaces suffered, being modified and replaced by various constructions. While the surface of the green spaces has decreased, the surface of the areas intended for recreation has also decreased. This paper is mainly aimed at presenting and analyzing the perception of residents regarding green spaces and recreational and leisure facilities in the Bucharest parks. The results of this study can be useful in the urban planning activity of the local authorities.

HEALTH; SOCIAL integration; URBAN ecology (Sociology); CITY dwellers; QUALITY of life

Quality - Access to Success, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 166, p80

1582-2559

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