An Empirical Study on Public Parks in Vijayawada City

Sirisha Charugulla¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.1-8, Oct-2019

Online published on Oct 31, 2019

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Abstract :
Public parks are nothing but open place which we are enjoying the nature. Public parks are most important component of every human life. A park is a natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment, especially in cities. Now-a-days, most of the people visit the parks and enjoy the nature for fresh air with peace of mind due to their busy work schedule in their life. Even parks also offer some services to the public like it consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as fountains, playground, memorials and playing sports, etc., parks are offer some exercises movements for body fitness also. The present study is an attempt to study the overall opinion towards the public parks which provided by the municipal corporation. The data has been collected through structured questionnaire and the sample size of the present study is 250. The current study was conducted in Vijayawada

Key-Words / Index Term :
Public Parks, Open Space, Social, Quality of parks, Renovation, etc

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