Accessibility Analysis of Parks at Urban Neighborhood: The Case of Dhaka

Abstract

The city and urban environment will become extremely important in the daily lives of the increasing number of people. Parks and open spaces are one aspect of urban environment that is of great importance in daily life as well as social life for people who live in urban areas. Often their importance is forgotten in the debate about architecture and built form. Parks and open spaces might be considered as non-essential in the less developed countries – but their importance lies in many different benefits and opportunities that they can provide. Urban parks if properly accessible and well connected with its surrounding area can improve urban environment by enhancing community development and social bondage. This paper focused on the accessibility of urban parks many ways as we know that without adequate accessibility the provision of good quality or quantity of open spaces would be of very limited value. Therefore It investigates the current situation of accessibility of urban parks at planned and unplanned neighborhood of the city. This study examines different variables affecting the accessibility of the urban parks. The paper also suggested some recommendation to enhance further quality of accessibility. From the detail discussion of this paper it is concluded that parks of Dhaka city should be immediately restored maintained and preserves to enhance the image of the capital.