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Encouraging Park Use

Encouraging Park Use. David Vial & Michelle Prior Integrated Open Space Services - IOSS. Objectives. Examine Current Use of Parks Why Encourage Park Use Survey Results Encouraging Park Use Workshop. Wealth of Park Diversity. Townsville as an example National Parks – Magnetic Island

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Encouraging Park Use

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  1. Encouraging Park Use David Vial & Michelle Prior Integrated Open Space Services - IOSS

  2. Objectives • Examine Current Use of Parks • Why Encourage Park Use • Survey Results • Encouraging Park Use • Workshop

  3. Wealth of Park Diversity • Townsville as an example • National Parks – Magnetic Island • Great Barrier Reef Marine Park • Wetlands - Town Common • Foreshore Parks – Soroptomist Park • Linear Parks & Cycleways - Ross River Parklands • Local Parks – Sherrif Park • Sport Parks • Traditional Gardens – Queens Park • Botanic Gardens - Palmetum • Iconic Parks - The Strand

  4. Factors Affecting Park Use • Weather & climate • Aspect • Location • Higher density areas wider range of hours of use

  5. Factors Affecting Park Use • Accessibility • Distance • Cost & future availability of fuel • Mode of transport • Physical barriers • Busy roads, waterways, railway lines • Park amenity, features & facilities

  6. Factors Affecting Park Use • Events • Day of the week • Weekends / holidays • Time of day • Early morning / late afternoon • Exercising, commuting • Mid morning • Preschooler play • Middle of the day • Picnics, lunchbreaks • Evening

  7. Factors Affecting Park Use • Level of maintenance • Time availability • Life cycle • Promotion of parks • Other competing leisure activities

  8. Age & Gender of Park UsersComparison of Park User Profiles to General Population – Age & Gender Sources: 2004 - 2007 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program (n=17,220), 2006 Census

  9. Predominant Activities Undertaken in Parks Age & GenderSource: 2004 - 2007 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program (n=17,220)

  10. Why Encourage Park Use? • Historical Perspective • Park Evolution since 1st Millennium BC • Place for Public Pleasure • 19th Century • Promenading, Fresh Air, Recreation • 20th Century • Accessible Playgrounds, Sportsfields, Picnic Facilities • Late 20th – 21st Centuries • Wide Diversity of Accessible Settings, Placemaking Initiatives, Multi-disciplinary Planning & Management • Ongoing Evolution of Park Use will Continue

  11. Why Encourage Park Use? • Return on Investment • Land Allocation • Local, State and Federal level • Financial Investment • Human resources • Asset value • Development & maintenance expenditure

  12. Why Encourage Park Use? • Community Health / Wellbeing • Physical • Mental • Spiritual • Social • Cultural

  13. The Flipside • Use conflicts • Overuse • Inadequate land capacity to meet future demand • Effects of climate change • Sustainable resource use • Available funds

  14. Encourage Park Use SurveySource: 2005/6 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program • Survey conducted in 2005/06 • 48 Government Authorities • 7,511 park users interviewed • 591 Parks • SE, central & Nth Qld; Sydney Region, Melbourne Region, Perth Region • Mainly coastal population centres

  15. Encourage Park Use SurveyPark Category BreakdownSource: 2005/6 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program

  16. Encourage Park Use SurveyResponses: Factors that will encourage more use of parksSource: 2005/06 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program n=1,500

  17. Encourage Park Use Survey Responses: Factors that will encourage more use of parksSource: 2005/06 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program n=1,500

  18. Encourage Park Use Survey Responses: Factors that will encourage more use of parksSource: 2005/06 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program n=1,500

  19. Encourage Park Use SurveyEncouragement Categories by Age & GenderSource: 2005/06 Benchmark Park User Satisfaction Survey Program n=1,500

  20. Encouraging Park Use • More people visiting parks expressed as a % of the total population? • Increased length of stay in the parks? • Increased frequency of use of parks? • Increased variety of activities undertaken in parks? • Better outcomes for fringe / cultural groups?

  21. Encouraging Park Use • Type of Parkland • Passive, Active, Conservation, Iconic, Regional, District, Local, Linear, Foreshore, Scenic • Range of User Groups – Differing Requirements • Age, Gender, Activity, Cultural etc • Range of Parkland Features/Facilities • Parkland Amenity; Paths, Picnics, Playgrounds etc • Match Parkland Settings & Features/Facilities to Targeted User Requirements • Requires good local information from which to make decisions

  22. Workshop / Forum

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