Analyzing the Pathology of Public Green Spaces Designing in Urban Areas (Case Study: Eram Park in Sabzevar)

Background and Nowadays, Public green spaces in urban areas are the only shelters that soften life of urbanites and reduce the problems of machinism age. Urban parks through their diverse functions such as ecological, social, cultural, economic and psychological functions have important role in improving the quality of citizen's life. One of the factors that affect function and efficiency of urban parks are process of palnning and quality of designing. On this basis, main purpose of this study is pathology of planning and designing of urban parks.
the case study is Eram Park in Sabzevar. The methodology used in this study is a descriptive –analytical method. The sources of date gathering are including documentary method in theoretical foundations and related literature and also the data obtained from survey studies (observation and photography of study area).
Findings indicated that in designing of Eram Park various aspects such as designing of entrances, readability and identification, pattern of planting, parking spaces, usage of materials for pavement, attention to features and needs of specific social groups, such as women, children and the disabled, and the need for social monitoring of park space have not been taken into account.
Finally, it was proposed to pay more attention to the qualitative and quantitative criteria in planning, specially in designing of public green spaces and urban parks.