An Analysis of the Distribution Location of Parks in Pol-e-Dokhtar

The city as the focus of human activity has no choice but to accept the structure and affected functions of natural systems in order to ensure its sustainability. Green space used as a necessary and unavoidable part of cities plays an important role and its deficiency can greatly harm the life in cities. In the present study, the distribution and analysis of locating the intra-city parks of Pol-e-Dokhtar through the neighboring functions in GIS environment investigated. As far as spatial distribution is concerned, only 9.32 percent of the total area of the city is used as parks. The results of analysis of lands used as parks shows that approximately 67 percent of the subareas of parks are indicated as ‘totally appropriate’ and ‘appropriate’ and nearly 33 percent are considered as “completely inappropriate” and “inappropriate”. Considering the complete compatibility, the best locating relates to Fadak Park, while the worst one is related to Azadegan Park. From among the three scales of the parks in the city, the radius performance of the parks has been appropriate in local scale. The park capita in Pol-e-Dokhtar is presently 2.66 square meters. Regarding the 8 square meters for each person, the city is faced with a shortage park area of 156458 square meters.