Citizen attitudes and the use patterns of courtyard green space in urban residential in Isfahan city

One of the most important fields to create a suitable environment for the residents of the cities is the development of urban green space. Thus the management of urban green space and use all of its potential is an important point for planner in urban environmental management. In this study, focused on the citizen attitudes and the use patterns of yards green space in urban residential in Isfahan city. The research was conducted in the form of survey study. Classified random sampling was selected because in the past studied had divided the Isfahan city green space in to three categories: High, medium and low level. The data for this research was collected from 230 citizen ship in Isfahan city. The Validity of questionnaire was determined by using expert opinion and the reliability of questionnaire was determined by calculating the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient (0.76) after conducting a pilot study. Analysis of the survey results showed that the average size of residential courtyard between 50 to 100 m2. Also green space consisted of half of the residential courtyard. These results showed that the development of the courtyard green space of urban residential could be help to improve the green space in the urban environment management. The result of this study showed that the average use of the courtyard green space was less than 2 hours a day.In the viewpoint of Isfahan citizen's the priorities of the use of courtyard green space was to satisfy the spiritual - psychological needs (87.7%).Also the most users prefer to use the tree of green space element (34.3%).Also in the viewpoint of Isfahan citizens willing to make changes in the design of courtyard green space was the high, therefore the 73% of respondent confirmed the need of create changes of the design in your courtyard green space.