The health and mental factors affecting the quality of urban parks in Iran based on experts visions analysis

Landscape is one of the first things that people has been contact with it. This issue has the dimensions of environmental, social, cultural, economic and physical. Extension of this issue has led to precise and comprehensive research. Requirements of environmental, social and cultural landscape led to more study and search of possible solutions for response to the urgent needs. Today, the concept of cities without affecting green spaces in various forms is not conceivable. Today, knowledge of planting design is considered a process, art and science. The diagnostic features of a beautiful art, principles of design combined with the science hardships. This process is the planning process before planting, they are interdependent and inseparable. Skills, attitude and patience are essential for this process. When we talk about Iranian garden design in present time, its better that to design a garden with Iranian culture, it evokes Iranian cultural values and responds to Iranian needs. Thus it has the Iranian identity and it is as an independent model to garden design. In fact the aim of design green spaces is finding crucial factors in creating a green space for cities from an environmental, leisure, cultural and aesthetic perspective. Expanded role of green space Expanded role of green space for relaxation not hidden from anyone. Somewhat treatment by park is known as one of the versions of health. Urban spaces are part of the city's structure that their design should be in order to requirements of urban life and meet the needs of citizens to be achieve valuable cultural models that have meanings and concepts derived from within the community. This can create healthy environment and urban values. In this project, three methods for collecting data is used field, interviews and library methods. The information was collected by respect to the resources available in Persian and English (a variety of journals, magazine green spaces and bibliography) and associated sites in theoretical methods (literature research). Descriptive methods include the direct and indirect view from green spaces newly built in cities such as Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz and Mashhad. Interviews with experts were that much of this research has been shaped by their experiences and ideas. And it is this research analysis and forming conclusions. According to experts has been less attention the impact of plant characteristics such as odor, color, form and texture in the human spirit in the design of parks and other green spaces in Iran. But the factors that affect in the quality of health and mental characteristics of Iranian urban park noted designer of urban park. other Factors are the need for shade and temperature control, noise pollution, air pollution control, etc., that will affect in plant design in park-style building and partly we can say that today the health characteristics of parks such as sound containment, pollution containment and control of light in the clean and healthy environment and also mental traits of parks such as the induction of peace and quiet sense is growing by plant design.