The Role of Recreational Places in Improving the Sustainable Development (Case Study: KHOSHK River, Shiraz)

one of the critical needs of citizens is access to the facilities to spend their leisure time usefully. These facilities are considered as one of the infrastructures in sustainable urban development. As most of citizens’ leisure time is spent in the streets or small parks without any special facilities, extending urban recreational places will meet human naturalistic needs. Therefore, the present study investigates some statements on sustainable urban development, spending leisure time and designing river margins. Using Delphi method, a questionnaire was prepared and then answered by 30 people. SPSS software was used to statistically analyze the data and it was done in two groups of analytical and descriptive. Considering the data, it was observed that among all sustainable urban development criteria, cultural, physical, environmental, Economical and social criteria were affecting citizens regarding using or not using such urban areas by 13.9 Percent, 4.1 percent, 3.8 percent, 2.8 percent and 1 percent, respectively. These criteria and spending leisure time have a significant relation with designing the margin of river and improving sustainable urban development has the most effect on designing the margin of river with 81.8 percent correlation.