Urban Green Space Planning with the Approach of Sports, Health and Social Welfare

Urban green space planning has a special comprehensiveness. There are few fields of science that are so interrelated to different scientific disciplines. The purpose of this study is to express the relationship between urban green space design and planning with sports, health and community welfare, and to emphasize the benefits of green space sports and the basic principles that should be considered by designers.

The electronic search strategy to extract data on research background was created by the authors and performed using research databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed and Google Scholar. The search terms "green space", "sport" and "health" and their types were queried and the obtained articles were classified.

A city with interconnected green spaces that provides safe opportunities for urban residents to be active and exercise, as well as improve stress, recreation and social contact, will have healthier citizens. In such a city, there would be less demand for health services, a stronger economy will develop, and it would probably be more resistant to extreme environmental events such as heat waves and heavy rainfall.

Outdoor sports increase physical health, mental health and well-being, active citizenship, reduce crime and anti-social behaviors, etc. Therefore, in designing urban spaces, it is necessary to endeavor to design the spaces and related elements in a way that causes desirable behaviors and prevents undesirable behaviors. This can be achieved using the available tools and means of urban design and applying useful and effective techniques.