Behavioral analysis of the effective quantitative and qualitative factors on attraction of citizens to urban parks in Esfahan

In the present study, we attempted to explore and analyze effective factors on attraction of citizens to Esfahan urban parks. This paper aims to “assess the effect of determinant factors of citizens’ behavior such as employment, sex, age and the type of transport available for families on the time of use of urban parks, and the availability and attraction of citizens to them. The method of research is “analytical-descriptive and survey” which was carried out by completing 300 questionnaires in 8 urban parks in Esfahan. In order to analyze resulting data from questionnaires and to assess the interaction among studied factors, “ANOVA”, “Phi and Cramers V”, “Kendall's tau-c”, “Tukey” and “Pearson Chi-square” tests were used. The findings show that the relationship between owning private car and availability to urban parks and the relationship between age and employment condition and attraction type of parks are significant. In contrast, individuals’ age varies significantly with attraction type of parks.