1、4300 英文单词, 2.2 万英文字符 , 中文 6700 字 文献出处: Ngesan M R , Karim H A , Zubir S S . Image of Urban Public Park During Nighttime in Relation to Place IdentityJ. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013, 101:328-337. Image of Urban Public Park during Nighttime in Relation to Place Identity Mohd Riduan
2、Ngesan, Hafazah Abdul Karim, Syed Sobri Zubir Abstract Image is a part of variable in forming place identity. There are three attributes in measuring image domain in urban public park during nighttime which are conditions of physical setting; lighting and colour; and signage/ symbol. The aim of this
3、 research paper is to investigate the reliability of urban public park image in relation to nighttime place identity in Shah Alam. The data is collected through pilot questionnaire survey and the data were analysed using reliability scales known as internal consistency and correlation analysis. The
4、results show the significant items used for image in determining the nighttime place identity of urban public park. Keywords: Image; urban public park; place identity; nighttime leisure activities 1. Introduction Urban parks and playgrounds fulfill a variety of social and psychological needs of the
5、residents - for example, childrens play, social meeting, recreation, and privacy. Urban public park creates more pleasant climate, relatively quiet, and with cleaner air than the rest of the city. The success in fulfilling the social functions by urban public parks may be measured by the frequency o
6、f the visitation by the population for whom they were designed. However, the hot climate during the day due to the effect of global warming discouraged human activities in an urban park (Ewer, 1991). Moreover, Shaharudin et al. (2010) argued that urban heat island significantly reduced livability and human comfort where it is extremely hot to conduct outdoor activities during daytime. Furthermore the busy lifestyle of urbanites also affects the lack of time for leisure and recreation activ