Evaluation of Urban Park in Alanya County with Visual Quality Assessment Method Antalya/ Turkey

Abstract

With the Industrial Revolution that took place in 18th century, a rapid transition from agriculture to industrial society has started and it had
different impacts on all around the globe. During this process, the cities where the majority of the human population lived were negatively affected
from these changes. Contemporary environment creating disciplines are showing great efforts to renew the cities which have functional and
aesthetic problems and make them more livable environments. The most important components of the urban aesthetic are outdoor and green fields.
Due to their active use, city parks constitute a component of urban outdoor green field system which serves the urban society the most. Scientific
researches which aim at discovering the visual quality of the urban parks through assessment and description of the components which compose
this visual quality will also contribute towards increasing the aesthetics value of the urban. In this research, Abdurrahman Alaettinoğlu Urban Park
in Alanya County is designated to be study material and in this urban park photo-questionnaire application has been performed on local and foreign
users. According to results of the research, with the findings obtained from the study, proposals which may contribute to planning, design and
management of Urban Park were put forward.