| dc.description.abstract | Rapid urbanization and change of
lifestyles require more public open spaces in
cities to fulfill different socio, economic and
environmental needs of the city. The urban
park is a breathing space in a highly dense
urban fabric for the public to recreational
activities as well as physical health
activities. The successful functionality of
recreational parks in urban context will be
determined by citizens’ acceptance. A
Sociologist and urbanist, William H. Whyte is
the mentor who did long time research on
public gathering spaces. Based on the
research, he identified a set of principal
factors behind the successful functionality
and social acceptance of public gathering
spaces. This paper will be discussed the
applicability of Whyte’s Principles in Sri
Lankan urban context. For this research,
theoretical knowledge of urban public
spaces, recreational parks, principle factors
of Whyte’s theory will be discussed through
a comprehensive literature survey. Basically,
the data collection was done by selfobservation, photography survey and a semi
structured questionnaire. Semi structured
questioner was helped to have more
requests and ideas from the visitors. Finally,
the data will be presented through
photographs, graphs and charts to have
better clarification about the collected data.
In the conclusion, effect of Whyte’s theory
on the function of these parks and the things
which have to be improved will be discussed. | en_US |
