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Urbanisation is a global issue with strong implication for human health. Following the growing population and building in cities, particularly in the last years, urbanisation has broken the association between citizen and urban green space. Furthermore, urbanisation led to poorer health and decreased quality of life (Maller et al., 2008; Byomkesh et al., 2012). These are reasons of increasing demand for afforestation and outdoor leisure areas in an urban space. Accessing to green space has been regarded as important in urban planning. Urban green space is valued as places that facilitate physical activity and improve human health (Wilhelm-Stanis et al., 2010) by providing citizens opportunities for social interaction and enjoyment of nature (Townsend & Weerasuriya, 2010; Weber & Anderson, 2010).
To attract more people to be closer to nature, understanding the factors of the use of green space is helpful. Over the last few decades, a great number of papers have been devoted to find out the attractive design factors for green space. For instance, residential proximity to parks (Giles-Corti et al., 2005), parks with specific features such as trails (Kaczynski et al., 2008) and aesthetic appeal and safety (Bedimo-Rung et al., 2005; Giles-Corti et al., 2005) appear to be important factors. These factors have to be accumulated and offer to landscape architects who design and manage solutions for better green space. A substantial body of research focuses on the importance of designing green space. However, there are still relatively few studies that have provided activities to promote or help people to use or even immerse themselves into green space in daily life.
This paper has three aims:
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To survey some phenomena of using green space currently
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To construct a service experience cycle of green space
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To identify attractive factors and users’ needs which influence their perception and final decision. Through reaching these aims, city service systems could be smarter to deduce and provide suitable activity to citizens. Avenues for further research will also be suggested.