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Providing an Attractive Environment for People to Engage in Health Activities: Serving with Landscape

Providing an Attractive Environment for People to Engage in Health Activities: Serving with Landscape

Hung-Pin Hsu
Copyright: © 2016 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 2166-7292|EISSN: 2166-7306|EISBN13: 9781466693739|DOI: 10.4018/IJCSSA.2016070103
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Hsu, Hung-Pin. "Providing an Attractive Environment for People to Engage in Health Activities: Serving with Landscape." IJCSSA vol.4, no.2 2016: pp.38-54. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCSSA.2016070103

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Hsu, H. (2016). Providing an Attractive Environment for People to Engage in Health Activities: Serving with Landscape. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA), 4(2), 38-54. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCSSA.2016070103

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Hsu, Hung-Pin. "Providing an Attractive Environment for People to Engage in Health Activities: Serving with Landscape," International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA) 4, no.2: 38-54. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCSSA.2016070103

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Abstract

Parks and green spaces have been allocated for city residents to offer them healthier natural environments. However, people living in cities may have less opportunity to engage with the natural environment since parks seem to be passive locations of activity. We investigated how to proactively enhance the attraction of green space to improve people's health. First, we surveyed how 683 city residents were engaged in physical activities. From them, 30 people were recruited for depth interviews. Results showed that the park environment and the health activities that feature ‘inner-attraction' could enhance the frequency and persistence of the city residents to engage in healthy activities. We also evaluated the service experience and attraction of 40 users in a 3-month program in the Daan Forest Park of Taipei City in Taiwan. Using the culture probes method, we found that the experience cycle and the use of social media enhanced the park's inner and inter attraction, and that the role of the park was transformed from a passive green space provider to an active service operator.

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