Title Page
Contents
List of Abbreviations 9
Abstract 10
CHAPTER I. Introduction 12
1.1. Background Information 12
1.1.1. Urbanization and greenery 12
1.1.2. The pressure on green spaces in Yangon due to urbanization and population growth 14
1.2. Research Objectives 15
CHAPTER II. Literature Review 16
2.1. Urban Green Space and Public Parks 16
2.2. Roles and Benefits of Parks 17
2.3. Uses of Public Parks 19
2.4. Development of Public Parks in Yangon 20
CHAPTER III. Methodology 24
3.1. Description of Study Area 24
3.2. Survey Design 26
3.3. Data Collection and Analysis 27
CHAPTER IV. Results and Discussion 35
4.1. Public Parks Area Changes in Yangon from 1988 to 2018 35
4.2. Demographic characteristics of the respondents 36
4.3. Uses of Public Parks 37
4.3.1. Reasons why visited to parks and reasons why not visited to parks 37
4.3.2. Relationship between frequency of visit to parks and distances between parks and resident's homes 40
4.3.3. Frequency of visits to parks per different users age groups 41
4.3.4. Analysis on frequency of visits to six different parks that are nearly 30 acres area wide 42
4.4. Impacts of public parks and Resident's awareness about benefits of parks 44
4.4.1. Benefits of Public Parks 44
4.4.2. Resident's awareness about benefits of parks 45
4.5. Resident's general opinions about public parks 48
CHAPTER V. Conclusion and Recommendations 54
5.1. Conclusion 54
5.2. Recommendations 56
Literature Cited 57
Appendices 6
Appendix I. Research Questionnaire 61
요약 (Abstract) 68
Table 1. Summary of parks areas per district within Yangon region 22
Table 2. Land and Administrative Units in Yangon 25
Table 3. Population proportion in Yangon 25
Table 4. Population growth in Yangon through (1973 - 2014) 25
Table 5. Variables for frequency of visits 30
Table 6. Variables for frequency of visits to parks and distance between parks... 31
Table 7. Variables for frequency of visits to parks and accessing on benefits of... 32
Table 8. Changes of Public Parks Areas in Yangon 35
Table 9. Respondent's demographic information 36
Table 10. Relationship between frequency of visits to parks and distances... 41
Table 11. Accessing of agreement on benefits of parks and... 47
Figure 1. Summary of main benefits of parks 19
Figure 2. Location of study area, Yangon with detail districts 26
Figure 3. Framework of survey design to achieve objectives 27
Figure 4. Analysis on reasons why visited to parks 38
Figure 5. Analysis on reasons why did not visit to parks 40
Figure 6. Distribution on means of frequency of visits per different users age... 42
Figure 7. Frequency of visits to six different parks 44
Figure 8. Analysis on residents' awareness about impacts of parks 45
Figure 9. Analysis on opinions upon importance of YCDC services to city... 48
Figure 10. Analysis on resident's satisfaction upon YCDC services 49
Figure 11. Analysis on resident's suggestion to improve parks 50
Figure 12. Analysis on resident's willingness to pay for park entrance fees 51
Figure 13. Analysis on Resident's opinions upon existing park areas 52
Figure 14. Analysis on resident's suggestions for future park planning process 53