Urban Green Areas – their functions under a changing lifestyle of ...
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dirty; the new ones are <strong>of</strong>ten not all open and these require a fee to use. So some visitors<br />
refuse to use the facilities or do not want to walk to the toilet (see for instance picture 4.2).<br />
The picture shows a man urinating by a tree even though the toilet is less than 100 meters<br />
away (taken in Lenin park, Nov. 2011).<br />
Picture 4.2: A man urinates by a tree<br />
Source: Own picture, Nov. 2011.<br />
missing toilets<br />
missing entertainment facilities<br />
missing children's play ground.<br />
missing services.<br />
missing trees/ grass.<br />
missing parking lot.<br />
missing lakes.<br />
1.2<br />
6.5<br />
12<br />
22.2<br />
25<br />
29.7<br />
38<br />
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40<br />
(%)<br />
(N= 509)<br />
Figure 4.26: Missing in Thong Nhat park<br />
Source: Own survey, 2010-2011<br />
Bach Thao park has slightly different priorities in demand: Entertainment and child-related<br />
facilities are most desired (see figure 4.27).<br />
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