Research Paper
The meaning of urban parks to older people: A case study of Jellie Park, Christchurch , New Zealand
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- Title
- The meaning of urban parks to older people: A case study of Jellie Park, Christchurch , New Zealand
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- Lincoln University
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- Description
This thesis reports a qualitative interpretive study of the meanings ascribed to urban parks by older people. The study traces the development of urban parks from early civilisations to the present day. The English influences that shaped the development of the city of Christchurch and its open space areas are described. Particular attention is focused on Jellie Park, Christchurch, and the way that it has changed over the thirty-three years of its existence. Urban parks are identified as havi...
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- Research Paper
- Research format
- Thesis
- Thesis level
- Masters
- Date created
- 1993
- Creator
- Tait, Alison M.
- URL
- https://hdl.handle.net/10182/2923
- Related subjects
- older people / urban parks / recreation / nature / family / fear / sense of place / symbolic interactionism
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