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Assessing the Spatial Adequacy of Children’s Playground in the Trabzon Ganita Coastal Park

Trabzon Ganita Sahil Parkı Çocuk Oyun Alanının Mekânsal Kullanım Yeterliliğinin Belirlenmesi

Ertan Düzgüneş(KARADENİZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-1523-9722
Beyzanur Akkuş(KARADENİZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ORMAN FAKÜLTESİ)0009-0001-9505-1323
Sedef Şükür Özdoğan(KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY)0009-0007-1208-9443
Pages
523–545
Publication Date
2026-07-31
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Based on these scores, adequacy levels were classified, and targeted recommendations were developed to improve playground quality and user experience.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Children’s playgrounds are essential components of urban environments, contributing significantly to children’s physical, social, and emotional development.
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Key Findings & Data:Playgrounds were assessed using a 1-to-5 rating system across criteria including suitability for different age groups, area size, accessibility, environmental quality, safety, equipment diversity, material use, maintenance, and landscape elements.
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Conclusion & Impact:Based on these scores, adequacy levels were classified, and targeted recommendations were developed to improve playground quality and user experience.
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⚙️Variables:Çocuk Oyun Alanı · Çocuk Parkı · Mekânsal Kullanım Yeterliliği

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Children’s playgrounds are essential components of urban environments, contributing significantly to children’s physical, social, and emotional development. Well-designed playgrounds encourage exploration, enhance imagination and motor skills, support problem-solving, stress management, and social interaction, and promote healthy lifestyle habits through physical activity. Thus, playgrounds hold an important place in urban landscape planning and design. Despite their significance, many current playgrounds face challenges such as limited activity diversity, lack of age-appropriate designs, inadequate accessibility for children with disabilities, insufficient consideration of environmental factors, and poor maintenance. This study evaluates the spatial adequacy of children's playgrounds in Ganita Coastal Park, located in the city center of Trabzon. The evaluation is based on established design and planning criteria. Surveys conducted with parents identified user tendencies, satisfaction levels, and existing deficiencies. Playgrounds were assessed using a 1-to-5 rating system across criteria including suitability for different age groups, area size, accessibility, environmental quality, safety, equipment diversity, material use, maintenance, and landscape elements. Based on these scores, adequacy levels were classified, and targeted recommendations were developed to improve playground quality and user experience.

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Çocuk oyun alanları, kent içindeki önemli sosyal ve fiziksel mekânlar olup çocukların fiziksel, sosyal ve duygusal gelişimini desteklemektedir. Doğru planlanmış bir oyun alanı; keşfetme isteğini artırmakta, hayal gücü ve motor becerileri geliştirmekte, problem çözme, stresle başa çıkma ve sosyalleşmeyi teşvik ederken, fiziksel aktiviteler aracılığıyla sağlıklı yaşam alışkanlıklarının kazandırılmasına katkı sağlamaktadır. Bu nedenle kentsel peyzaj planlama ve tasarım süreçlerinde oyun alanlarının rolü büyüktür. Günümüzde birçok çocuk oyun alanı, sınırlı etkinliklere odaklanmış, farklı yaş gruplarının ihtiyaçlarına hitap etmeyen, engelli erişimine uygun olmayan, çevresel faktörleri göz ardı eden, bakım-onarım eksiklikleri barındıran mekânlar olarak değerlendirilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı; Trabzon kent merkezindeki Ganita Sahil Parkı’nda bulunan çocuk oyun alanlarının tasarım ve planlama kriterlerine göre mekânsal kullanım yeterliliğini belirlemektir. Çalışmada ebeveynlere yönelik anketler yoluyla kullanım eğilimleri, eksiklikler ve memnuniyet durumları belirlenmiş; her bir oyun alanı yaş grubu, alan büyüklüğü, erişilebilirlik, çevresel faktörler, güvenlik, donatı, malzeme seçimi, bakım onarım faaliyetleri ve peyzaj öğeleri üzerinden 1-5 arasında puanlanarak yeterlilik düzeyleri sınıflandırılmış ve eksikliklerin giderilmesine yönelik öneriler geliştirilmiştir.

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Düzgüneş, E., Akkuş, B., Özdoğan, S. Ş. (2026). Assessing the Spatial Adequacy of Children’s Playground in the Trabzon Ganita Coastal Park. GSI Journals Serie A: Advancements in Tourism Recreation and Sports Sciences, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 523–545. https://doi.org/10.53353/atrss.1732595

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