EXPERIENCE OF ASSESSMENT OF THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF DISTRICT PARKS IN SAINT PETERSBURG

Abstract

Based on the characteristics of the concepts “district park” and “index of attractiveness of district parks” introduced by the authors, the article presents an analysis of a number of aspects of the current situation in five parks in Saint Petersburg. The object of the study is the territory of the parks Sosnovaya Polyana, Novoznamenka, Yuzhno-Primorsky and Polezhaevsky, which located in the Krasnoselsky district of the city, and Aleksandrino, which located in the Kirovsky district. The subject of the study is the existing parameters of the elements of improvement of park areas. The purpose of the study is to rank parks in the preparation of scientifically based information for conducting a managerial analysis of urban planning activities in terms of providing residents with district parks and making decisions on their improvement. Desk and field studies included the collection of initial data, their verification and addition, questioning of experts, mathematical processing of the results. The method of expert assessments was used for mathematical data processing. Since assigning weights to various indicators is debatable, several options have been considered. The authors do not deny the importance of the parameters of the development and improvement of urban natural areas, but believe that the leading indicators of the attractiveness of the considered parks are their geometry and the composition of green spaces.