Abstract
The result of this study is the outcome of the exploration of a tool to assess parks in Khartoum town in Sudan. Different tools were used to formulate the new tool. The purpose of this assessment tool is to evaluate parks that can help both the manager and the user. Knowing the location, considering literature and through the survey of parks in Khartoum, the tool is prepared. It is based on two main items, accessibility, and physical components. The accessibility includes welcoming, physical access, location with respect to street and parking, whereas the physical components are comprised of shelter and shade, landscape, green space and lawn, services and facilities, paths, water feature, and playground. As well as those, two minor variables were also measured: aesthetic and quality and personal security. After the tool was prepared, the evaluation of the open space characteristics was done by seven architects in selected six parks, either knew or had designed the spaces. The evaluation concluded that open spaces in Khartoum town lack proper facilities and appropriate features, and that makes their evaluation low.
Highlights
The less money spent on up keeping and preserving new land as well as the city’s continuous growth in both population and size make the situation worse
The results of this study demonstrate that the features and components that got the highest points in the evaluation are that in the Al Mugran, the green space and green space and lawn area had been ranked number one related to other features and components (85%) with Kappa value 0.87
The same was the case in Al Gurashi, which was worth the highest value (71%) with Kappa value 0.68
Summary
The less money spent on up keeping and preserving new land as well as the city’s continuous growth in both population and size make the situation worse. Usable and accessible open spaces in cities (Awad, 2018). This deficit has caused many negative impacts on urban dwellers. A deep understanding of the environment where park visitation takes place is vitally the first step in encouraging people to visit parks. One way of assessing the deficit is the use of the audit assessment tool. This tool provides up-todate information on parks within residential areas and evaluates the characteristics of the physical environment within the park
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